English 7th February

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English 7th Grade

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February

Working Conditions: historical and modern day

Working conditions include multiple factors and have significant effects on the lives of workers

Closely reading and discussing one excerpt of a longer text helps to deepen your understanding of the text as a whole.

What are the working conditions, and why do they matter?

How does the reading one section of text closely help me understand it better?

(1)	RL.7.1	Cite several pieces of textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.
(1)	RL.7.3	Analyze how particular elements of a story or drama interact (e.g., how setting shapes the characters or plot).

Analyze photos videos and quotes to find a central theme

Synthesize the ideas of classmates

Analyze how plot, character, and setting interact in Lyddie

Using context clues to determine the meaning of unknown words

Analyze sections of text to deepen understanding of the plot

Break word into parts to determine its meaning

Clarify and extend understanding of the setting of Lyddie by watching a video about mill towns

abolitionist	person in favor of having slavery abolished, or made illegal
apothecary	druggist with the power to prescribe medicines
apprentice	young person who worked for a set number of years in exchange for room and board while learning a trade
bandbox	light paper box for caps and other light articles
bobbin	spool on which thread is wound
broadside	sheet of paper printed on one side
calico	coarse cotton cloth with a printed design on one side
certificate	honorable discharge
cravat	kind of necktie
doffer	child millworker who watched spindles fill with thread and then replaced them with empty ones
flax	plant whose fibers are used to make linen cloth
gentry	people of high social rank
fortnight	two weeks
homespun	cloth woven of yarn spun at home by hand
loom	frame or machine used to weave yarn or thread into cloth
scrivener	clerk whose job was writing or copying documents
seamstress	woman who makes her living by sewing
shift	woman's undergarment, like a slip
spin	make plant or animal fibers into thread
tinderbox	box containing the materials needed to make sparks to start a fire
turnout	factory walkout; strike
warp and weft	warp threads run lenghtwise in a loom, weft threads are passed across the warp
servitude	slavery; compulsory service or labor
adversary	enemy
beholden	in debt to
obliged	forced by strong reasons to do something
complex	group of related buildings
radical	more extreme that usual
plaits	braids

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World cafe charts

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Analyze evidence in model essay

Analyzing structure of the model essay

Engageny.org

Lyddie

PBS David MacAulay's video, Mill Times

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