Informational Texts
Journey Through History - Unit Plan
Egyptian History
Passion
Silent Pictures
Houdini
Alcatraz
Journey Through History Test
Jailbreak SOL Prep Breakout
- Reader's Theater: "The Curse of King Tut" (Feb. 2017 Scope Magazine)
- "Medical Practices in Ancient Egypt" (Quia quiz)
- The Book of the Dead & "The Negative Confessions" (Discussion questions)
- Paired texts: "Treasures of Tutankhamun" & "Was King Tut Murdered?" (Quia quiz)
Passion
- Boardwork: What talent do you wish you had?
- "The History of the Yo-yo" (Quia quiz)
- Ted Talk (10:28): "My Journey to Yo-yo Mastery" (Focus: theme and character)
- Memoir Encyclopedia: Write about your greatest passion. (SOL Prompt: What talent or skill do you have, and how do you develop and use it.)
Silent Pictures
- Boardwork: Charlie Chaplin (Google search and share)
- "The Golden Age of Silent Pictures" (Quia quiz -- most missed)
- Video (3:25): "The Lion Cage" (Focus: plot diagram and conflict)
Houdini
- Boardwork: Harry Houdini (Google search and share)
- "Harry Houdini: Master of Escapes" (Quia quiz - most missed)
- Image: Houdini's Water Chamber
- Video (6:19): "Water Torture Escape" (Focus: predict the secret behind the trick)
Alcatraz
- "Alcatraz: From Prison to Preserve" (Quia quiz - most missed)
- Video (8:48): "Escape from Alcatraz" Documentary (Focus: predict what may have happened to them)
- Video (4:51): "Mythbuster's Escape from Alcatraz" (Focus: evaluating and predicting)
Journey Through History Test
Jailbreak SOL Prep Breakout
Food for Thought - Unit Plan
Feasting
School Lunches
Fruits & Vegetables
- Read aloud: "A Medieval Feast" (Focus: context clues)
- "Sonya Thomas: America's Littlest Big Eater" (Quia quiz)
- Video: Sonya Thomas on Rikki Lake
School Lunches
- Images: School lunches
- Video: "School Lunches Around the World" (Focus: Defending opinions)
- Interactive Chart: "The Changing American Diet" (Focus: Reading infographics)
Fruits & Vegetables
- Paired Passages: "A Fruit? A Vegetable? Which is it?" & "How Hot is That Pepper?" (Focus: Fact/opinion & Quia quiz)
- Infographic: Scoville Scale