Lesson Plan

Building Background Knowledge: The Dinka Tribe (“Loss of Culturally Vital Cattle Leaves Dinka Tribe Adrift in Refugee Camps” Excerpt 1)

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Text annotations help readers track essential ideas. Pupils continue reading and annotating an informational article about Sudanese tribes, connecting it with A Long Walk to Water by Linda Sue Park. They also begin writing about their understanding of the experiences of the Dinka and Nuer tribes of South Sudan.

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CCSS: Designed
Instructional Ideas
  • Provide sentence frames to support English language learners with writing
Classroom Considerations
  • Serves as the 13th of 14 consecutive lessons from the Grade 7 ELA Module 1, Unit 1 series
  • Requires a document camera and access to the anchor chart from lesson two
Pros
  • Provides extensive teaching notes 
  • Offers several strategies for differentiated instruction
Cons
  • None
Common Core