Lesson Plan
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April 25, 2011
HONORS ENGLISH II
Learning Targets. Connections, Literary Analysis, Test Preparation, Writing (Open Response/Cause and
Effect/Persuasion), Correctness, Assessment, Vocabulary/Language, Reading.
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Wordskills. Check unit 15; take and check quiz 14. Prepare for quiz 15 and unit 16 on Monday.
Journal. Take notes.
Folders. Revise persuasive draft; include all drafts and revision sheets. Due for editing April 27.
ACT prep. Do practice section--English.
Grammar. Discuss 259-261—do/check exercise A in journal.
CCT preparation. Check schedule for re-focus.
Literary Term. Flashback/In medias res.
Testing Term. Analyze, Apply, Compare, Describe, Draw a Conclusion. Evaluate, Explain, Identify, Infer, Interpret, Justify,
Support/Provide Examples, Accept/Reject, Connect, Contrast, Critique, Distinguish, Formulate, Generalize, Locate, Paraphrase,
Predict, Select, Sequence, Skim/Scan, Adhere, Analyze, Apply, Approximate, Arrange, Capitalize, Choose, Clarify, Combine,
Communicate, Correct, Create, Describe, Develop, Document, Eliminate, Engage, Establish, Evaluate, Guide, Identify, Incorporate,
Justify, Select, Sustain, Use.
9. Cause and Effect Essay. Turn in draft if requested. Get returned draft and do cover sheet.
10. Supplemental readings. Literature. Read The Once and Future King. Due May 6. Analyze with journal notes The Noble Acts of King
Arthur and his Knights. Write poem to relate to Tevya. Due 29. Read The Knight.
11. Reflection. Note what learned and what needs work.
FRENCH II and FRENCH III/APFrench
Learning Targets: Review; listening, speaking, reading, writing of French—toward proficiency; grammar/syntax;
culture; connections to world.
Go to re-focus group on Monday.
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French II: Review previous lessons/oral and written.
Prepare for exam for Units 5, 6, 7.
Do listening for lecon 24. Read lecons 22-23 in text. Read introduction to lecon 24 and do all questions, plus activities 1-5. Do
Reading for Unit 7, Unit 8 text, Unit 8 WB and AB, Unit 8 Reading for next week.
Listen to French music/newscasts—Yabla.com.
View A Year in Provence—make connections. View Paris.
French III: Do Yabla.com/Champs-Elysees/French music. Finish lecon 30 with text and listening; do/check AB and WB. Take quiz
30. Go over testing schedule.
AP French: Follow syllabus for April and do adjusted items. Prepare for speaking/composition (AP topics); do Yabla.com. Continue
sample AP tests. Use Ancion reading for AP English connection.
PSYCHOLOGY
Learning Targets. Connections to world/literature/different perspectives/different cultures; writing; survey of
psychology; assessment.
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Take journal notes. Organize notebook for psychology.
Do survey of Psychology. Chapter 16 Gender Roles. Read 16.1.
View Zimbardo sessions. The Mind Awake and Asleep. The Mind Hidden and Divided. Prepare for quiz.
Make connections to psychology in survey work and in ice breakers.
Take sample tests from The Book of Tests. Culturally Biased Test. Random Sample Intelligence Test.
Take advantage of extra credit opportunities: Ebonics, Affirmative Action, Dove Counterbalance Test.