Dr. Nathan A.

Pitts-Ashburton Elementary – Middle School

7th and 8th Grade – English Language Arts - Ms. Wensen
Advocacy – Mini Lesson
Text/Materials Advocacy Visual – Self Created
Examples of Advocates
Informational Text: UpWorthy– ‘This school replaced detention…’
Standards CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.7.3
Analyze the interactions between individuals, events, and ideas in
a text (e.g., how ideas influence individuals or events, or how
individuals influence ideas or events).
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.7.1.D
Acknowledge new information expressed by others and, when
warranted, modify their own views.

Objective Students will be able to apply cycle of advocacy to informational

text by applying close reading strategies.

Culminating Focus Question What are the Consequences to Individual Actions?

Essential Text: ‘Nothing but the Truth’ by Avi
Homework Close Read
AGENDA
DONOW (5 min) HOM Review – Student Antonyms
Introduction & Set Purpose (10 Review DONOW.
min) Review Objective.
Introduction to New Material (10 -How does change happen?
min) Cycle of Advocacy – Review visual

I-W-Y List individuals that have advocated and worked for or created
change. Pair and share. Then chart individuals
Discuss and Write

Homework Preview – In order to create relevance show students

where school is from our school using google maps.

Students make connections to HOM study in Quick Write

*Time permitting – Needs Assessment ->push to tomorrow’s

DoNow or pre EOY testing activity

Independent Assessment Students complete close reading at home and chart KWL
Exit Routine (1 min) Straighten desks, clean up trash, and push in chair.
 Needs Assessment Survey – Tool to focus student-led action modeled from The Intersection
(2013) Community Needs Survey: East Baltimore.

Ashburton Action Committee

Instructions: Read the following statements. SCALE FOR STATEMENTS:

For each statement, answer how important 1 = Not at all important OR very unsatisfied
it is to you and how satisfied are you currently. 2 = Unimportant OR unsatisfied
3 = Important OR satisfied
Focus: Learning Community Improvements 4 = Very important OR very satisfied

Statement How important is this to you… How satisfied are you with…

Cleanliness of bathrooms. 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
Availability of coach class 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
Fair consequences for 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
students
Availability of toiletries 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
(soap, toilet paper, paper
towels, feminine Hygiene
products) in bathrooms.
Availability of one-on-one 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
help with academics
Opportunities to remove 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
oneself from conflict and
learn to better manage it
Build academic relationships 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
with peers
Keep our school community 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
nice for ourselves
A calm, peaceful learning 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
environment

Comments, Questions, Concerns:

If students ran a peer tutoring program during resource,

would you attend? YES / NO
FOCUS
If students ran a mediation center in replace of detention,
would you support that program? YES / NO
[ ] Academic
If students ran fundraisers to improve the conditions of the [ ] Facilities
bathrooms, would you support it? YES / NO [ ] Behavior Management
 References

The Intersection. (2013). Community needs survey: East Baltimore. Sample Needs Assessment Survey.
Retrieved from
http://olms.cte.jhu.edu/olms2/data/ck/sites/2284/files/Sample%20Needs%20Assessment%20Sur
vey.pdf