Monday
UNIT 4: Elements of Drama
December 14, 2015
7th
TEKS
I Can
Statement
Lesson
Scripted
Questions
Relevance to
Students
Materials
Assessments:
(F or S)
Homework
WICOR-M
Instructional
Strategies
Differentiation
Grade OL RELA
Almaguer, Davis, Gokey
7.2 Vocabulary Development
7.5 Reading Comprehension of Literary Text/Drama
Figure 19 B D E Reading Comprehension Skills
I can analyze how particular elements of a story or drama interact.
1. Agenda: Students will copy the weekly agenda in their planner.
Teacher will go over important dates for the week: Knowsys Quiz,
Outside Reading, Library Day, and Assessments.
2. Knowsys Introduction of Group 15: Teacher will review each
word: pronunciation, part of speech, connotation, definition, and
sentence. Students will engage in discussion of word and write
down word and definition in their composition book.
3. FINAL DISCUSSION A Christmas Carol: Students will be using
guided reading questions, ARG, to facilitate discussions at their
groups, whole and small, and focusing on the elements of conflict,
character change, and resolution, as well as connecting to our
real-world of today with the situations – poverty, wealth, desire,
tradition.
1. How are historic, cultural, economic, religious, and ethnical
aspects of a society reflected in a drama?
2. What is drama and what literary elements (i.e., plot, theme,
character, setting, point of view) are utilized in drama?
3. How does drama differ from other literary genres?
Students begin to explore how characters teach life lessons and
achieve redemption through selflessness and valuing people over
material possessions.
 Planner
 Spiral Notebook
 Holt Textbook
 Personal reading book
Read 20 minutes; study Vocabulary;
Writing
Inquiry
Collaboration
Organization
Reading
Math
Graphic Organizer of Discussion of resolution of A Christmas Carol.
Choice of information that’s important in graphic organizer
Choice of graphic organizer template
Tuesday
December15, 2015
Unit 4: Elements of Drama
7th
TEKS
Grade OL RELA
Almaguer, Davis, Gokey
7.2 Vocabulary Development
7.5 Reading Comprehension of Literary Text/Drama
Figure 19 B D E Reading Comprehension Skills
I Can
Statement
I can use reading strategies to infer and comprehend the text.
I can explore two expository passages for similarities and difference
between inferred an explicit text.
Lesson
1. Knowsys Introduction of Group 15: Teacher will review each
word: pronunciation, part of speech, connotation, definition, and
sentence. Students will engage in discussion of word and write
down word and definition in their composition book.
2. DISCUSSION A Christmas Carol: Students will be using guided
reading questions, ARG, to facilitate discussions at their groups,
whole and small, and focusing on the elements of conflict,
character change, and resolution, as well as connecting to our
real-world of today with the situations – poverty, wealth, desire,
tradition.begin studying for final test
1. How are historic, cultural, economic, religious, and ethnical
aspects of a society reflected in a drama?
2. What is drama and what literary elements (i.e., plot, theme,
character, setting, point of view) are utilized in drama?
3. How does drama differ from other literary genres?
Students begin to explore how characters teach life lessons and
achieve redemption through selflessness and valuing people over
material possessions.
 ARG
 Spiral Notebook
 A Christmas Carol
 Personal reading book
Scripted
Questions
Relevance to
Students
Materials
Assessments:
(F or S)
Homework
WICOR-M
Instructional
Strategies
Differentiation
Read 20 minutes; Study Knowsys vocabulary
Writing
Organization
FINAL REVIEW
FINAL REVIEW
Inquiry
Reading
Collaboration
Math
Wednesday
December 16, 2015
Unit 4: Elements of Drama
th
7 Grade OL RELA
Almaguer, Davis, Gokey
TEKS
7.2 Vocabulary Development
7.5 Reading Comprehension of Literary Text/Drama
Figure 19 B D E Reading Comprehension Skills
I Can
Statement
I can determine a theme or central idea of a text and analyze its
development over the course of the text.
Lesson
1. Knowsys Review of Group 15: Student will use words in their
various forms to enhance depth of understanding and mastery of
use.
2. Read A Christmas Carol – While reading A Christmas Carol,
students analyze how a particular part of the text fits into the
overall structure and contributes to the development of the
theme, setting, or plot. begin studying for final test
Scripted
Questions
1. What are some things that stop people from living an authentic
life?
2. What was Dickens’ England like?
3. What problems in Dickens’ England still exist today?
Relevance to
Students
Materials
By reading Dickens’s novel students are provided the opportunity to
understand how their choices can change their attitudes and behavior.
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Pencil / Spiral
ARG
Holt Textbook
Assessments:
(F or S)
Homework
Study Knowsys Vocabulary, Read 20 minutes
WICOR-M
Writing
Organization
FINAL REVIEW
Instructional
Strategies
Differentiation
FINAL REVIEW
Inquiry
Reading
Collaboration
Math
Thursday
TEKS
December 17, 2015
Unit 4: Elements of Drama
th
7 Grade OL RELA
Almaguer, Davis, Gokey
7.2 Vocabulary Development
7.5 Reading Comprehension of Literary Text/Drama
Figure 19 B D E Reading Comprehension Skills
I Can
Statement
Lesson
I can complete a final test over vocabulary, grammar and novel.
Final exams:
3rd, 5th, 7th
Scripted
Questions
1. How did Dickens try to bring these problems to light?
2. How do characters in A Christmas Carol reflect the problems of
the time?
3. Does literature reflect the cultural challenges of the time period in
which it is set?
Relevance to
Students
Materials
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Test booklet
Pencil
Textbook
Dictionary (excluding Knowsys)
Assessments:
(F or S)
Homework
WICOR-M
Instructional
Strategies
Differentiation
Writing
Organization
TESTING
Final TEST
Inquiry
Reading
Collaboration
Math
Friday
December 18, 2015
Unit 4: Elements of Drama
7th Grade OL RELA
Almaguer, Davis, Gokey
TEKS
7.2 Vocabulary Development
7.5 Reading Comprehension of Literary Text/Drama
Figure 19 B D E Reading Comprehension Skills
I Can
Statement
I can identify and discuss key ideas for support and analysis
for topics associated with A Christmas Carol.
Lesson
Final Exams:
1st, 4th, 6th
Scripted
Questions
1. How does empathy/perspective help shape our understanding of
the world in which we live?
2. How does Dickens reveal the changing character of Ebenezer
Scrooge, including personality and motivation?
3. How does Dickens’ use of connotation, denotation, and direct
and indirect methods of characterization present and extend the
novel’s themes?
Relevance to
Students
Students will be presented with how literature is slice of the time period
in which it is set.
Materials
 Test booklet
 Pencil
 Textbook
 Dictionary (excluding Knowsys)
FINAL EXAM (s)
Assessments:
(F or S)
Homework
WICOR-M
Instructional
Strategies
Differentiation
Writing
Organization
FINAL EXAM
TESTING
Inquiry
Reading
Collaboration
Math