Module
1: Stories of Human Rights
Module
Focus: Becoming
a close reader and writing to learn
Book (s) read for the Module: Esperanza Rising and the
Universal Declaration of Human Rights (article located in the Reading Folder)
Description: What are human rights, and
how do real people and fictional characters respond when those rights are
challenged? Students read closely the introduction and selected articles of the
Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), paired with firsthand accounts of
real people facing human rights challenges. They then study Esperanza Rising, applying their new
learning about human rights as one lens through which to interpret character
and theme.
Vocabulary: All definitions can be found in the
Reading Vocabulary Notebook
human
rights, dignity, fundamental, preamble, entitled, introduction, vineyard, setting, slopes, winding, gazing,
resounding, character, historical fiction, vicious, premonition,
stubborn, bandits, beacon, conscience
**Please make sure that
you have done the required reading and any articles in your reading folder.
Bring your reading folder and books for this Module with you for the Exam.
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Module
2: Inventions that Changed People’s Lives
Module
Focus: Researching to build knowledge and
teaching others
Book(s)
read for the Module: Investigating the Scientific Method with Max Axiom,
Super Scientist and The Boy Who
Invented TV: The Story of Philo Farnsworth. Make sure that you review the
lessons/articles in your reading folder.
Description: Students learn about new
or improved technologies that have been developed to meet societal needs and
how those inventions have changed people’s lives. They conduct authentic
research to build their own knowledge and teach others through writing.
Students read the graphic novel Investigating the Scientific Method with Max
Axiom, Super Scientist as well as
several informational articles about inventions in order to write a short
opinion paragraph about which of the inventions they learned about has been
most important to people and why. Students conclude the module by conducting
research about an inventor of their choice.
Vocabulary: All definitions can be found in the
Reading Vocabulary Notebook
technology,
engage, support, complex, graphic novel, random, genre, laboratory, levee,
process, defense, procedure, scientific method, pollution, expert, current,
cause, effect, unfamiliar, power plant, afford, identify, context clues, access,
compare, contrast, struggled, value, rely, transport
**Please make sure that
you have done the required reading and any articles in your reading folder. Bring
your reading folder and books for this Module with you for the Exam.
