Lesson Plans
7th Week – October 6 – October 10
Major Objectives:
Writing &
Writing Mechanics
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Students will answer comprehension questions about “Thank
you, Ma’m” in complete sentences. Students will write simple
and compound sentences.
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Students will continue to work this 6 weeks on an activity
called, “Out with the Old and In with the New.” They will “toss”
the following overused words and will use new vocabulary to
replace them. Quiz over the words will be FRIDAY, OCTOBER
10. New words for this week are:
Vocabulary
Old Word:
pretty
good
funny
like
walked
sad
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New Word:
stunning
splendid
humorous
treasure
bolted
forlorn
Students will begin working with Greek and Latin root words,
prefixes, and suffixes. This week and next, we will work with
the root word ped (foot). Quiz over these words will be
MONDAY, OCTOBER 13. Vocabulary words using this root
word are:
 Centipede (a creature with 100 feet)
 Impediment (something that stands in one’s way)
 Pedal (a lever that is moved with one’s foot)
 Peddler (a person who goes from door to door on foot
trying to sell a product)
 Biped (a creature with two feet)
 Pedestrian (a person who gets around by foot)
 Pedicure (a foot treatment that includes soaking the feet
and polishing toenails)
 Tripod (a three-footed stand often used to balance a
camera)
 Millipede (a creature with 1,000 feet)
 Quadruped (a four-footed creature)
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Students will read “Thank You, Ma’m” by Langston Hughes and
will work on vocabulary from the story. Test over these words
will be WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 15 and THURSDAY, OCTOBER
16.
 Circumstances (noun)
 Commit (verb)
 Consequence (noun)
 Contact (noun)
 Empathy (noun)
 Juvenile (noun)
 Maturity (noun)
 Salvage (verb)
Reading:
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Students will read “Thank you, Ma’m” by Langston Hughes.
Students will work on analyzing the characters in the story.
The will also analyze how circumstances affect people’s
choices.
Students will complete a plot diagram to identify the following
elements in the story:
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Exposition
Rising action
Climax
Falling action
Resolution
Learning Activities the Week of October 6, 2014
Monday:
Students will test today to get baseline data of their reading skills.
Tuesday:
Students will learn vocabulary words: stunning, splendid, humorous,
treasure, bolted, forlorn
Students will list all new “ped” vocabulary words: biped, centipede,
impediment, millipede, pedal, peddler, pedestrian, pedicure, quadruped,
tripod
Students will preview vocabulary from “Thank you, Ma’m” by
Langston Hughes: circumstances, commit, consequence, contact,
empathy, juvenile, maturity, salvage
HOMEWORK: Crossword puzzle with the following words:
stunning, splendid, humorous, treasure, bolted, forlorn
Wednesday
& Thursday: Students will begin reading “Thank You, Ma’m” by Langston Hughes.
Students will analyze the two main characters in this story—their
physical traits, thoughts, words, actions, and reactions of others.
HOMEWORK: Worksheet with the following vocabulary words:
biped, centipede, impediment, millipede, pedal, peddler,
pedestrian, pedicure, quadruped, tripod
Friday:
Students will have a quiz over the following vocabulary words:
Stunning, splendid, humorous, treasure, bolted, forlorn.
Students will complete a plot diagram identifying elements in “Thank
You, Ma’m.”
HOMEWORK: Students need to review all “ped” words for quiz
Monday, October 13.
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A copy of “Thank You, Ma’m” can be found at
http://staff.esuhsd.org/danielle/english%20department%20lvillage/rt/Short%20S
tories/Thank%20You,%20Ma'am.pdf
A copy of a plot diagram can be found at
http://vashonsd.org/hello/images/plot_diagram.pdf