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Highlighting Out-of-School Language Expertise With Pop Culture Dictionaries

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Highlighting Out-of-School Language Expertise With Pop Culture Dictionaries

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Validate students' out-of-school language use by asking them to share details on the use of words and phrases from movies, television shows, books, and other texts. In this activity, students compose dictionary entries for words and phrases from pop culture texts, connecting the definitions to their personal use of the terms. Their work is published individually, or if desired, collectively in a class dictionary.

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English Language Arts ELA2021 (2021) Grade: 6	R4. Utilize a writing process to plan, draft, revise, edit, and publish writings in various genres. Unpacked Content Teacher Vocabulary: R4. Writing process Plan Draft Revise Edit Publish Genres Knowledge: R4. Students know: The writing process steps are to plan, draft, revise, edit, and publish. Various genres of writing. Skills: R4. Students are able to: Plan writings in various genres. Draft writings in various genres. Revise writings in various genres. Edit writings in various genres. Publish writings in various genres. Understanding: R4. Students understand that: The writing process is a set of steps that make writing easier. There are different categories, or genres, of writing that can be used for different purposes.
English Language Arts ELA2021 (2021) Grade: 6	7. Produce clear, coherent narrative, argument, and informative/explanatory writing in which the development, organization, style, and tone are relevant to task, purpose, and audience, using an appropriate command of language. a. Write narratives incorporating key literary elements, including characters, plot, setting, point of view, resolution of a conflict, dialogue, and sensory details. b. Write informative or explanatory texts with an organized structure and a formal style, incorporating a focused point of view, a clear purpose, credible evidence, and technical word meanings. c. Write an argument to convince the reader to take an action or adopt a position, stating a claim and supporting the claim with relevant, well-organized evidence from credible sources. Unpacked Content Teacher Vocabulary: 7. Narrative writing Argument writing Informative/explanatory writing Writing development Writing organization Style Tone Task Purpose Audience Command of language 7a. Narratives Literary elements Characters Plot Setting Point of view Conflict resolution Dialogue Sensory details 7b. Informative text Explanatory text Organized structure Formal style Point of view Clear purpose Credible evidence Technical word meaning 7c. Argument Claim Evidence Credible source Knowledge: 7. Students know: A narrative is a piece of writing that tells a story. Informative or explanatory text is a piece of writing that provides factual information that was gathered from multiple research sources. The purpose of argumentative writing is to convince the reader to take action or adopt a particular position. The development, organization, style, and tone of writing will change depending on the writing task, the purpose of the writing, and the intended audience. Formal academic writing should demonstrate an appropriate command of language. 7a. A narrative is a piece of writing that tells a story. Narrative writing includes text elements, like characters, setting, point of view, conflict, and resolution. The plot is a series of events in a narrative text. Dialogue is a conversation between two or more characters in a text. Sensory details use descriptions of the five senses. 7b. Informative or explanatory text is a piece of writing that provides factual information that was gathered from multiple credible research sources. Informative or explanatory text begins by clearly focusing on the topic, providing credible evidence, and ends with a conclusion. Informative or explanatory writing should include academic, content-specific technical word meanings. 7c. The purpose of argumentative writing is to convince the reader to take action or adopt a particular position. Argumentative writing includes introducing the topic by stating an argumentative claim, relevant evidence to support the claim, and a concluding statement. Evidence to support the argument must be collected from various credible sources. Skills: 7. Students are able to: Produce clear, coherent narrative, argument, and informative/explanatory writings. Identify the writing task, the purpose of writing, and the intended audience in order to appropriately adapt the development, organization, style, and tone of the writing. Demonstrate command of the written language. 7a. Write a narrative with a logical sequence of plot events. Incorporate literary elements into their narrative writing, like characters, setting, point of view, conflict, and resolution. Include dialogue and sensory details in narrative writing. 7b. Gather credible information from multiple sources. Write an informative or explanatory text with an organized structure and formal style that includes a focused point of view, clear purpose, credible evidence, and technical vocabulary words. 7c. Write an argument to convince a reader to take action or adopt a position. Include a claim, relevant evidence, and a conclusion in argumentative writing. Gather evidence from credible sources to support the claim. Understanding: 7. Students understand that: There are different genres of writing that serve various purposes. The writing task, purpose, and audience should be considered in the development, organization, style, and tone of the writing. Formal academic writing should display their command of the English language. 7a. Narrative writing includes predictable elements, like a logical sequence of events and characters, setting, point of view, conflict, and resolution. Incorporating dialogue between the characters and sensory details can make their narrative writing more engaging. 7b. Informative or explanatory writing follows a predictable text structure that includes a focused point of view, credible evidence, and ends with a conclusion. They must gather their facts about the topic from multiple credible research sources. Writers elaborate details included in the text by using formal academic, content-specific technical words. 7c. To persuade a reader to take action or adopt an opinion, they must present relevant, well-organized evidence from credible sources.
