Lesbians, Bisexuals, Gays,Trans, queers, intersex, allies

Essential Question

How can I ask people about their lives and experiences in a respectful, kind and understanding way?
How can I describe ways people are different from me?

Texts

Literature

The Misfits

In this excerpt, the reader meets two characters from The Misfits: Addie, a girl who is exceptionally tall and smart for a middle schooler and Joe, who is creative and feminine in a way that makes his peers nervous.

James Howe

Grade Level

3-5 6-8 9-12

Topic

Gender & Sexual Identity

July 3, 2014

Teaching Strategies

Community Inquiry

Brain Share

During Brain Share, small groups of students rotate through stations, discussing and recording concepts from central texts. This strategy is a modified combination of gallery walks and jigsaw.

Grade Level

3-5

CCSS

RF.3-5.4, RL.3-5.1, RI.3-5.1, RL.3-5.2, RI.3-5.2, SL.3-5.1, SL.3-5.2

July 13, 2014

Student Tasks

Write to the Source

Agree or Disagree

Agree or Disagree? asks students to demonstrate their argumentative and comparative writing skills.

Grade Level

3-5

CCSS

W.3-5.1, W.3-5.4, W.4-5.9

July 19, 2014

Plan Built By

ramsilayne

Lesbians, Bisexuals, Gays,Trans, queers, intersex, allies

The Misfits

Brain Share

Agree or Disagree

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