Reading

Lesson 26: A Single Shard, Chapter 10

50 min

California CCSS: Focus Standards

California CCSS: Supporting Standards

ELD Standards

Student Lesson

Lesson 26: A Single Shard, Chapter 10

Student Learning Objectives

Content

Students will discuss the role of setting in shaping the historical perspective of A Single Shard.

Language

Students will explain how setting influences meaning in A Single Shard by using cause–effect language and conditional structures (if . . . , then . . .) to express inferences about Tree-ear’s journey, supporting their explanations with academic language tied to historical context.

Language

Writing Students will compare and contrast historical novels to other forms of writing in terms of their approaches to similar themes and topics.

Foundations

Students will use the Word Matrix routine to identify morphological patterns and make sense of unfamiliar words.

Essential Question

How does art connect people to their history and community?

Connections to

Knowledge-Building:

Mentorship and practice develop skill and connect individuals to their community and heritage.

Enduring Understanding:

Through practice and mentorship, people turn skill into public voice and work into art.

Future Lessons:

Students examine how the influences of mentorship, creativity, and courage affect Tree-ear’s actions in Chapter 11 of A Single Shard.

Unit Performance Task:

This lesson asks students to identify text evidence from the anchor text and supplemental informational texts in order to build topical and historical background knowledge.

Lesson Pacing

Lesson Flow	Purpose of Learning Experience
Launch5 Minutes	Students will use the Turn and Talk routine to discuss their Homework Journal responses and to make a prediction about events in A Single Shard.
Literacy Lab10 Minutes	Students will use the Word Matrix routine to determine the meaning of hospitality and related words.
Learning in Action30 Minutes	Part A: Historical Perspective in A Single Shard (RL.6.1, RL.6.9) Students will be provided direct instruction about historical perspective, including an explanation of how past events appear in the context of their own times. Students will compare how the texts convey historical perspective to support readers’ understanding of Tree-ear’s journey in Chapter 10. Part B: Connecting Setting and Historical Perspective (RL.6.1, RL.6.9) Students will engage in small-group discussions to determine how changing the setting of A Single Shard would affect historical perspective and the novel’s plot.