Immigration Unit for Fifth Grade

Social Justice Box

Spring 2019
Maria Garcia, Hannah Gookstetter, Madison Marro
Writing
Standards:
• CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.5.1
Write opinion pieces on topics or texts, supporting a point of view with reasons and
information.
• CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.5.1.A
Introduce a topic or text clearly, state an opinion, and create an organizational structure in
which ideas are logically grouped to support the writer's purpose.
• CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.5.1.B
Provide logically ordered reasons that are supported by facts and details
• CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.5.1.D
Provide a concluding statement or section related to the opinion presented.
• CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.5.2
Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas and information
clearly.
• CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.5.2.C
Link ideas within and across categories of information using words, phrases, and clauses
(e.g., in contrast, especially).
• CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.5.3
Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective
technique, descriptive details, and clear event sequences.
• CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.5.3.A
Orient the reader by establishing a situation and introducing a narrator and/or characters;
organize an event sequence that unfolds naturally.
• CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.5.3.C
Use a variety of transitional words, phrases, and clauses to manage the sequence of
events.

Learning Objectives

SWBAT...demonstrate they can write strong opinion pieces that support their point of view with
reasons and information gathered throughout the unit
SWBAT… demonstrate they know how to throughtfully organize their opinion piece so that they
reader can understand their purpose of their writing
SWBAT… introduce their opinion with a strong well crafted introduction sentence
SWBAT… write a strong concluding sentence for their opinion responses that support what they
have talked about in their writing
SWBAT… write informative pieces that demonstrate their ability to thoughtfully communicate
information to the audience clearly
SWBAT...demonstrate that they can make their writing flow by link various thoughts and ideas
throughout their writing using the appropriate link words and phrases talked about in mini lesson
SWBAT… write narratives that based on events that they think happened to a group of people or
person in the past during their immigration experience
SWBAT… demonstrates that they can clearly introduce characters within a narrative clearly to
the audience in their narrative writing projects throughout the unit
SWBAT… demonstrate through their writing that they can use various transition words and
phrases to link events occuring in a story.

Reading
Standards:
• CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.5.1: Engage effectively in a range of collaborative
discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) with diverse partners on grade 5
topics and texts, building on others' ideas and expressing their own clearly.
• CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.5.2: Determine a theme of a story, drama, or poem from
details in the text, including how characters in a story or drama respond to challenges or
how the speaker in a poem reflects upon a topic; summarize the text
• CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.5.2: Summarize a written text read aloud or information
presented in diverse media and formats, including visually, quantitatively, and orally.
• CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.5.9: Compare and contrast stories in the same genre (e.g.,
mysteries and adventure stories) on their approaches to similar themes and topics.
• CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RF.5.4: Read with sufficient accuracy and fluency to support
comprehension.
• CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RF.5.4.A: Read grade-level text with purpose and
understanding.
• CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.5.5: Demonstrate understanding of figurative language, word
relationships, and nuances in word meanings.
• CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.5.5.A: Interpret figurative language, including similes and
metaphors, in context.
• CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.5.4: Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they
are used in a text, including figurative language such as metaphors and similes.
• CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.5.1.C: Pose and respond to specific questions by making
comments that contribute to the discussion and elaborate on the remarks of others.
• CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.5.2: Determine two or more main ideas of a text and explain
how they are supported by key details; summarize the text.
• CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.5.3: Explain the relationships or interactions between two or
more individuals, events, ideas, or concepts in a historical, scientific, or technical text
based on specific information in the text.
• CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.5.6: Analyze multiple accounts of the same event or topic,
noting important similarities and differences in the point of view they represent.

Content Objectives

• SWBAT…engage in effective classroom discussions about immigration and texts.

• SWBAT…determine the theme of a story.
• SWBAT…compare and contrast the themes of multiple texts.
• SWBAT…summarize texts.
• SWBAT…read aloud with sufficient accuracy and fluency.
• SWBAT...identify figurative language in poems.
• SWBAT… compare and contrast the characteristics of two characters from two different
texts.
• SWBAT… analyze multiple accounts of the same topic.
• SWBAT...compare and contrast multiple accounts on the same topic.
 • SWBAT...show how characters change over the course of a story.

Language Objectives

• SWBAT... define the word theme.

• SWBAT...define five different types of figurative language (metaphor, simile,
alliteration, hyperbole, and personification).
• SWBAT...define the words ‘compare’ and ‘contrast.’

Art

Standards

• MA: Re8.1.5: Determine and compare personal and group interpretations of a variety of
media artworks, considering intention and context.
• VA: Re7.1.5: Compare one’s own work of art with the interpretation of others.
• TH: Pr6.1.5 a: Present a drama/theatre work informally to an audience.
• TH: Cr2.1.5 b: Participate in defined responsibilities required to present a drama/theatre
work informally to an audience
• TH: CR.3.1.5 a: Revise and improve an improvised or scripted drama/theatre work
through repetition and self-review.

Content Objectives
• SWBAT...work in groups to plan a scripted reader’s theatre production.
• SWBAT...perform a reader’s theatre production.
• SWBAT...compare their visual interpretations of poems with those of their classmates.
• SWBAT... create multimodal pieces to display their comprehension of a story.

Language Objectives
• SWBAT…

Social Studies

Standards
• History: 4.3.1 Analyzes the multiple perspectives and interpretations of historical events
in U.S. history
• Social Studies Skills: 5.3.1 Engages others in discussions that attempt to clarify and
address multiple viewpoints on public issues based on key ideals.

Content Objectives
• SWBAT… analyze immigrants different experiences at ports of entry through the
Immigration Experience game.
• SWBAT… analyze the different viewpoints on the current border wall debate.

Language Objectives
• SWBAT… discuss the immigration movement in the 1900s from the different
perspectives of immigrants.
• SWBAT… discuss the pros and cons of the current border wall debate.
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