1. ELAR and SS Collaboration in the Middle School Classroom. BY MOISES HERNANDEZ AND ELIZABETH RIVAS

2. Our Collaboration

3. Processing Skills http://keenepubliclibrary.org/library/kids/historicalfiction_US1800s SS TEKS 6.21B, 7.21B, 8.29 B Fig. 19 (D ) make complex inferences about text and use textual evidence to support understanding Fig. 19 (E) summarize, paraphrase, and synthesize texts in ways that maintain meaning and logical order within a text and across Fig. 19 (F) Make intertexual links among and across text, including other media (e.g, film, play) and provide textual evidence Analyze information by sequencing, categorizing, identifying cause-and-effect relationships, comparing, contrasting, finding the main idea, summarizing, making generalizations and predictions, and drawing inferences and conclusions. Social Studies ELAR

4. ELA and Social Studies Historical Fiction Build background knowledge and vocabulary of specific time period.  Before Content Introduction  During Content Introduction A literary genre in which the plot takes place in a setting located in the past.

6. Cezanne Pinto In his old age Cezanne Pinto recalls his youth as a slave on a Virginia plantation and his escape to a new life in the North. First Grading Period Revolutionary Era ELAR Social Studies Content Vocabulary Grade level Equivalent: 5.5 Lexile ® Measure: 1020L

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10. DBQ# 1 (Prewriting/Peer Conference) DBQ# 2(Hooks/Thesis/Topic Sentence/ Trans) DBQ# 3 (Peer Conf) DBQ# 4 (Peer Con) DBQ# 5 (Edit/Peer Conf) DBQ# 6 (Publish/ Share) Aug –Oct 2 Oct 6- Nov 6 Nov 17-Jan 14) Jan 20-Feb 26 Mar 1-Apr 15 April 18- May 6

11. ELAR and Social Studies Vocabulary Development

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