Westside High School Lesson Plan
Teacher Name:
Course:
Stavinoha
Mod English 1, 2, 3, 4
Unit Name and #:
Dates:
Week 29
3/23/15 – 3/27/15
Once or twice weekly, students work on our computer-based Reading Smart program.
Skills strengthened in this program include:
VOCABULARY:
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Use reference aids: dictionaries
Rely on context to determine meaning
Word analysis: roots and affixes
Word analysis: Greek and Latin roots and affixes
Identify and use multiple meaning words
Distinguish between denotative and connotative meanings
Sight word and sight word vocabulary
Cognates
Identify and interpret figurative language
Figurative language: idioms/phrasal verbs
Figurative language: analogies
READING COMPREHENSION:
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Identify main idea
Identify supporting details
Identify implied main idea
Identify stated main idea
Support responses with textual evidence
Distinguish between fact and opinion
Draw inferences: conclusions/generalizations
Predict outcomes
Organize text: cause and effect
Identify author’s purpose
Paraphrase or summarize text
Monday, March 23, 2015
What are we learning?
Daily Objective:
#1
Students will plan a 5 paragraph expository essay.
#2
Students will use commas correctly in sentences.
How will we learn it?
#1
Students will use a graphic organizer to plan their writing.
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Students will learn comma usage rules and apply them to their writing.
How will we tell if we are learning it correctly?
#1
Teacher will monitor as students work to ensure their understanding.
#2
Teacher will monitor as students work to ensure their understanding.
What do I need to be successful?
Students need their computers for classwork.
Students need a copy of the writing graphic organizer.
Checks for understanding…
Teacher will monitor and clarify as students work.
What do I need to do before the next class?
Students need to charge their computers at home.
Tuesday, March 24, 2015
What are we learning?
Daily Objective:
#1
Students will write a 5 paragraph expository essay.
#2
Students will join sentences together using
Coordinating Conjunctions: for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so
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Subordinating Conjunctions: after, although, as, because, before, even if, if, now that,
once, since, that, though, unless, until, when, whenever, where, wherever, while
How will we learn it?
#1
Students will use a graphic organizer to plan and begin their writing.
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Students will understand the difference between coordinating conjunctions and
subordinating conjunctions and how to use them correctly.
How will we tell if we are learning it correctly?
#1
Teacher will monitor as students work to ensure their understanding.
#2
Teacher will monitor as students work to ensure their understanding.
What do I need to be successful?
Students need their computers for classwork.
Students need a copy of the writing graphic organizer.
Checks for understanding…
Teacher will monitor and clarify as students work.
What do I need to do before the next class?
Students need to charge their computers at home.
Wednesday, March 25, 2015, and Thursday, March 26, 2015
What are we learning?
Daily Objective:
#1
Students will complete their 5 paragraph expository essay.
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Students will use quotation marks correctly in their writing.
How will we learn it?
#1
Students will use their completed graphic organizer to write their essays.
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Students will learn quotation mark usage rules and apply them to their writing.
How will we tell if we are learning it correctly?
#1
Teacher will monitor as students work to ensure their understanding.
#2
Teacher will monitor as students work to ensure their understanding.
What do I need to be successful?
Students need their computers for classwork.
Students need a copy of the writing graphic organizer.
Checks for understanding…
Teacher will monitor and clarify as students work.
What do I need to do before the next class?
Students need to charge their computers at home.
Friday, March 27, 2015
What are we learning?
Daily Objective:
#1
Students will complete their 5 paragraph expository essay.
#2
Students will use summarizing and paraphrasing as comprehension strategies.
How will we learn it?
#1
Students will use their completed graphic organizer to complete their essays.
#2
Students will identify the difference between summarizing and paraphrasing and
will practice using them to comprehend text.
How will we tell if we are learning it correctly?
#1
Teacher will monitor as students work to ensure their understanding.
#2
Teacher will monitor as students work to ensure their understanding.
What do I need to be successful?
Students need their computers for classwork.
Students need a copy of the writing graphic organizer.
Checks for understanding…
Teacher will monitor and clarify as students work.
What do I need to do before the next class?
Students need to charge their computers at home.