Title of Grade

Titanic vs. Titan 7th

Unit Level
Curriculum Time
Reading 65 Minutes
Area Frame
Stage 1: Identify Desired Results
Content Standards:
Reading
ELA7R1 The student demonstrates comprehension and shows evidence of a warranted and responsible
explanation of a variety of literary and informational texts.
For literary texts, the student identifies the characteristics of various genres and produces evidence of
reading that:
c. Relates a literary work to information about its setting or historical moment.
e. Identifies events that advance the plot and determines how each event explains
past or present action(s) or foreshadows future action(s).
For informational texts, the student reads and comprehends in order to
develop understanding and expertise and produces evidence of reading that:
c. Applies knowledge of common organizational structures and patterns (i.e.,
logical order, cause and effect relationships, comparison and contrast, transitions).
ELA7R2 The student understands and acquires new vocabulary and uses it correctly in reading and
writing. The student
d. Determines word meanings through the use of definition, example, restatement, or contrast.
Understandings Essential Questions
Students will understand that it is not reasonable  Why was The Wreck of the Titan an eerie
for a ship to be considered “unsinkable”. prophecy?
 Was what happened to the New York a bad
omen?
 Did the overconfidence in the safety aboard
the Titanic play a role in its demise?
Knowledge Skills
Students will know: Students will be able to:
 How did the Titanic get its name?  Summarize
 What do the vocabulary words eerie and  Compare and Contrast
prophecy mean?
Stage 2: Assessment Evidence
Performance Tasks: Other Forms of Assessment:
 Venn Diagrams  Observations and interactions with teacher
 Summaries and other students during and after the lesson
Stage 3: Learner Activities
 W – Introduction to the purpose of the presentation.
 H – Hook students by doing a book talk over the story that we will read in class.
 E – Play the vodcast over the similarities and differences of the Titanic and The Wreck of the Titan
and discuss.
 Read the excerpt from Exploring the Titanic and discuss and read a summary of The Wreck of the
Titan and discuss how the two are alike and different.
 R – Questions from the students.
 E – Have students complete t chart summaries and venn diagrams.
 T – Review will be each day at the beginning of class.
 O – Sequence for the lesson is above.