TEKS Based Lesson Plan
Subject: 7th Grade English
Weeks: 2nd Nine Weeks Group 1
Unit of Study: What roles do personal identity and group identity play in people’s lives?
Essential Questions:
• How do we know if we are communicating clearly, effectively, and correctly?
TEKS/Essence Statements:
• 7.13 Students use comprehension skills to analyze how words, images, graphics, and sounds work
together in various forms to impact meaning.
• 7.19 Students understand the function of and use the conventions of academic language when
speaking and writing. Identify, use, and understand the function of the following parts of speech in
the context of reading, writing, and speaking: interjections
Critical Skills/Postsecondary Goals:
This section needs to be completed based on the students in your class.
Instruction/Classroom Activities:
Small Group Instruction:
-Teaching Interjections! Begin by introducing interjections with the Schoolhouse Rock: Grammar Rock
video Interjections! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RhHpJ45_zwM found on Youtube or may be
checked out from the school library. After the video, ask students if they remember any interjections from
the video and make a list on the board.
-Interjection Poster Activity: Teach students about interjections by assigning poster projects. Interjections
are words that show excitement or emotions and are often followed by an exclamation point. Assign each
student a word that qualifies as an interjection. An example could be, "Wow!" Then, have each student
create a poster that shows the feelings associated with the interjection he/she was assigned. Students can
cut out magazine words or pictures that reflect the interjection. If a student was assigned the word, "wow"
he can cut out photos of a person who shows excitement. He/She could also write words like "happy" or
'surprised" on the poster or cut each letter of the word out of a magazine. When the posters are complete,
have each student present his poster to the class. Students may work in partners.
-Writing Sentences with Interjections: Ask students to brainstorm ways to express emotions. Interjections
are grammar elements that demonstrate feeling. Remind students to think back to the video. Examples
would be: Ouch! Stop! Hooray! Wow! Such interjections demonstrate emotions like pain, anger,
excitement and surprise. Often, when written, exclamation points communicate an intense feeling.
-Write a list of conjunctions on the board or add to the list from the start of class, and ask students to
connect two or more thoughts using components of the list. Conjunctions are if, and, or, but, nor, for and
so. You can ask students to join two sentences using interjections. For example: “Stop, or I'll tell the
teacher you are bothering me!” Guide students through this activity if they are still unfamiliar with
conjunctions.
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TEKS Based Lesson Plan
Stations/Centers:
o Word Wall Vocabulary Activities with interjections
o Interjection Poster Activity
o Writing Sentences with Interjections
Individualized Communication Planning: This section needs to be completed based on the
individualized communication needs of the students in your class.
Differentiated Tasks:
Level 3
Student will create an
interjection poster.
Student will generate examples
of interjections.
Level 2
Student will create an
interjection poster.
Student will be asked to identify
interjections.
Level 1
Student will explore tactile
representations of interjections.
Teacher will utilize response
switches.
Materials/Resources:
-TV and media to view Schoolhouse Rock: Grammar Rock:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RhHpJ45_zwM, white board, posters or large chart paper, markers,
crayons, colored pencils, scissors, glue, magazines
*Adapted from eHow.com
Assessment Strategies: This section needs to be completed based on the strategies appropriate for the
students in your class.
IEP Connections: This section needs to be completed based on the IEPs documented in the students’
ARDs in your class.
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