English 11a
Week 1
TEACHER’S NAME
Destiny High School Lesson Plan Template
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Scripture/
Passage
Standard(s)
Essential
Question(s)
R.I 11-12:1
What are the big goals
and rules for this class?
What must I do to be
successful in this class
-Syllabus Overview
Students will
-Big Goals Overview
be able to:
Lesson
Outline
1. Do Now/
Attendance 8:20:30
2. Prayer
3. ACT reading ( :30:50)
comprehension
4. Syllabus overview
(:50-9:05)
5. Class Vision (:05:10)
R.I 11-12:1
R.I 11-12.1
What is MLK’s attitude
to the clergymen he is
What was significant
writing to?
about Birmingham, AL?
How can we make
What does it mean to
inferences to determine
cite textual evidence?
the purpose of this
letter?
Support analysis of what
Cite textual evidence
the text says and make
Cite Evidence from “A
from a letter from
inferences as to what is
Letter From Birmingham Birmingham and analyze said and not said (what
Jail”
what the text says (main can we assume about
points)
the outcome of this
letter)
1. Do Now
1. Do Now
1. Do Now
2. Prayer
2. Prayer
2. Prayer
3. ACT grammar
3. ACT Review of
3. ACT grammar
review (from
reading
exercise
yesterday)
comprehension/
4. Review of vocab
4. Vocab sentences
strategies
5. Summary of A
5. Making
4. Vocab
Letter from
inferences
5. Video—“History
Birmingham Jail
(examples)
of Birmingham,
6. If needed, finish
6. What can we
AL”
Jigsaw
infer about MLK’s
How do I identify the
main points in a text to
determine the meaning
of a text? What are just
vs unjust laws? Who is
the white moderate?
R.I 11-12.1
Can I cite textual
evidence to support
analysis of what a text
says and make
inferences as to where
the text leaves matters
uncertain?
Make inferences as to
what the purpose of this
letter is. Determine the
value of what MLK says
and doesn’t say in his
letter.
1. Do Now
2. Prayer
3. ACT Reading
and vocab test
4. MLK’s I have a
dream relevance
for today
5. I Have a
Dream
adaptation
poems
English 11a
Week 1
TEACHER’S NAME
6. Watch MLK “I
Have A Dream”
(:10-:15)
7. Student
worksheet and
response (:17:20)
8. Notecard
activity—
Students will
write their
personal dreams
on note cards
(:20-:25)
9. Whole group
share out (:25:40)
Assessment I Have a dream
Evidence
“Notecards”
6. Partner
worksheet
7. Reading of “A
Letter From
Birmingham Jail”
8. Group work
sheets
9. Group share out
and Jigsaw
Jigsaw activity sheets
7. Identifying main
points
8. Just Laws vs
Unjust Laws—
students will
explain their
understanding of
MLK’s message
9. The White
Moderate—What
does MLK say
about the white
Moderate
10. Close—What are
three main points
addressed in this
letter?
Exit Ticket—Identifying
main points
attitude towards
the clergymen
that he’s writing
to? Textual
Evidence
7. Making
inferences to
decide the
purpose of a text.
8. What do you
think MLK’s
purpose for this
letter was? Why
did he take the
time to struggle
to write this?
9. Writing Strong
paragraph
statements
-ACE model
Exit Ticket—Letter
purpose
6. Weekly
assessments—
Can students cite
textual evidence
to support
analysis and
make inferences
as to what is said
and not said in “A
Letter from
Birmingham Jail
Weekly Assessment