LESSON PLANS
Teacher: Alden Johnson
Subject: Pre-AP/ GT English II
DAY
TEKS
Objective
MON
Notes
TUE
Notes
WED
Notes
THU
Notes
FRI.
Notes
3 – analyze how the
structure and
graphic elements of
poetry affect how
the poetry sounds
and appears
1B – use context of
the sentences in
which a word
appears to identify
the attitudes or
feelings connected
to a word
Today I will gather info from
other Poetry of Rock Posters
In order to understand the
connections between poetry and
rock music
5A – examine
specific scenes in
fictional works to
analyze how those
scenes advance the
plot
3 – analyze how the
structure and
graphic elements of
poetry affect how
the poetry sounds
and appears
8 – understand the
way culture,
history, and
contemporary
context influence
an author’s purpose
Today I will take an AP Multiple
Choice ? Quiz from F451
In order to test my
understanding of these type of
questions for AP
Today I will write my own AP
Multiple Choice ?s
In order to understand the
thought behind the structure so I
can answer them correctly
Week of:
Materials /
CCO
Today I will learn about the 7
Deadly Sins
In order to understand their
affect on historical and literary
events
WEEK 31
Evaluation/Follow Up
How I know they know…
1. Post Poetry of Rock projects outside in
Finished Posters
Packing tape
New Calendar
AP Stems – one
for each
F451 Passage
Today I will rediscover the good
qualities of poetry
In order to not be afraid of
poetry in the future
April 16th – April 20th
Procedures/Strategies
hallway
2. Explain to students that they will be
looking at posters (not their own) and
finding 4 facts from each one. Hopefully
the posters will lend themselves to this…
1. Pass out new calendar
2. Discuss Pocket Poetry Day – Thursday
3. Pass out AP Question Stems – half
sheet and explain the logic behind
them
4. Pass out Fa451 passage – students will
write 8 questions based on the passage
with 3 answer choices – due tomorrow
F451 Passage
and Quiz
Questions
1. Turn in AP ?s
2. Pocket Poetry Day reminder
3. AP ? Quiz – F451 passage #4
Poems from
online –
YouTube
videos, etc.
1. POCKET POETRY DAY!!!
2. Check students’ poems – to make sure
they have them
3. Read fun poems, watch slam poetry,
etc.
Quiz questions
7 Deadly Sins
PowerPoint
1. Circle of Hell Quiz – yes/ no questions
– explain what circle each question
represents.
2. Put 7 deadly sins on board – take
notes/ discuss
3. Have students order them in what
THEY think is the least wrong and the
most wrong – discuss their bottom and
top choices
Information on poster
Students’ reactions to
posters
Questions written in AP
format
Increased understanding of
AP ?s (better grades on
quizzes)
Participation/ engaging in
poems discussed as a class
Discussion
Understanding Deadly Sins
concept while reading
Inferno
Subject: Pre-AP/ GT English II
DAY
TEKS
Objective
Week of:
Materials /
CCO
Social Studies TAKS
MON
Notes
April 23rd – April 27th
Procedures/Strategies
WEEK 32
Evaluation/Follow Up
How I know they know…
3. Social Studies TAKS
Information on poster
Students’ reactions to
posters
TUE
Notes
Math TAKS
WED
Notes
Late arrival for 10th graders – 10:
THU
Notes
Science TAKS
FRI.
Notes
5. Math TAKS
Questions written in AP
format
4. Late arrival for 10th graders – 10:30
Increased understanding of
AP ?s (better grades on
quizzes)
4. Science TAKS
Participation/ engaging in
poems discussed as a class
8 – understand the
way culture,
history, and
contemporary
context influence
an author’s purpose
Today I will learn the history
behind Dante and his Inferno
In order to understand how
culture and context influenced his
purpose
Quiz questions
7 Deadly Sins
PowerPoint
4. Inferno PowerPoint – Pass out Imagery
Charts for students to take notes on the
back
5. Discuss historical context and
summary of levels, symbolism, etc.
