LESSON PLANS – LARA
ENGLISH III – 8/31-9/4
Monday, 8/31
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Big Question: What is the relationship between literature and place?
Activity – Finish Native American Generalizations Worksheet and Navajo Creation Myth E.
o Evaluate stereotypes of early colonial settlers and Native American tribes
o Compare early colonial settlers’ culture with Native American culture
Standards: E3.2A
Formative Assessment – Generalizations Worksheet
Tuesday, 9/1
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Big Question: What is the relationship between literature and place?
Activity – “Notes and Notice” PowerPoint
o Strengthen close reading strategies
Standards: E3.Fig19
Formative assessment- None
Informative assessment- class discussion on signposts in power point
Wednesday, 9/2
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Social contract exercise – Capturing Kids’ Hearts
Any time leftover, finish diagnostic on www.noredink.com
Thursday, 9/3
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Big Question: What is the relationship between literature and place?
Activity – Read “The Earth on Turtle’s Back,” “When Grizzlies Walked Upright,” and The
Navajo Origin Legend
Standards: E3.2A
o Evaluate and compare the Onondaga, Modoc, and Navajo tribes
Formative assessment/activity – Complete Native American Identifying Cultural Detail
chart, class discussions
Friday, 9/4
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Big Question: What is the relationship between literature and place?
Activity- Finish reading the three stories
o Create connections between cultures and myth
o Determine different archetypes in the stories
Standards: E3.5
Formative Assessment – Literary Analysis chart, Selection Test A