Westside High School Lesson Plan
Teacher Name:
Wed/Thurs
Tuesday
Monday
Course:
Gaa/Morgan
AP Lang & Comp
Unit Name and #:
Dates:
Unit 5
The Grapes of Wrath
Week 5
3/23-3/27
Daily Objective: I can closely read a passage in order to answer AP-style multiple
choice questions
TEKS/AP/Standards: Students will analyze complex rhetoric for a variety of
purposes, calling on their prior knowledge of rhetorical and argumentative elements.
Learning Activities:
Students will take a full-length AP multiple choice test
Assessment Methods: AP multiple choice
Checks for Understanding: multiple choice
Materials: pencil, scantron
Follow Up/Homework:
Tuesday 3/24: Ch. 24, 26, 28, 30 due with Study Set 4; DYRT quiz
Wed/Thurs 3/25-26: Grapes group project due (major)
Friday 3/27: Intercalary presentations 23, 25, 27, 29 (major); 2 Gauntlet edited
synthesis essays and typed, revised synthesis essay due (major)
**Get copy of American Authors Study book!
Daily Objective: I can closely read a passage in order to analyze its purpose to the
text as a whole
TEKS/AP/Standards: Students will closely read complex texts for a variety of
purposes.
Learning Activities:
DYRT Quiz over ch. 24, 26, 28, 30
Check Study Set 4 MC (Student groups will be assigned a question to teach)
Assign Grapes group project (major)
Assessment Methods: DYRT quiz, pop quiz
Checks for Understanding: quizzes
Materials: Scantron
Follow Up/Homework:
Wed/Thurs 3/25-26: Grapes group project due (major)
Friday 3/27: Intercalary presentations 23, 25, 27, 29 (major); 2 Gauntlet edited
synthesis essays and typed, revised synthesis essay due (major)
**Get copy of American Authors Study book!
Daily Objective: I can utilize various argumentative and persuasive techniques in
my writing in order to develop my analysis.
TEKS/AP/Standards: Students will write for a variety of purposes.
Learning Activities:
Students will have the full class period to work in their Grapes group to complete
their final project.
Assessment Methods: writing
Checks for Understanding: Group discussion/individualized help
Materials: Laptops, copy of The Grapes of Wrath
Follow Up/Homework:
Wed/Thurs 3/25-26: Grapes group project due (major)
Friday 3/27: Intercalary presentations 23, 25, 27, 29 (major); 2 Gauntlet edited
synthesis essays and typed, revised synthesis essay due (major)
**Get copy of American Authors Study book!
Friday
Daily Objective: I can analyze the importance of a passage to the purpose of the text
as a whole.
TEKS/AP/Standards: Students will closely read complex texts for a variety of
purposes.
Learning Activities:
Turn in revised synthesis essay and 2 Gauntlet edits
Intercalary presentations 23, 25, 27, 29
Assessment Methods: Presentation
Checks for Understanding: Chart
Materials: Presenters must have their Intercalary assignments printed
Follow Up/Homework:
**Get a copy of American Authors Study book!