Understanding historical
context while reading
Subject: Pre-AP/ GT English II
DAY
TEKS
Objective
MON
Notes
TUE
Notes
WED
Notes
THU
Notes
FRI.
Notes
2B – recognize and
analyze archetypes
in myths and
classical literature
Today I will read & discuss
Canto I in Inferno
In order to analyze the
archetypes of myth in class
literature
7 – understand and
draw conclusions to
explain how
symbols and
allusions function
in literary works
2B – recognize and
analyze archetypes
in myths and
classical literature
Today I will read and discuss
Cantos II – V in Inferno
In order to draw conclusions
about symbolism functions in
classic lit
3 – analyze how the
structure and
graphic elements of
poetry affect how
the poetry sounds
and appears
Today I will read and discuss
Cantos V – VII in Inferno
In order to draw conclusions
about symbolism functions in
classic lit
8 – understand the
way culture,
history, and
contemporary
context influence
an author’s purpose
Today I will work on my Inferno
project
In order to analyze the
archetypes of myth in class
literature
Today I will read and discuss
Cantos VI – VII in Inferno
In order to analyze the
archetypes of myth in class
literature
Week of:
Materials /
CCO
Quiz Questions
April 30th – May 4th
Procedures/Strategies
WEEK 33
Evaluation/Follow Up
How I know they know…
4. Dante Notes Quiz
5. Explain Imagery Chart/ Reading
Discussion
Imagery Chart
Reading Packet
Packet
6. Read Canto I together, filling out
Imagery chart
Inferno Reading
Packet
6. Read Cantos III, IV, V together with
Imagery Chart
Copies of Charts
Discussion
Imagery Chart
Reading Packet
5. Freeman comes in to talk about
summer reading for AP ENGL III
6. Read Cantos VI – VII (Gluttonous &
Greedy) together with Imagery Chart
Discussion
5. Read Cantos VIII – X (Wrathful and
Heretical) together with Imagery Chart
6. Assign Groups sins for Jigsaw Project
7. Students research/ create PowerPoint
outlining each sin – must be emailed to
me by Monday
Participation/ engaging in
poems discussed as a class
6. Work on Jigsaw project – email
PowerPoint ASAP
7.
Discussion
Imagery Chart
Reading Packet
Project
Instructions
Computers
Computers
Understanding Deadly Sins
concept while reading
Inferno
Subject: Pre-AP/ GT English II
DAY
TEKS
Objective
MON
Notes
2B – recognize and
analyze archetypes
in myths and
classical literature
Today I will learn & discuss the
7th & 8th Circles in Inferno
In order to analyze the
archetypes of myth in class
literature
TUE
Notes
7 – understand and
draw conclusions to
explain how
symbols and
allusions function
in literary works
2B – recognize and
analyze archetypes
in myths and
classical literature
Today I will learn & discuss the
8th & 9th Circles in Inferno
In order to draw conclusions
about how symbolism functions
in classic lit
WED
Notes
THU
Notes
FRI.
