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Eleven by Sandra Cisneros Short Story Unit

Teaching point of view and literary devices through "Eleven" by Sandra Cisneros will be engaging, thought-provoking, and thorough with this interactive notebook, Socratic Seminar, and literary devices dystopian short story unit.

This "Eleven" by Sandra Cisneros story unit is exactly what you need to teach your fifth or sixth-grade middle-grade learners in an engaging Socratic Seminar, discussion-based, and reading response-focused format.
 
This unit digs deep into the RL.6 standard that focuses on point of view. This unit will allow you to use the short story to dig deep into this literature standard.
 
The backbone of these units is The Socratic Seminar, which pushes students to discuss the novels with their peers (using the guiding and interpretive questions provided) while using text-based evidence and critical thinking.
 
Here's what's included:
  1. "Eleven" Six Lesson Unit
  2. Teacher answer keys and vocabulary for all lessons.
  3. Reading Response Examples for teachers and students to reference.
  4. Literary Devices Mini-Anchor Charts or Student Reference Pages
  5. Reading Response Graphic Organizers
  6. 40+ page Implementation Teachers Guide: Socratic Seminar, Tips and Tricks, Pacing, Student Examples, FAQs, scripted lesson examples, etc.
  7. PowerPoint, JPEG, and PDF Display slides for all Guiding and Interpretive Questions
  8. Digital Student Reading Response Notebooks
  9. Editable PowerPoint Reading Response Rubrics: Differentiated by grade level.
  10. Editable PowerPoint Literary Nonfiction Reading Response Rubrics: Differentiated by grade level.
  11. Small group and individual conference teacher forms
Students' thinking and discussions build a strong foundation of understanding for their reading responses (which will blow you away because of how much they grow throughout the year). This unit digs deep into the RL.6 literature standard while covering multiple other CCSS literature standards in an engaging and thought-provoking unit, and all the work is done for you.
 
Six Point of View -Focused Lessons:
  1. Lesson 1: Pre-Lesson Set-Up and Class norms for Socratic Seminar
  2. Lesson 2: Point of View Interactive Notebook Lesson
  3. Lesson 3: Point of View Lesson Reading Response and Socratic Seminar Lesson
  4. Lesson 4: Multimedia Comparison Lesson 
  5. Lesson 5: Comparing Texts Reading Response and Socratic Seminar Lesson
  6. Bonus Lesson: Objective Summaries
 
Components Included in Each Lesson:
  • Common Core Standard Alignment
  • Comprehension questions, guiding/interpretive questions for the Socratic Seminar
  • Teacher suggested answers for comprehension questions
  • Teacher suggested vocabulary words
  • Learning Period
  • Closing
  • PowerPoint and PDF Display slides for all Guiding and Interpretive Questions (JPEG images included to upload to Google Slides as well)
  • Lesson plans and the Common Core standard alignments are their own file so teachers can easily and quickly access the novel lessons.
 
In this unit, your students will get tons of support and conversations from their peers, will be exposed to literature and vocabulary at or above their grade level, and will become part of a reading community. Yet it still gives you the flexibility to work with groups of students at their particular reading levels.
 
Prep is quick and easy... Just review the guiding questions, print or display any reference materials, and you're ready for an engaging and results-producing class period! There is no fluff and no busy work in my reading units.

 
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