Westside High School Lesson Plan
Teacher Name:
Course:
Falcon
English II Prep
Unit Name and #:
Dates:
Unit 6: Social Issues and Genre writing
May 4 – 8, 2015
What are we learning?
Daily Objective: The students will read and analyze biased media about a social issue.
Mon/Tues/Wed
TEKS/AP/Standards:
ELA.10.12 Reading/Media Literacy. Students use comprehension skills to analyze how words, images,
graphics, and sounds work together in various forms to impact meaning. Students will continue to apply
earlier standards with greater depth in increasingly more complex texts. Students are expected to:
(A) compare and contrast how events are presented and information is communicated by visual images (e.g.,
graphic art, illustrations, news photographs) versus non-visual texts;
(B) analyze how messages in media are conveyed through visual and sound techniques (e.g., editing, reaction
shots, sequencing, background music);
(C) compare and contrast coverage of the same event in various media (e.g., newspapers, television,
documentaries, blogs, Internet); and
(D) evaluate changes in formality and tone within the same medium for specific audiences and purposes.
How will we learn it?
Learning Activities:
1. Do First: What are some of the ways that partners in a relationship can abuse each other?
2. Discuss responses.
3. Review 3rd article and finish note sheets.
4. Introduce Brochure assignment and start planning.
How will we tell if we’re learning it correctly?
Assessment Methods: graphic organizers, brochure assignment
Checks for Understanding: Ask and answer questions as needed (on the social issues unit)
What do I need to be successful?
Materials: laptop, graphic organizers, and articles
What do I need to before next class?
Follow Up/HW: None!
What are we learning?
Daily Objective: The student will use knowledge of the social issue and apply it to writing an informative
piece about the issue (brochure).
TThursday
TEKS/AP/Standards:
ELA.10.15 Writing/Expository and Procedural Texts. Students write expository and procedural or workrelated texts to communicate ideas and information to specific audiences for specific purposes. Students are
expected to:
(B) write procedural or work-related documents (e.g., instructions, e-mails, correspondence, memos, project
plans) that include:
(i) organized and accurately conveyed information; and
(ii) reader-friendly formatting techniques;
How will we learn it?
Learning Activities:
1. Do First: What are some of the reasons people give for staying in an abusive relationship? What are
some ways to help someone leave this type of relationship?
2. Discuss responses.
3. Work on brochure.
How will we tell if we’re learning it correctly?
Assessment Methods: graphic organizers, brochure assignment
Checks for Understanding: ask and answer questions as needed
What do I need to be successful?
Materials: Pen or pencil, articles, laptop, brochure guidelines
What do I need to before next class?
Follow Up/HW: None!
What are we learning?
Daily Objective: The student will use knowledge of the social issue and apply it to writing an informative piece
about the issue (brochure).
TEKS/AP/Standards:
Friday
ELA.10.15 Writing/Expository and Procedural Texts. Students write expository and procedural or workrelated texts to communicate ideas and information to specific audiences for specific purposes. Students are
expected to:
(B) write procedural or work-related documents (e.g., instructions, e-mails, correspondence, memos, project
plans) that include:
(i) organized and accurately conveyed information; and
(ii) reader-friendly formatting techniques;
How will we learn it?
Learning Activities:
1. Do first: What are some early signs that a teenager may become abusive?
2. Discuss responses
3. Complete brochure if not already finished.
4. Complete missing Letter to the Mayor if you have not turned it in.
How will we tell if we’re learning it correctly?
Assessment Methods: graphic organizers, brochure assignment
Checks for Understanding: Answer and ask questions as needed
What do I need to be successful?
Materials: Pen or pencil, articles, laptop, brochure guidelines
What do I need to before next class?
Follow Up/HW: None!