ELA-Reading Backward Design Template Stage 1

                                                     Stage 1- Desired Results: ELA-Reading
Established Goals: 
RI.6.3. Analyze in detail how a key individual, event or idea is introduced, illustrated, and elaborated in a text             (e.g. through examples or anecdotes).
RI.6.4. Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative,                           connotative, and technical meanings.
RI.6.6. Determine an author's point of view or purpose in a text and explain how it is conveyed in a text.
RI.6.7. Integrate information presented in different media or formats (e.g., visually, quantitatively) as well as               in words to develop a coherent understanding of a topic or issue.
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Understandings:
Students will understand that . . . 
- Who the key individuals are within the text
- What the point of view of the author is
- What the main events are within the text
- How to interpret the text and display it in their own way

Essential Questions: 
- Who are the key characters within the text?
- What does the author think about these individuals?
- What do you think this event taking place would look like?
- How did you derive this idea? What context clues led you to that conclusion?
- What is the message the author is trying to get across in this text?
- Do you agree/disagree with the author of this text? Why?

Students will know  . . . 
- Key terms: figurative, connotative, point of view
- How to visualize/develop a mental image through text
- How to develop an emotion of the writer through text/context clues
- How to explain their own point of view using a different medium
- How to support their findings with facts from the reading(s)

Students will be able to . . . 
- Analyze how key individuals, events or ideas are developed throughout text
- Use a variety of strategies to determine word meaning in informational text
- Determine an author's point of view or purpose of informational text.
- Explain how an author's point of view is conveyed in an informational text
- Use a method of different media to develop and deepen their understanding of a topic/idea