Lesson Plans
15th Week
December 1 through December 5
Please note: I make my lesson plans extensive and with high expectations. If the
students are struggling and things do not go as quickly as planned, I scale back. You
may see activities that I planned for last week have been moved to the current week to
accommodate the pace of my learners.
In addition to our “regular” lesson plan, I am starting our review for the Fall 2014 final
this week. Go to the “LINKS” section on my webpage to see the outline of the review. If
you are interested in reviewing with your student, I will be glad to send work home.
Please e-mail me at cstavino@houstonisd.org
Thanks!
Major Objectives:
Writing &
Writing Mechanics
 Students will paraphrase what they have read.
 Students will write a persuasive essay using the text “Thank You, Ma’m” and
“Juvenile Justice from Both Sides of the Bench” to support their writing.
Vocabulary
 Students are working with Greek and Latin root words, prefixes, and suffixes.
We will continue working with the root words mob, mot, mov = to move.
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automobile
demote
locomotion
mobile
mobility
mobilize
motion
motivate
promote
removal
Reading
 Students will finish reading “Juvenile Justice: Beyond the Bench” and will use
comprehension strategies to ensure understanding, including clarifying
ideas, interpreting, and paraphrasing.
 Students will also use text features, specifically captions, brackets, and
ellipses, to aid in their understanding of text.
Learning Activities the Week of November 24, 2014
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday/
Thursday
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Students will work on comprehension and vocabulary skills on
our reading program.
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Students will review vocabulary for mob, mot, mov = to move.
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Students will finish reading “Juvenile Justice” and will use
comprehension strategies to ensure understanding, including
clarifying ideas, interpreting, and paraphrasing. Students will
also use text features, specifically captions, brackets, and
ellipses, to aid in their understanding of text.
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Students will begin writing a persuasive essay using the text
“Thank You, Ma’m” and “Juvenile Justice from Both Sides of the
Bench” to support their writing.
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Students will have a vocabulary quiz over mob, mot, mov
words.
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Students will continue writing their persuasive essays.
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Students will finish their persuasive essays.
Friday