Westside High School Lesson Plan
Teacher Name:
Adebo
Unit Name and #:
Course:
English II Prep
Dates:
Unit 5: The Joy Luck
Club
February 2-6, 2015
What are we learning?
Daily Objective: The student will analyze and make complex inferences about a text
Monday
TEKS/AP/Standards:
ELA.10.5A Analyze isolated scenes or chapters and their contribution to the success of the plot as a whole in a
variety of works of fiction.
Analyze textual context (within a sentence and in larger sections of text) to distinguish between the
denotative and connotative meanings of words.
How will we learn it?
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Learning Activities:
1. Study for Quest (7 minutes)
2. Take ½ major grade (Quest) Chapters 5-10 and Vocab 2 and 3 (20 minutes)
3. Read Chapter 11 on your own and answer study guide questions (Without Wood)
How will we tell if we’re learning it correctly?
Assessment Methods: JLC unit test, JLC Quest
Checks for Understanding: Going over the answers to the Study guide questions
What do I need to be successful?
Materials: Pen and Pencil, JLC Books and Study guide # 3
What do I need to before next class?
Follow Up/HW: None
Tuesday
What are we learning?
Daily Objective: The student will analyze and make complex inferences about a text
TEKS/AP/Standards:
ELA.10.5A Analyze isolated scenes or chapters and their contribution to the success of the plot as a whole in a
variety of works of fiction.
Analyze textual context (within a sentence and in larger sections of text) to distinguish between the
denotative and connotative meanings of words.
How will we learn it?
Learning Activities:
1. Do Now: MUGS Tuesday (No Red Ink) (7 minutes)
2. Go over Chapter 11 and study guide answers
3. Start reading Chapter 12 (Best Quality)
4. Go over answers for chapter 12
How will we tell if we’re learning it correctly?
Assessment Methods: JLC unit test, ½ major Quest
Checks for Understanding: Graded ½ major Quest; Asking and answering chapter 11 and 12 study guide
questions
What do I need to be successful?
Materials: Pen or pencil, JLC book, JLC study guide #3
What do I need to before next class?
Follow Up/HW: None
What are we learning?
Daily Objective: The student will use their analytical/ comprehension skills to take the DLA
Wed/Thur
TEKS/AP/Standards:
ELA.10.Fig19B Make complex inferences about text and use textual evidence to support understanding.
ELA.10.14A Write an engaging story with a well-developed conflict and resolution, interesting and believable
characters, a range of literary strategies (e.g., dialogue, suspense) and devices to enhance the plot, and
sensory details that define the mood or tone.
How will we learn it?
Learning Activities:
1. Pass out scantron
2. Administer the DLA (District Level Assessment) (90 Minutes)
How will we tell if we’re learning it correctly?
Assessment Methods: DLA (District Level Assessment)
Checks for Understanding: DLA STAAR rubric
What do I need to be successful?
Materials: Pencil
What do I need to before next class?
Follow Up/HW: None
Friday
What are we learning?
Daily Objective: The Student will analyze and make complex inferences about a text
TEKS/AP/Standards:
ELA.10.Fig19B Make complex inferences about text and use textual evidence to support understanding.
ELA.10.2B Analyze archetypes (e.g., journey of a hero, tragic flaw) in mythic, traditional and classical
literature.
ELA.10.5A Analyze isolated scenes or chapters and their contribution to the success of the plot as a whole in a
variety of works of fiction.
ELA.10.5B Analyze differences in the characters’ moral dilemmas in works of fiction across different countries
or cultures.
ELA.10.5C Evaluate the connection between forms of narration/point of view (e.g., unreliable, omniscient)
and tone in works of fiction.
How will we learn it?
Learning Activities:
1. Do Now: Grammar Exercise on the HUB (7 minutes)
2. Get out you Section 3 and 4 study guide
3. Go over chapters 13-16
How will we tell if we’re learning it correctly?
Assessment Methods: JLC unit Test
Checks for Understanding: Asking and Answering Study Guide questions
What do I need to be successful?
Materials: JLC Novel, Study guide 3 and 4, Pen or pencil
What do I need to before next class?
Follow Up/HW: Study for JLC Test 2/11-12