Westside High School Lesson Plan
Teacher Name:
Unit Name and #:
Morgan
Course:
GT English II
Dates:
Unit 5
Cultural
Identity/The Kite
Runner
4/6-4/10
Monday
Daily Objective: I can read an excerpt from a text and determine how setting and
characterization are developed.
TEKS/Standards:
ELA.10.Fig19B Make complex inferences about text and use textual evidence to support und
Learning Activities:
Introduction to Kite Runner Dialectical Journals
Introduction to Critical Research Paper
Kite Runner excerpts—inference setting and characterization
Materials: handouts, Kite Runner novel
Follow Up/Homework:
SAT Vocab visual/sentences—4/13-14
Annotated Bibliography due—4/13
District Snapshot—4/8
Kite Runner DJ 1—4/14
Timed Synthesis Essay—4/15
Daily Objective: I can build a credible bibliography by appropriately analyzing sources.
TEKS/AP/Standards:
Tuesday
ELA.10.11B Synthesize information from multiple graphical sources
to draw conclusions about the ideas presented (e.g., maps, charts,
schematics)
Learning Activities:
District Snapshot
Annotated Bibliography (Research time)
Materials: Copies of project, copies of poem
Follow Up/Homework:
SAT Vocab visual/sentences—4/13-14
Annotated Bibliography due—4/13
District Snapshot—4/8
Kite Runner DJ 1—4/14
Timed Synthesis Essay—4/15
Wednesday
Daily Objective: I can build a credible bibliography by appropriately analyzing sources.
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:
District Snapshot
Annotated Bibliography (Research time)
Friday
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 sources in order to gain an understanding of purpose and
credibility to prepare for a synthesis timed writing.
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:
Synthesis practice—Source analysis
Materials: Synthesis Source lesson handout
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