1. Name(s): Megan Hanrahan
Day 1: “Emancipation Proclamation”by Abraham Lincoln
District: Binghamton City School District
Day 1 Activities focus on CCSS Standards: Click here to enter text. th
Grade Level for Task: 7 grade English Language Arts
1. Teacher introduces the text and students read: Click here to enter text.
2. Teacher then reads the text out loud to the class and students follow along in the text.
3. Teacher asks the class a small set of guiding questions and tasks about the text.
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Text Under Discussion Directions for Teachers/Guiding Questions for Students
Include the beginning and ending phrases of the passage being discussed in 1. Introduce the text and ask students to read the text
this section. independently.
Other than giving an initial gloss to words students would likely not be able to
define from context (underlined in the text above), avoid giving any
background context or instructional guidance at the outset of the lesson while
Beginning: “That on the 1st day of January, A.D. 1863, all persons held as students are reading the text silently. This close reading approach forces
slaves within any State or designated part of a State the people whereof shall students to rely exclusively on the text instead of privileging background
then be in rebellion against the United States shall be then, thenceforward, knowledge, and levels the playing field for all students as they seek to
and forever free; and the executive government of the United States, comprehendClick here to enter text.. It is critical to cultivating independence
including the military and naval authority thereof, will recognize and and creating a culture of close reading that students initially grapple with rich
maintain the freedom of such persons and will do no act or acts to repress texts like Click here to enter text. without the aid of prefatory material,
such persons and will do no act extensive notes, or even teacher explanations.
2. Read the passage out loud to the class as students follow along in
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Asking students to listen to Click here to enter text.exposes students a
second time to the rhythms and meaning of the language before they
begin their close reading of the passage. Speaking clearly and carefully will
allow students to follow Click here to enter text. and reading out loud with
students following along improves fluency while offering all students
access to this complex text. Accurate and skillful modeling of the reading
provides students who may be dysfluent with accurate pronunciations and
syntactic patterns of English.

2. Central Concern #1 Direction for Teachers/Guiding Questions for Students
Central Concern: 3. Guide discussion of the passage with a series of specific text-dependent
Click here to enter text. questions and tasks.
Answer: Click here to enter text. As students move through these questions, be sure to check for and reinforce their
understanding of academic vocabulary in the corresponding text (which will be
boldfaced the first time it appears in the text). At times the questions may focus
on academic vocabulary.
Text Under Discussion
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discussed in this section.
Answer
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3. Central Concern #2 Directions for Teachers/Guiding Questions for Students
Central Concern: 1. Ask the class a small set of guiding questions and tasks about the text.
Click here to enter text. As students move through these questions, be sure to check for and
reinforce their understanding of academic vocabulary in the
Answer: Click here to enter text. corresponding text (which will be boldfaced the first time it appears in
the text). At times the questions may focus on academic vocabulary.
Text Under Discussion Continued (Q4) Click here to enter text.
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section.
Answer
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4. Answer
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