Notes
8 – understand the
way culture,
history, and
contemporary
context influence
an author’s purpose
8 – understand the
way culture,
history, and
contemporary
context influence
an author’s purpose
Today I will take a test over
Inferno
In order to analyze the
archetypes of myth in class
literature
Today I will create and explain
the 7 deadly sins of the American
Teenager
In order to understand how
contemporary context influences
an author’s purpose
Today I will create and explain
the 7 deadly sins of the American
Teenager
In order to understand how
contemporary context influences
an author’s purpose
Week of:
Materials /
CCO
Computer/
projector and
emailed
PowerPoints
WEEK 34
Evaluation/Follow Up
How I know they know…
th
th
7. Present 7 and 8 Circles to class using
the groups’ PowerPoints
Discussion
8. Students will fill in Imagery Chart as
each group teaches their sin
Imagery Chart
9th Circle/ test
review ppt
7. Finish 7th and 8th Circles presentations
8. Read/ Discuss the 9th Circle of the
Inferno
9. Have students copy down Test Review
Discussion
7. Turn in Imagery Chart
8. Inferno Test
9. Assign Seven Deadly Sins of the
American Teenager
Discussion
Inferno Test –
one per student
Project
Instructions
Computers
Computers
May 7th – May 11th
Procedures/Strategies
8. EOC in first three periods
9. Work on American Teenager Project
1. EOC in first three periods
2. Work on American Teenager
Project
Imagery Chart
Imagery Chart
Subject:
Pre-AP/ GT English II
Week of:
May 14th – May 18th
Procedures/Strategies
WEEK 35
DAY
TEKS
Objective
Materials /
CCO
MON
Notes
2B – recognize
and analyze
archetypes in
myths and
classical literature
8 – understand
the way culture,
history, and
contemporary
context influence
an author’s
purpose
8 – understand
the way culture,
history, and
contemporary
context influence
an author’s
purpose
13B – structure
ideas in a
consistent and
persuasive
manner in timed
settings
7 – explain how
symbols and
allegories work
Today I will take a test over
Dante’s Inferno
In order to analyze the
archetypes of myth in class
literature
Today I will explain the 7
deadly sins of the American
Teenager
In order to understand how
contemporary context
influences an author’s purpose
10. Turn in Imagery Chart
Inferno Test – 11. Inferno Test
one per student 12. Work on Seven Deadly Sins of the
American Teenager
TUE
Notes
WED
Notes
THU
Notes
FRI.
Notes
Today I will explain the 7
deadly sins of the American
Teenager
In order to understand how
contemporary context
influences an author’s purpose
Today I will write an essay
over Dante’s Inferno
In order to prepare drafts in
timed settings effectively
Today I will watch clips from
“The Village”
In order to discuss the role of
symbolism and color in
author’s purpose
Evaluation/Follow Up
How I know they
know…
Imagery Chart
Test
Computer/
projector and
emailed
PowerPoints
10. 7 Deadly sins of the Am. Teen
presentations
Discussion
Computer/
projector and
emailed
PowerPoints
11. Finish 7 Deadly sins of the Am.
Teen presentations
Discussion
Timed writing
prompts w/
rubric
10. Timed Writing over Inferno
Timed Essay graded to
AP rubric
VCR/
Projector
3. Watch clips from “The Village”
4. Discuss symbolism/ color and how
it advances suspense and theme
5. Discuss the Village’s connection to
the other dystopian novels we’ve
read this year
Discussion
Venn Diagram
Subject:
Pre-AP/ GT English II
DAY
TEKS
Objective
MON
Notes
7 – explain how
symbols and
allegories work
Today I will watch clips from
“The Village”
In order to discuss the role of
symbolism and color in
author’s purpose
TUE
Notes
2C – explore how
the figurative
language used in
literary works
reflects the
history and
culture of its
setting
Today I will take a test over
AP Terms
In order to explore how
figurative language reflects the
culture and history of a literary
work’s setting
WED
Notes
THU
Notes
FRI.
Notes
Finals
Week of:
May 21st – May 25th
Materials /
CCO
Procedures/Strategies
VCR/
Projector
AP Terms Test
Answer Sheet
VCR/
Projector
Evaluation/Follow Up
How I know they know…
13. Future AP students fill out
Literature NoteCards
14. Watch clips from “The Village”
Venn Diagram for novel
15. Discuss symbolism/ color and how theme comparison
it advances suspense and theme
16. Discuss the Village’s connection to
the other dystopian novels we’ve
read this year
12. AP Terms Test
AP Terms Test
13. Watch clips from “The Village”
14. Discuss symbolism/ color and how Venn Diagram for novel
it advances suspense and theme
theme comparison
15. Discuss the Village’s connection to
the other dystopian novels we’ve
read this year
1. Finals
11.Finals
Finals
6. Finals
Finals
WEEK 36