Westside High School Lesson Plan
Teacher Name:
Unit Name and #:
Gaa/Morgan
Wed/Thurs
Tuesday
Monday
Course:
AP Lang & Comp
Dates:
Unit 4
The Great Gatsby/
Walden
Week 5
2/2-2/6
Daily Objective: I can craft an AP-style rhetorical analysis essay within the given
time constraints.
TEKS/AP/Standards: Students will analyze complex rhetoric for a variety of
purposes.
Learning Activities:
Students will write a rhetorical analysis of two passages (40 minutes)
Extra time may be used to read DO NOW passage or The Great Gatsby
Assessment Methods: Completed essay
Checks for Understanding: Completed essay
Materials: paper, pen, essay prompt
Follow Up/Homework:
2/3: Rhetorical questions over ch.7-9 of The Great Gatsby due
2/6: Remaining ½ of AP-style multiple choice over The Great Gatsby (1/2 major)
2/9: Timed argumentative writing (part of major)
2/11 or 2/12: Essay rotation components due, including typed & revised essay
(major)
Daily Objective: I can support my claim with adequate grounds.
TEKS/AP/Standards: Students will write a variety of arguments using adequate
grounds.
Learning Activities:
Multiple Choice DO NOW
DYRT quiz over ch. 7-9 of The Great Gatsby
Students will complete 6 short argumentative practices, justifying which character
they believe to best support the original claim
Assessment Methods: quiz
Checks for Understanding: quiz; short argument practices
Materials: quiz copies; argument claim handouts
Follow Up/Homework:
2/6: Remaining ½ of AP-style multiple choice over The Great Gatsby (1/2 major)
2/9: Timed argumentative writing (part of major)
2/11 or 2/12: Essay rotation components due, including typed & revised essay
(major)
Daily Objective: I can synthesize multiple sources in order to contribute meaningful
comments to an academic discussion
TEKS/AP/Standards: Students will make connections across a variety of complex
texts.
Learning Activities:
Multiple Choice DO NOW
Students will read F. Scott Fitzgerald’s short story Winter Dreams
Using The HUB, students will engage in an online discussion synthesizing
bibliographical information of Fitzgerald, historical information of the 1920s, Winter
Dreams, and The Great Gatsby
Assessment Methods: written responses
Checks for Understanding: discussion responses
Materials: access to The HUB
Friday
Follow Up/Homework:
2/9: Timed argumentative writing (part of major)
2/11 or 2/12: Essay rotation components due, including typed & revised essay
(major)
Daily Objective: I can closely read a text in order to answer AP-style MC questions.
TEKS/AP/Standards: Students will closely read complex rhetoric passages in
order to answer multiple choice questions regarding rhetorical features, elements,
organization, and purpose.
Learning Activities:
Multiple Choice DO NOW
Explain AP scoring for Gatsby MC test
Remaining ½ of AP-style multiple choice test using The Great Gatsby (part of major)
Students will receive their essay rotation writings back; review of dates
Assessment Methods: AP-style multiple choice
Checks for Understanding: MC test
Materials: MC test, scantron
Follow Up/Homework:
2/9: Timed argumentative writing (part of major)
2/11 or 2/12: Essay rotation components due, including typed & revised essay
(major)