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Lesson 27: The Outsiders, Chapter 7
50 min
California CCSS: Focus Standards
California CCSS: Supporting Standards
ELD Standards
Student Lesson
Lesson 27: The Outsiders, Chapter 7
Student Learning Objectives
1
Content
Students will read an informational article about Maslow’s hierarchy of needs and apply this framework to analyze relationships and the theme of empathy in The Outsiders.
2
Language
Students will use cause/effect connectors (because, therefore, as a result), academic verbs (reveals, suggests, demonstrates), and comparative language (similarly, in contrast) to explain how empathy bridges social divides.
3
Foundations
Students will apply knowledge of high-utility roots/affixes to understand vocabulary related to physical and relational needs.
Essential Question
What helps people bridge social divides and see from one another’s perspectives?
Connections to
Knowledge-Building:
Apply ideas from an informational text to themes in a literary text as they examine the importance of relationships and empathy.
Enduring Understanding:
Communities help meet fundamental human needs, and empathy can help strengthen communities and bridge divides.
Future Lessons:
In Lesson 28, students will discuss the ideas they explored in this lesson with a focus on how people can bridge divides.
Unit Performance Task:
Analyzing examples of unexpected empathy may help students consider the ways empathy might have unexpectedly crossed divides in their own lives.
Lesson Pacing
| Lesson Flow | Purpose of Learning Experience |
|---|---|
Launch5 Minutes | Students will build knowledge of the prefix physio- and the suffixes -logy and -logical. |
Literacy Lab10 Minutes | Students will use a word matrix to explore words that can be formed with the root act and build this knowledge to understand the term self-actualization. |
Learning in Action30 Minutes | Part A: Discuss Informational Text: “Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs” (RI.7.2, RI.7.3, L.7.4.c, L.7.4.d) Students will read and explore central ideas in an informational article and relate concepts in the article to their prior knowledge of key themes/topics in the text. Part B: Close Read, Write, and Share (RL.7.2, RL.7.3, RL.7.6) Students will use a Think-Write-Pair-Share routine to discuss text-dependent questions about Chapter 7 and explore key themes further. |
Vocabulary
Vocabulary Addressed in Lesson
- physiological
- related to the study of natural, living things
- self-actualization
- the state of fulfilling or reaching your full potential; becoming the best version of yourself
Material List
- Word slides with prefix and suffix
- Academic Talk Stems/Moves cue cards
- Write-Pair-Share graphic organizer
- The Outsiders, S.E. Hinton, Chapter 7
- Unit 1, Lesson 27 Student Edition
Routines
- Daily Warm-Up: Morphology and Vocabulary
- Word Matrix
- Academic Talk Stems/Moves
- Think-Write-Pair-Share
Lesson Sequence
Lesson Texts
Short-Form Text
Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs
Standard News Bureau
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