Westside High School Lesson Plan
Teacher Name:
Drue Harris
Dates:
Week 4: Monday, March 9th- Friday, March 13th
English I Prep
Periods: 4
Unit: Cycle 4
What are we learning?
Daily Objective: I will be able to support my answers with
text evidence.
Monday
TEKS/AP/Standards: ELA.9.Fig19B Make complex
inferences about text and use textual evidence to support
understanding.
English I PreAP
Periods: 1, 2, 5, & 6
Unit: Cycle 4
What are we learning?
Daily Objective: I will be able to analyze a complex text for literary
devices and the effect those have on the overall message and
meaning.
TEKS/AP/Standards: ELA.9.5A Analyze and discuss the purpose of nonlinear plot development.
How will we learn it?
Learning Activities:
1. Grammar Warm Up: Subject Verb Agreement
2. Reading + Inferences Chart
-Vignette #8
-The Little Burnt Victims
3. Connecting Selections SAR Practice *minor grade
How will we learn it?
Learning Activities:
1. Grammar Warm Up: Subject Verb Agreement
2. Read aloud: “The Night the Lights Went Out”
3. Mystery Envelope Activity: Group Analysis
How will we tell if we’re learning it correctly?
Assessment Methods: Groups will be called upon to read their
question and provide their group’s analysis of the text.
Assessment Methods: The connecting selections SAR will
be for a minor grade.
Checks for Understanding: We will review the two
passages for the SAR before beginning. I will ask plotbased questions to clarify.
How will we tell if we’re learning it correctly?
Checks for Understanding: I will clarify student answers and ask
whole-class questions about the text as we share answers.
What do I need to be successful?
Materials: grammar handout, book, pencil
What do I need to be successful?
Materials: folder, book, pencil
*No homework
*No homework
What are we learning?
What are we learning?
Daily Objective: I will be able to analyze a complex text for
literary devices and the effect those have on the overall
message and meaning.
Daily Objective: I will be able to support my answers with text
evidence.
TEKS/AP/Standards: ELA.9.5A Analyze and discuss the
purpose of non-linear plot development.
TEKS/AP/Standards: ELA.9.Fig19B Make complex inferences about
text and use textual evidence to support understanding.
How will we learn it?
How will we learn it?
Tuesday
Learning Activities:
1. Grammar Warm Up: Subject Verb Agreement
2. Read + Inferences Chart
-Vignette #9
3. Read aloud: “The Night the Lights Went Out”
4. Mystery Envelope Activity: Group Analysis
How will we tell if we’re learning it correctly?
Assessment Methods: Students will be writing down their
answers from the group activity on their notes chart.
Checks for Understanding: I will be walking around asking
clarifying questions and making sure students are
upholding the rigor of the activity.
Learning Activities:
1. Grammar Warm Up: Subject Verb Agreement
2. Read Vignette #10 &Discuss Author’s Purpose
3. Independent Practice: Read “The Night Before Christmas”
4. Independent Practice: 2 Analysis Questions on the HUB
How will we tell if we’re learning it correctly?
Assessment Methods: Questions written on the HUB will be used in an
online discussion forum on the block day.
Checks for Understanding:
Students will engage in a Think-Pair-Share to discuss author’s purpose.
I will call on about 3 students for their analysis when the time is up.
What do I need to be successful?
Materials: grammar handout, book, pencil
What do I need to be successful?
Materials: folder, book, pencil
*No homework
*No homework
What are we learning?
What are we learning?
Daily Objective: I will be able to effectively organize an
expository essay and make sure it has all necessary
content components.
Daily Objective: I will be able to effectively organize an expository
essay and make sure it has all necessary content components.
TEKS/AP/Standards: ELA.9.15A.v Write an analytical essay
of sufficient length that includes relevant information.
TEKS/AP/Standards: ELA.9.15A.v Write an analytical essay of sufficient
length that includes relevant information.
How will we learn it?
Wednesday/Thursday
How will we learn it?
Learning Activities:
1. Grammar Warm Up: Subject Verb Agreement *minor
grade to be turned in
2. Guided Expository Essay Practice
3. With any remaining time, continue reading …And the
Earth Did Not Devour Him
Learning Activities:
1. Grammar Warm Up: Subject Verb Agreement *minor grade to be
traded and graded, then turned in
2. Analysis Questions from yesterday: Respond to a classmate’s
analysis question on the HUB discussion board (10 minute activity)
3. Label Body Paragraph Components in Practice Essay #1
4. Guided Expository Practice Essay #2 (28 minute essay)
How will we tell if we’re learning it correctly?
How will we tell if we’re learning it correctly?
Assessment Methods:
The practice essay will be for a grade.
Assessment Methods:
The practice essay will be for a grade.
Checks for Understanding:
Students will label the parts of their essay. (topic
sentences, concrete details, and commentaries)
Checks for Understanding:
Students will label the parts of their essay. (topic sentences, concrete
details, and commentaries)
What do I need to be successful?
Materials: grammar handout, book, pencil
What do I need to be successful?
Materials: grammar handout, book, pencil
*No homework
*No homework
What are we learning?
What are we learning?
Daily Objective: I will be able to effectively structure and
write an expository essay.
Daily Objective: I will be able to effectively structure and write an
expository essay.
TEKS/AP/Standards: ELA.9.15A.iii Write an analytical essay
of sufficient length that includes a controlling idea or
thesis.
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?
How will we learn it?
Learning Activities:
1. STAAR Expository Essay: Major Grade
Learning Activities:
1. STAAR Expository Essay: Major Grade
How will we tell if we’re learning it correctly?
Friday
How will we tell if we’re learning it correctly?
Assessment Methods:
This essay will be graded on the STAAR rubric for essays.
Checks for Understanding:
Students are being tested based on previous objectives
mastered and will be responsible for assessing their own
level of mastery during the timed writing test.
Assessment Methods:
This essay will be graded on the STAAR rubric for essays.
Checks for Understanding:
Students are being tested based on previous objectives mastered and
will be responsible for assessing their own level of mastery during the
timed writing test.
What do I need to be successful?
What do I need to be successful?
Materials: pencil and essay provided by me
Materials: pencil and essay provided by me
*No homework
*No homework