Syllabus for 3rd Quarter

Grade Level: 7th grade

Theme: The Strength of Youth
Essential Question: How does youth impact the world?

Weekly topic: What is the topic/theme for the week?

Text(s): What are students reading?
Focal Skill(s): What skill(s) are students learning? (writing,
reading, speaking/listening, vocabulary/grammar)
Activities: What are students doing to learn these skills?
Assessment (as needed): How are students assessed weekly?

Ninth Ward, I Am Malala, From North to South, Bamboo

People

Week 1: Training
Text(s): none
Focal Skill(s): Writing, Reading, Speaking/Listening
Activities: Practice Socratic seminars (themes in Disney movies),
Annotating and analyzing short readings, practice presentation
(Disney movie of choice), review literary circles
Assessment (as needed): Participation in the Socratic seminar,
participation in the presentation

Week 2: Setting- How does the setting influence who the

character is?
Text(s): Ninth Ward, I Am Malala, From North to South,
Bamboo People
Focal Skill(s): Speaking/ listening (talking in literary circles),
reading (reading their novels), writing (journal entries)
Activities:1 day mini-lesson on setting, 1 reading day, 1
journaling/researching day, 1 day of literary circle discussing
setting/jigsaw, 1 wrap-up on setting and working on presentation
(setting)
Assessment (as needed): Participation in literary circle, journaling
Week 3: Characters- What qualities do your character
possess?
Text(s): Ninth Ward, I Am Malala, From North to South,
Bamboo People
Focal Skill(s): Reading, Writing, Listening/Speaking
Activities: 1 day mini-lesson on characters and characterization, 1
reading day, 1 journaling day, 1 day of literary circles/jigsaw, 1
day wrap-up on characters and working on presentation
(characters)
Assessment (as needed): Journal and participation in literary circle

Week 4: Symbolism- What symbols influence the book and

the characters?
Text(s): Ninth Ward, I Am Malala, From North to South,
Bamboo People
Focal Skill(s): Reading, Writing, Listening/ Speaking
Activities: 1 day mini-lesson on symbolism, 1 reading day, 1
journaling day, 1 day of literary circles/jigsaw, 1 day wrap-up on
symbolism and working on presentation (symbolism)
Assessment (as needed): Journal and participation in literary circle

Week 5: Theme- How does the theme of your novel relate

to the overall theme of the strength of youth?
Text(s): Ninth Ward, I Am Malala, From North to South,
Bamboo People
Focal Skill(s): Reading, Writing, Listening/ Speaking
Activities: 1 day mini-lesson on theme, 1 reading day, 1 journaling
day, 1 day of literary circles/jigsaw, 1 day wrap-up on theme and
working on presentation (theme)
Assessment (as needed): Journal and participation in literary circle

Week 6: Climax- How does the climax change the

character?
Text(s): Ninth Ward, I Am Malala, From North to South,
Bamboo People
Focal Skill(s): Reading, Writing, Listening/ Speaking
Activities: 1 day mini-lesson on climax, 1 reading day, 1 journaling
day, 1 day of literary circles/jigsaw, 1 day wrap-up on climax and
working on presentation (climax)
Assessment (as needed): Journal and participation in literary circle

Week 7: Plot- How does plot show the progression of who

the character is?
Text(s): Ninth Ward, I Am Malala, From North to South,
Bamboo People
Focal Skill(s): Reading, Writing, Listening/ Speaking
Activities: 1 day mini-lesson on plot, 1 reading day, 1 journaling
day, 1 day of literary circles/jigsaw, 1 day wrap-up on plot and
working on presentation (plot)
Assessment (as needed): Journal and participation in literary circle

Week 8: Socratic Seminar/ Practice Presentations

Text(s): Ninth Ward, I Am Malala, From North to South,
Bamboo People
Focal Skill(s): Reading, Writing, Listening/ Speaking
Activities: Socratic seminar on novels and their relation to the
strength of youth, collecting all information from previous weeks
and compiling it into a presentation (either video, Power Point, or
poster board)
Assessment (as needed): Participation in Socratic seminar

Week 9: Presentations
Text(s): Ninth Ward, I Am Malala, From North to South,
Bamboo People
Focal Skill(s): Reading, Writing, Listening/ Speaking
Activities: Practice presentation days, present novel presentations
Assessment (as needed): Presentation

Novel Presentation:
Multimedia presentation on the novel, including all of the literary
elements that we went over during the 9 weeks. Include how the
novel shows the strength of youth coming from perspectives of
different cultures