Westside High School Lesson Plan
Teacher Name:
Unit Name and #:
Morgan
Course:
GT English II
Dates:
Unit 5
Cultural
Identity/The Kite
Runner
4/13-4/17
Daily Objective: I can compose a rough draft which utilizes information I have
discovered through research.
TEKS/Standards:
Friday
Wednesday
Tuesday
Monday
ELA.10.11B Synthesize information from multiple graphical sources to draw conclusions about
the ideas presented (e.g., maps, charts, schematics)
Learning Activities:
Warm up on HUB—rhetorical devices
Rough draft of research paper
Materials: handouts, Kite Runner novel
Follow Up/Homework:
SAT Vocab visual/sentences—4/13-14
Annotated Bibliography due—4/13
Kite Runner DJ 1—4/14
Timed Synthesis Essay—4/15
Daily Objective: I can analyze characterization, plot, and literary elements in the
exposition of text. .
TEKS/AP/Standards:
ELA.10.Fig19B Make complex inferences about text and use
textual evidence to support
Learning Activities:
Warm up on HUB—rhetorical devices
Speed Date—Chapters 1-5 of Kite Runner.
Materials: Speed Date handout, copy of Kite Runner
Follow Up/Homework:
Kite Runner DJ 1—4/14
Timed Synthesis Essay—4/15
Daily Objective: I can compose an AP style synthesis essay
TEKS/AP/Standards:
ELA.10.11B Synthesize information from multiple graphical sources to draw conclusions
about the ideas presented (e.g., maps, charts, schematics)
Learning Activities:
Timed Synthesis Essay
Materials: Synthesis Essay sources and rubric
Follow Up/Homework:
Kite Runner DJ 2—4/21
Daily Objective: I can explore characterization in a novel.
TEKS/AP/Standards:
ELA.10.Fig19B Make complex inferences about text and use textual evidence to support
Learning Activities:
Warm up on HUB—rhetorical devices
“I AM” poem
Materials: Paper, Kite Runner novel
Follow Up/Homework
SAT Vocab visual/sentences—4/20-4/21 (Gerund phrases in sentences)
Kite Runner DJ 2—4/21