CLAVES Lessons
Teaching CLAVES
�Introduction to Unit 1 Humans and Nature
Unit Overview
Cycle 0
Cycle 1
Cycle 2
Cycle 3
Unit Questions: How are humans and nature interdependent? � How do humans affect nature?
Writing Prompt: Should humans be responsible for solving problems such as animal extinction and environmental issues?
Argumentative Essay
Cycle Question: Should wolves be reintroduced into national parks?
Cycle Question: Should bodies of water, like rivers and lakes, have the same rights as humans?
Is It Time to Reassess our Relationship with Nature?
Unit Multimodal Texts
Cycle 1: Wolves Are Back
Cycle 2: We Are Water Protectors
Cycle 3: Writing
Unit Materials
Cycle 1: Wolves Are Back
Cycle 2: We Are Water Protectors
Cycle 3: Writing
Cycle 0: Introduction
to Unit 1
Student Workbooks
Lesson Plans
Student Workbooks
Student Workbooks
Lesson Plans
Lesson Plans
Lesson Plans
�Unit 1
Cycle 0: Introduction
(1 lesson)
Multimodal Texts and Materials
Video: “Is It Time to Reassess our Relationship with Nature?”
*found in powerpoint
Language Targets:
Key Vocabulary
Key Vocabulary
Morphology
�Unit 1
Cycle 1: Wolves Are Back
(6 lessons)
Cycle question: Should wolves be introduced into national parks?
Materials
Cycle question: Should wolves be introduced into national parks?
Multimodal Texts
Book: The Wolves Are Back
by Jean Craighead George
Lessons 1-2
Lesson 3
Video: “Wolves and Ranchers”
* in powerpoint
Lessons 4-5
Article: “Wolf Spirit Returns to Idaho” by Mark Cheater
*in student workbook
Language Targets:
Key Vocabulary
Lessons 1-3
Morphology: Wheel of Morphology
Lesson 4
Wheel of Morphology
(link in lesson plans and powerpoint)
Syntax: Pronouns
Lesson 5
Pronoun Activity
(in student workbook)
Discussion
Lesson 6
Cycle question: Should wolves be introduced into national parks?
�Unit 1
Cycle 2: Water Protectors
(6 lessons)
Cycle question: Should bodies of water, like rivers and lakes, have the same rights as humans?
Materials
Multimodal Texts
Book: We Are Water Protectors by Carole Lindstrom
Lessons 1-2
Lesson 3
Video: “The Teen Fighting to Protect Canada’s Water”
* in powerpoint
Lessons 4-5
Article: “Should Lakes and Rivers Have the Same Rights as Humans?”
*in student workbook
Language Targets:
Key Vocabulary�Lessons 1, 2, 4
Language Targets:
Morphology
Lesson 3
Game: Word Creation Race
(in student notebook)
Language Targets:
Syntax
Lesson 5
Tenses Activity
(in student workbook)
Discussion
Lesson 6
Cycle question: Should bodies of water, like rivers and lakes, have the same rights as humans?
�Unit 1
Cycle 3: Writing
Argumentative Essay
(3 lessons)
Materials
*students may use their other unit 1 notebooks to help them write
Multimodal Texts
Lesson 1
Articles: “Does Google Make Us Less Smart?”
Writing Assignment
Genre: Argumentative Essay
Prompt
Should humans be responsible for solving problems such as animal extinction and environmental issues?
Scope and Sequence