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I am Malala M4 Lesson 16

By Cheryl Vaughn Davis
Last updated over 2 years ago
6 Questions
Unit 4: Courage in Crisis
Focusing Question:
How do Malala and her community respond to the hostile environment in Pakistan?

CONTENT FRAMING QUESTION: LESSON 8
  • Organize: What’s happening in I Am Malala?


Lesson Summary:
Students continue to read I Am Malala, making observations and developing questions about chapters 2–3 of the text. Students note important events in each chapter and begin to examine the structure of the text, analyzing the ways chapters 1–3 relate to one another. Through this work, students build solid understandings about Malala’s childhood, her personality, and what life in Pakistan was like before the Taliban presence.




Materials:
Chromebook / Charger
Pencil/Pen
I am Malala Book

TEKS: 6.6D
ELPS: 1A, 2D,2H,3G,3H,4D,4J,5B,5G

Students will know how to continue their notices and wonder about I Am Malala.
Students will understand how to build their knowledge of I Am Malala by observing and organizing the events in chapters 2 and 3 of I am Malala.
Students will be able to organize ideas and identify relationships of I Am Malala.
Welcome Activity: 8minutes
RESTROOM:🤞
2 students are allowed to go to the restroom during this time once they have completed their welcome activity. I will check your work before you leave. If you have NOT met the CFS you will not be allowd to go. Once the timer goes off DO NOT ask to go the restroom again until you see another green restroom sign.
Required
1.

Respond to the following questions below. Make sure to follow the CFS listed above.

M: 1 Idea you have about Malala

F: 2 Ideas you have about Malala’s family

E: 3 Ideas you have about Malala’s environment


Share out!
3 students will share out their response to the welcome activity.
Whole Group Discussion:🧠 5mins
NO RESTROOM đźš«
  1. What happened in the Prologue from I am Malala?
  2. How might reading the prologue help you to understant today's reading?
  3. What are some lingering questions you have about Malala?
Vocabulary:
NO RESTROOM DURING THIS TIME!đźš«
As we continue to read I am Malala, make sure to reference back to Chapter's 1-3 vocabulary list. Remember, you do not want to breeze through a book full of words you do not know!

While the audio plays follow along in your book. Periodically I will pause the audio and annotate on Kami for a deeper understanding of the book. Make sure to pay attention as I model my thinking out loud.

https://kami.app/yH2-nJp-wvz-mMJ
Annotations:
Today we are annotating for the following:

  • Text Structure by chapter
  • Important Events

We will listen to chapter's 1 and 2. You will independently read and annotate chapter 3.

Independently read chapter 3.

Whole Group Discussion:🗣️

“In chapter 2, Malala’s father tells her about the Taliban in Afghanistan and that they banned women from showing any of their skin or laughing aloud. Banned means “to forbid.”

How is this idea connected to other ideas about which you read in chapters 1–3?”


Teacher Model:
In chapter 1, Malala mentions having seen women in burqas, but they weren’t required by law in Pakistan. From this conversation in chapter 2, Malala understands that life can be even more restrictive for women than what she has seen in Shangla and Swat.
2.

Once you finish reading chapter 3, independently complete the following chart. Make sure to follow the Teacher Model provided. You MUST complete all 7 boxes.

Land: Sequential Order
RESTROOM: 2 Students
Required
3.

Recopy the letters of each event in the order they are presented in the text.

QUIZ: Independent Work: 15mins
Today you will have a quiz over chapters 1-3. All quiz grades will be imported into the gradebook. This is NOT open book quiz. Please go back and check your work before submittingyour formative! Good Luck!🍀
Required
4.

What does the word laden mean on page 21?

Required
5.

On page 27, how does the first paragraph contribute to the plot?

Required
6.

The author admires her father most likely because her father-