Westside High School Lesson Plan
Teacher Name:
Drue Harris
Dates:
English I Prep
Tuesday, January 20th, 2015
Periods: 2 & 4
Unit: Cycle 4
What are we learning?
Daily Objective: I will be able to effectively paraphrase a
complex text.
TEKS/AP/Standards: ELA.9.3A Analyze the effects of
diction and imagery in poetry. (blank verse)
How will we learn it?
Learning Activities:
1. Grammar WarmUp
2. Finish PromptBook (Major Grade)
How will we tell if we’re learning it correctly?
Assessment Methods: I have passed out a handout that
will eventually be turned in for a grade.
What do I need to be successful?
Materials: Laptop, No Fear Shakespeare book, pen
What do I need to before next class?
Follow Up/HW: none
Tuesday, January 20th- Friday, January 23, 2015
English I PreAP
Periods: 5, 6, & 7
Unit: Cycle 4
What are we learning?
Daily Objective: I will be able to effectively paraphrase a complex text.
TEKS/AP/Standards: ELA.9.3A Analyze the effects of diction and
imagery in poetry. (blank verse)
How will we learn it?
Learning Activities:
***Turn in Promptbook
1. Grammar WarmUp
2. Read Act 2, Scenes 1 and 2
3. Add soliloquy to our notes packet
How will we tell if we’re learning it correctly?
Assessment Methods: The paraphrasing worksheet will be turned in
for a grade.
What do I need to be successful?
Materials: Laptop, No Fear Shakespeare book, pen
What do I need to before next class?
Follow Up/HW: ***Bring promptbook for a late grade if you did not
turn it in today!
BLOCK DAYS: WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 21st and
THURSDAY, January 22nd
What are we learning?
Daily Objective: I will be able to formulate an analytical
response using textual evidence from a dramatic work.
What are we learning?
Daily Objective: I will be able to write an effective essay by including a
thesis and organizational structure.
TEKS/AP/Standards:ELA.9.Fig19B Make complex
inferences about text and use textual evidence to support
understanding.
TEKS/AP/Standards: ELA.9.15A.iii Write an analytical essay of
sufficient length that includes a controlling idea or thesis.
How will we learn it?
Learning Activities:
1. Grammar WarmUp
2. KAHOOTS Review of Act 2, Scene 2
3. Finish Guided Paraphrasing Activity
4. Do Tiered Short Answer Response PRACTICE
5. Complete PROMPTBOOK
How will we tell if we’re learning it correctly?
Assessment Methods: The Tiered Short Answer Response
is guided practice to set them up for success when
completing some of the written portion of the
promptbook. Both of these items will be turned in.
Checks for Understanding: KAHOOTS! This app shows a
“scoreboard” plus how many kids answered for each
answer choice.
What do I need to be successful?
Materials: Laptop, No Fear Shakespeare book, pen
What do I need to before next class?
Follow Up/HW:
***Makeup work must be completed by 4:45pm today if
you want to see it on progress reports!
How will we learn it?
Learning Activities:
1. Grammar WarmUp
2. KAHOOTS Review of Act 2, Scene 2
3. Read Act 2, Scenes 3, 5, and 6 (summarize Scene 4)
-add to academic vocabulary notes as we go
4. Expository Essay Guided Practice
-Topic Sentence, Concrete Detail, Commentary ***new strategy
How will we tell if we’re learning it correctly?
Assessment Methods: The expository essay will be graded on the
STAAR rubric.
Checks for Understanding: KAHOOTS! This app shows a “scoreboard”
plus how many kids answered for each answer choice.
What do I need to be successful?
Materials: Laptop, No Fear Shakespeare book, pen
What do I need to before next class?
Follow Up/HW: none
Friday, January 23rd
What are we learning?
Daily Objective: I will be able to decipher word meanings
and textual context in a complex work of drama.
What are we learning?
Daily Objective: I will be able to identify and analyze the effect of
dramatic conventions and devices.
TEKS/AP/Standards: ELA. 9.1B Analyze textual context to
distinguish between the denotative and connotative
meanings of words.
TEKS/AP/Standards: ELA.9.4A Explain how dramatic conventions
enhance drama.
How will we learn it?
Learning Activities:
1. Grammar WarmUp
2. Show Acts 1-3 Test Review Sheet on the HUB
3. Finish Act 2: Scenes 3, 5, and 6 (summarize Scene 4)
-add to academic vocabulary notes as we go
4. Reading Selection #2
How will we tell if we’re learning it correctly?
Assessment Methods: Reading Selection #2 is STAAR
aligned and will be graded.
Checks for Understanding: I will be cold calling on random
students during our reading of the rest of Act 2.
What do I need to be successful?
Materials: Laptop, No Fear Shakespeare book, pen
What do I need to before next class?
Follow Up/HW: study for Acts 1-3 Test
How will we learn it?
Learning Activities:
1. Grammar WarmUp
2. Show Acts 1-3 Test Review Sheet on the HUB
3. Go over graded work
4. Read Act 3, Scene 1
-add to academic vocabulary notes as we go
5. Pass out Reading Selection #3 for HOMEWORK
How will we tell if we’re learning it correctly?
Assessment Methods: Reading Selection #3 is STAAR aligned and will
be graded.
Checks for Understanding: I will be cold calling on random students
during our reading of Act 3, Scene 1.
What do I need to be successful?
Materials: Laptop, No Fear Shakespeare book, pen
What do I need to before next class?
Follow Up/HW:
 STAAR Reading Selection #3 due Monday
 Study for Acts 1-3 Test