English Language Arts ELA2021 (2021) Grade: 6	11. Utilize written, visual, digital, and interactive texts to generate and answer literal, interpretive, and applied questions. Unpacked Content Teacher Vocabulary: 11. Written text Visual text Digital text Interactive text Literal questions Interpretive questions Applied questions Knowledge: 11. Students know: There are a variety of text sources, including written text, visual text, digital text, and interactive text. Text sources can be used to create and answer questions. Literal questions are those that can be answered using information directly from the text. Interpretive questions are those that can be answered by inferring information from the text. Applied questions are those that can be answered using information inferred from the text and a reader's background knowledge and experience. Skills: 11. Students are able to: Use written, visual, digital, and interactive texts to create and answer questions. Create and answer literal, interpretive, and applied questions. Understanding: 11. Students understand that: There are three levels of questions that can be generated: literal, interpretive, and applied. They can use written, visual, digital, and interactive texts to create and answer all three levels of questions.
English Language Arts ELA2021 (2021) Grade: 6	13. Create and edit digital products that are appropriate in subject and purpose for a particular audience or occasion. Examples: social media posts, blog posts, podcast episodes, infographics Unpacked Content Teacher Vocabulary: 13. Digital products Subject Purpose Audience Occasion Knowledge: 13. Students know: Necessary skills to create and edit digital products, such as social media posts, blog posts, podcast episodes, and infographics. The intended audience and occasion should be identified before selecting a subject and purpose of a digital product. Skills: 13. Students are able to: Create digital products with attention to subject and purpose for different audiences and occasions. Edit digital products with attention to subject and purpose for different audiences and occasions. Understanding: 13. Students understand that: Digital products can be used to communicate with a variety of audiences and occasions. They should modify the subject and purpose of their digital products depending on the audience and occasion.
English Language Arts ELA2021 (2021) Grade: 6	14. Enhance oral presentations by introducing ideas in digital formats with specific attention to subject, occasion, audience, and purpose. Examples: speaking to defend or explain a digital poster, multimedia presentation, or video Unpacked Content Teacher Vocabulary: 14. Oral presentation Subject Occasion Audience Purpose Knowledge: 14. Students know: Oral presentation skills. Strategies to introduce ideas in digital formats, such as speaking to defend or explain a digital poster, multimedia presentation, or video. Methods to determine the subject, occasion, audience, and purpose of an oral presentation. Skills: 14. Students are able to: Introduce ideas in digital formats to enhance oral presentations. Identify the subject, occasion, audience, and purpose of an oral presentation. Understanding: 14. Students understand that: Digital formats can enhance their oral presentation. Prior to an oral presentation, they should identify the subject of the presentation, the occasion for the presentation, the intended audience, and the purpose of the presentation.
English Language Arts ELA2021 (2021) Grade: 6	19. Demonstrate command of standard English grammar, usage, and mechanics when writing. a. Use commas, parentheses, or dashes to set off nonrestrictive or parenthetical elements. b. Revise writing for correct mechanics with a focus on commas, apostrophes, quotation marks, colons, and semicolons. c. Compose and revise writing by using various pronouns and their antecedents correctly. Examples: personal, intensive, reflexive, demonstrative, relative, interrogative, indefinite Unpacked Content Teacher Vocabulary: 19. Standard English grammar Standard English usage Standard English mechanics 19a. Commas Parentheses Dashes Nonrestrictive elements Parenthetical elements 19b. Mechanics Commas Apostrophes Quotation marks Colons Semicolons 19c. Pronouns Antecedents Knowledge: 19. Students know: The conventions of standard English grammar, usage, and mechanics. 19a. Commas, parentheses, and dashes are used to set off nonrestrictive or parenthetical elements. A nonrestrictive or parenthetical element is a part of a sentence that can be removed without changing the sentence's meaning. 19b. Commas, apostrophes, quotation marks, colons, and semicolons are punctuation marks that are used in writing for different purposes. Standard English punctuation conventions. Strategies for revising writing. 19c. A pronoun is a word that can replace a noun in a sentence. There are various types of pronouns, including persona, intensive, reflexive, demonstrative, relative, interrogative, and indefinite. The noun that is replaced by a pronoun is called an antecedent. Standard English grammar and usage conventions. Strategies for revising writing. Skills: 19. Students are able to: Demonstrate written command of standard English, grammar, usage, and mechanics. 19a. Correctly use commas, parentheses, or dashes to set off nonrestrictive or parenthetical elements in writing. 19b. Identify the incorrect usage of commas, apostrophes, quotation marks, colons, and semicolons in writing. Revise writing to correct errors in commas, apostrophe, quotation mark, colon, and semicolon usage. 19c. Compose writing with various pronouns and antecedents used correctly. Revise writing to correct errors in pronoun and antecedent usage. Understanding: 19. Students understand that: To clearly communicate in writing, they. must use standard English grammar, usage, and mechanics. 19a. To ensure their writing is clear and coherent, they must set off nonrestrictive or parenthetical elements with commas, parenthesis, or dashes. 19b. Their writing must demonstrate the correct usage of standard English punctuation conventions. 19c. Using various pronouns in their writing can make their writing more engaging and interesting. To ensure their writing is clear and coherent, they must use pronouns and antecedents correctly.
English Language Arts ELA2021 (2021) Grade: 6	24. Write about research findings independently over short and/or extended periods of time. Unpacked Content Teacher Vocabulary: 24. Research findings Knowledge: 24. Students know: Research strategies. Independent writing skills. Skills: 24. Students are able to: Write about their research findings. Understanding: 24. Students understand that: They can demonstrate their thorough understanding of a topic by writing about their research findings. Some research projects will be shorter, while others will be longer.
English Language Arts ELA2021 (2021) Grade: 6	28. Discover word meanings through active listening in various contexts. Examples: classroom discussion, oral presentations, digital formats Unpacked Content Teacher Vocabulary: 28. Active listening Knowledge: 28. Students know: Active listening skills. Skills: 28. Students are able to: Learn the meanings of unfamiliar words through active listening in contexts such as classroom discussions, oral presentations, and digital formats. Understanding: 28. Students understand that: They can learn the meaning of unfamiliar or unknown spoken words by using active listening skills.

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ABC book, Alphabet Organizer, definitions, dictionary, language, pop culture, vocabulary

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Highlighting Out-of-School Language Expertise With Pop Culture Dictionaries