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This post continues my free All American Boys unit. Part 1 here.
Day 13
Vocabulary:
Cut out the words
Group them by meaning
Explain your groups in the blank space (in just 1 of the words)
All American Boys Reading Time
Complete top of "Quinn-Sunday" handout
Listen to "Quinn-Sunday"
Complete "Quinn-Sunday" handout
Day 14
Writing time: Write about a time a story or rumor travelled around school quickly. What was the story about? Why did people care about the story so much? (If you can’t think of a story, just make up a fictional story.) Make sure to avoid sentence fragments and to capitalize individual “I”. (150 words)
Vocabulary: Quiz day (paid product)
Start "Monday" Work
Watch "The Mind of the Village" on Hidden Brain (0-5:17 & 20:50-32:15) (Webster)
Quinn "Monday" Reading Guide (pages 124-162)
Day 15
Vocabulary
Work on the "All American Boys Monday Vocabulary Handout"
All American Boys
Continue to listen/read "Quinn-Monday"
Continue to fill in "Quinn Monday" handout
Day 16
Vocabulary
Check to see that Monday vocabulary charts are filled in
Play a round of Pictionary w. volunteer students
Introduce students to the artists alluded to in All American Boys.
Artist Journal: Did you like any of the art or comics that we talked about today? Why or why not? Are you an artist in any way, shape, or form? How is art helping Rashad in All American Boys? How does art help society? (150-200 words)
All American Boys Reading Time
Review characters on loose leaf
Listen to "Rashad-Monday"
Day 17
Vocabulary
On your own or with a partner, write a story using 10 of your vocabulary words. Submit to Canvas. (20-30 minutes)
All American Boys Background Knowledge
Rashad is going to talk a little bit about his art in this section. To understand more of what he is saying, do the following:
Look at some of these Family Circus comics
All American Boys Reading Time
Continue to listen to "Rashad-Monday"
Day 18
Vocabulary Pictures
Give each student one of the "Monday" vocabulary words.
Have each student take a picture of something that represents their word & submit their picture with an explanation of it to Canvas.
Go through the submissions as a class as review
Vocabulary
Give practice vocabulary quiz (paid product)
All American Boys Reading Time
Finish listening to "Rashad-Monday"
Complete "Rashad-Monday Reading Questions"
Homework: Study for short "Monday" reading quiz.
Day 19
Reading Quiz
I made this bank of multiple choice questions for All American Boys and I sell it in my TpT page. Depending on the year, I chop it up into smaller quizzes or use it at the end as one big test.
Vocabulary
Give real vocabulary quiz (paid product)
Journal
Video: All American Boys is going to start talking about different types of protest. One form of protest in the book is the use of graffiti. Watch this TedEd video about graffiti as protest.
Next, respond in writing: Some people feel graffiti is art and others feel it is vandalism. What do you think? Respond in at least 150 words.
Optional (If Time)-Graffiti- Get a sheet of blank paper or use Google Draw or any online art program. Create a piece of graffiti that represents an issue/topic you are passionate about. “Share” it, or take a picture and email it to me. Also, text a picture of it to a friend and explain your piece of graffiti.
Day 20
Background Building
Have students read/listen to this article about Trayvon Martin. This article is from Newsela, a great resource if you school can afford it. The article title is "Trayvon Martin's Death is Not Forgotten, Even After 5 Years."
Once students are done with the article, have them complete the quiz questions on Newsela .
Next, have them complete the handout I created to supplement the Newsela questions: "Trayvon Martin Article Questions." I tried to focus on all of the different question types ("Right There," Think & Search," "Author & You," and "On Your Own." The handout is a bit lengthy because I had a sub for this lesson last year.
Day 21
You can tell that I started getting tired of the unit at this point and tried to pick up the pace, so there's a few days of just getting through the story and then the vocabulary & background building comes back.
All American Boys Reading Time
Listen/Read "Quinn-Tuesday" of All American Boys
Go over question answers as a class.
Day 22
All American Boys Reading Time
Listen/Read "Rashad-Tuesday" of All American Boys
Go over question answers as a class.
Day 23
Vocabulary
Introduce All American Boys Thursday Vocabulary.
Journal: Quinn feels conflicted right now because Paul has taught him a lot about life and basketball. Write about a person who has taught you a lot about “life” or a sport. (100-150 words).
All American Boys Reading Time
Listen/read "Quinn-Wednesday"
Day 24
Vocabulary
Continue working on the "Thursday"vocabulary chart.
All American Boys Reading Time-Wednesday continued
Listen/read "Quinn-Wednesday"
Complete "Quinn-Wednesday Reading Questions"
Day 25
Vocabulary
Continue working on the "Thursday" vocabulary chart.
All American Boys Reading Time
Listen to/read the 1st half of "Rashad-Wednesday"
Background Building
Have students do a little bit of research about the Civil Rights Movement. Kids can work alone or in a group to complete this Civil Rights Research handout.
Day 26
Journal:
Write a few sentences about how the YouTube video you watched at the beginning of this lesson connects to this chapter of All American Boys.
Vocabulary
Continue working on Thursday vocabulary handout.
All American Boys Reading Time
Finish listening to/reading "Rashad" Wednesday
Answer questions on the "Rashad-Wednesday" handout
Day 27
All American Boys Reading Time
Listen to/read "Quinn-Thursday"
Finish the "Quinn-Thursday" Reading Questions. This handout also has a writing prompt.
Day 28
Vocabulary
Vocabulary Memory: Print the vocabulary words and definitions on card stock.
Cut these up and then have the kids put them face down. Then have them play a round of "Memory."
All American Boys Reading Time
Listen to/read "Rashad-Thursday"
Complete the "Rashad-Thursday" Reading Guide. This handout also has a writing prompt.
Day 29
Vocabulary: Make the practice quiz.
Sometimes when I get behind, I assign each kid a vocabulary word and have them come up with some sentences that I turn into a quiz or practice quiz. I have them put their work on one Google Doc so that it's easy for me to track.
"Make the Vocab Quiz" Graphic Organizer. This organizer has the "Thursday" vocab words populated.
Journal:
Write about a time when you were really, really afraid to do something but did it anyway. Why were you afraid? Why did you finally do the thing you were afraid of? (100-150 words)
Background Knowledge
Watch this video titled "Four Years of #Sayhername"
All American Boys Reading Time
Listen/read "Quinn-Friday"
Complete the "Quinn-Friday" Reading Guide. This handout also has a writing prompt.
Day 30
Background Building: Name Research Assignment. For this assignment, I gave each kid a name from the "die-in" protest. They had to do some research and post their research on a slide in a class Google doc. This took my kids forever to do but I thought it was worth it. I had them share out their findings when they finished.
Day 31
All American Boys Reading Time
Listen to "Rashad-Friday"
Day 32
All American Boys Reading Time
Journal: Are protests an effective response to injustice? Why or why not?
(This is a really hard prompt for kids so I would brainstorm a bit with thme before having them write.)
Socratic Seminar Preparation
Once kids understand where you are going, have them pick out a protest to study. I point students to this Wikipedia page, but it may be worthwhile to limit the list.
Have students prepare for the Seminar by filling in this "Socratic Seminar Prep"
If you have time, you can circle the kids up and do the seminar. If you have a group like mine (reluctant readers & reluctant speakers), and you haven't done a seminar before, then it will only takes about 20 minutes. If you have kids who like to talk, it could take 30-40 minutes.
I had to end the unit with the seminar because it had really been dragging on at that point, but overall I felt it was a good experience.
I hope these free All American Boys resources are helpful to you. :)
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