Weekly Lesson
Plan
MOORE - English
ENGLISH III – Juniors
Week #2
QTR. #4-2010
Description
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April 5-9, 2010
April is National Poetry Month! “We Wear the Mask” pg.
544. Read aloud and discuss. Answer ?’s 5, 6, 8 on pg. 545
Discuss Spoon River Anthology – E. Masters on pgs. 546549. Discuss ?’s on 549. OR Selection TEST. Write a poem
modeled after one of the poems we’ve read/discussed.
Typed. Due THUR.
DOL /WOD
DOL QUIZ
MEET Walt Whitman: Read “Media Connection” on page 400
– then biography/background on 401-402. Read aloud: “I Hear
America Singing” pg. 403 and “When I Heard the Learn’d
Astronomer” 405. Discuss/analyze.
READING WORKSHOP: Read AR
A total of 10 points is due by Thursday, April 29th.
DOL/WOD
Continue w/ Whitman’s poetry: Read aloud “A Sight in
Camp in the Daybreak Gray and Dim” 406 AND “Beat!
Beat! Drums” 407. Discuss/analyze (review questions on 408
orally). ASSIGN: Creative Writing – Write a short story
based on “A Sight in Camp in the Daybreak Gray and Dim.”
Think of this brief event as the beginning of the story;
continue the story from this beginning … (2 pages). DUE
MONDAY.
Lesson plans are a guide. It's difficult to predict each day's events;
therefore, I modify and adjust daily, as needed.
CCG: Read a broad selection of literature from a variety of historical periods,
cultures, literary perspectives, and genres, including poetry, novels, short
stories, essays, and drama. CCG: Listen to text and read text to make connections
and respond to historically or culturally significant works of literature that enhance the
study of other subjects. • EL.HS.LI.02 Demonstrate listening comprehension of more
complex literary text through class and/or small group interpretive discussions.