Westside High School Lesson Plan
Teacher Name:
Unit Name and #:
Morgan
GT English II
Dates:
Daily Objective: I can contribute to an online discussion which connects themes
and purpose to a variety of texts.
TEKS/AP/Standards:
Learning Activities:
Warm up—response on the HUB
Online Discussion—“Anyone Lived in a Pretty Little How Town”
Assessment Methods: Online discussion
Checks for Understanding: Online discussion
Materials: laptops
Follow Up/Homework:
2/13—SAT Vocab TEST!
2/13—DJ 5 due!
Daily Objective: I can closely examine and synthesize multiple texts in order to
develop higher level discussion questions.
TEKS/AP/Standards: Students will analyze complex rhetoric for a variety of
purposes.
Learning Activities:
Warm up—response on the HUB
Students will write 10 Socratic Seminar questions over 1984, their individual novels,
their individual short story, and various poetry in our dystopian unit for Wednesday’s
Socratic Seminar
Assessment Methods: Socratic Seminar on Wednesday
Checks for Understanding: Seminar questions
Materials: Copy of all texts or access to them electronically
Follow Up/Homework:
2/13—SAT Vocab TEST!
2/13—DJ 5 due!
Daily Objective: I can complete contribute to a variety of discussions, both online
and in a seminar.
TEKS/AP/Standards: Students will write, revise, and edit AP essays.
Learning Activities:
Warm-up—response on the HUB
Online Discussion over an article from The Guardian—why dystopian literature
appeals to the young adult fan base.
Socratic Seminar over a variety of dystopian literature topics.
Assessment Methods: online discussion, Socratic Seminar
Checks for Understanding: Socratic Seminar
Materials: 4 Monday essays, essay rotation handout
Follow Up/Homework:
2/13—SAT Vocab TEST!
2/13—DJ 5 due!
Daily Objective: I can analyze the creation of a rhetorical appeal in a text.
TEKS/AP/Standards: Students will synthesize multiple texts together for a variety
of purposes.
Frida
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Wed/Thurs
Tuesday
Monday
Course:
Unit 4
1984 and Dystopian
Lit
Week 6
2/9-2/13
Learning Activities:
Warm up—response on the HUB
SAT Vocab Test
Ethos in 1984
Assessment Methods: SAT vocab Test, Ethos activity.
Checks for Understanding: SAT vocab Test, Ethos activity
Materials: Appeals packet
Follow Up/Homework:
Coming of Age Unit—next 6 weeks! You will receive your book club novel on Monday!
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