ENGLISH 4 Lesson Plan (3/17 to 4/04)
Student
Outcomes
SO1.1: SWBAT
analyze textual
context to draw
conclusions about
the nuance in word
meanings
Mon.
Tues.
Wed./Thurs.
Test Day for English
March 17
Fri.
Grades
Test Day for English
Mar 18
March 19/20
Type
March 21
SPRING BREAK
SPRING BREAK
SPRING BREAK
SPRING BREAK
Mar 24
Mar 25
Mar 26/27
Mar 28
N/A
N/A
Vocabulary 18
Minor
Button, Button
Minor
Memento Mori
Portfolio
Minor
Vocabulary 19
Minor
“Skin” Response
Minor
“Story of an Hour”
Minor
SO1.2: SWBAT relate
the characters,
setting, and theme of
a literary work to the
historical, social, and
economic ideas of its
time.
SO1.3: SWBAT
demonstrate
familiarity with works
of fiction by British
authors from each
major literary period.
SO1.4: SWBAT make
inferences and draw
conclusions about
the author’s purpose
in historical and
contemporary
contexts and provide
evidence from the
text to support their
understanding.
SO1.5: SWBAT
analyze the moral
dilemmas and
quandaries
presented in works of
fiction as revealed by
the underlying
motivations and
behaviors of the
characters.
“Button, Button” and
Discussion Questions
(Short Story & Prompts)
“The Bet “ and
Discussion
(Short Story)
“Memento Mori” by
Jonathan Nolan
(Short Story)
Vocabulary Lesson 18
(vocab 18 Sheet)
SO1. 1, 2, 5, 6
“Button, Button”
Questions due
(completed sheet)
SO1. 2, 4, 5
Memento portfolio work
(Assignment sheets)
Mar 31
STAAR April 1
“A Perfect Day for
Bananafish” and Q’s
(Short Story & Prompts)
SO1. 2, 5, 6
Vocabulary Lesson 19
(vocab 19 Sheet)
SO1. 1, 2, 4, 5
SO1. 1, 6
SO1. 3, 5, 6
STAAR April 2/3
“Skin” and Questions
(Story and Prompts)
Vocabulary Quiz 18
(vocabulary quiz)
Homework Due
(vocabulary grid)
“The Story of an Hour” and
Discussion Questions / Writing
Prompts
(Story and Prompts)
April 4
Vocabulary Quiz 19
(vocabulary quiz)
Homework Due
(vocabulary grid)
SO1. 1, 6
SO1. 2, 4, 5
Note: Necessary time will be added at the beginning and end of each class period for re-teaching when applicable. STAAR Testing will be impacting class
schedules the week of March 31 to April 4. Some modification to pacing will probably occur once schedules have been confirmed.
SO1.6: SWBAT use
elements of the
writing process to
compose written text
Note: Necessary time will be added at the beginning and end of each class period for re-teaching when applicable. STAAR Testing will be impacting class
schedules the week of March 31 to April 4. Some modification to pacing will probably occur once schedules have been confirmed.