Westside High School Lesson Plan
Teacher Name:
Course:
Stavinoha
Mod English 1, 2, 3, 4
Unit Name and #:
Dates:
Week 31
4/6/15 – 04/10/15
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, April 6, 2015
What are we learning?
Daily Objective:
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Students will write sentences using similes, metaphors, and personification.
#2
Students will read a short biography of Rosa Parks and will do the following:
 Answer comprehension questions correctly
 Define vocabulary words – icon, segregated, relinquish, boycott, ignite – and will use
them correctly in sentences
 Identify the main idea, make inferences, and identify fact from opinion in the story
How will we learn it?
All objectives have been specifically taught throughout the year. The students will be reviewing
concepts via repeated drill and practice.
How will we tell if we are learning it correctly?
Students will do well on the assignments.
What do I need to be successful?
Students need their computers for classwork.
Students need a copy of each assignment.
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, April 7, 2015
What are we learning?
Daily Objective:
#1
Students will summarize parts of yesterday’s story using complete sentences and
ensuring that capitalization, spelling, and punctuation are correct in their writing.
#2
Students will write a 5-sentence paragraph for the following prompt:
Do you agree with Rosa Parks’ method of protesting segregation laws by peacefully
refusing to obey them? Why or why not? What other methods might she have used?
How will we learn it?
All objectives have been specifically taught throughout the year. The students will be reviewing
concepts via repeated drill and practice.
How will we tell if we are learning it correctly?
Students will do well on the assignments.
What do I need to be successful?
Students need their computers for classwork.
Students need a copy of each assignment.
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, April 8, 2015 and Thursday, April 9, 2015
What are we learning?
Daily Objective:
#1
Students will write sentences using commas correctly.
#2
Students will read about the Montgomery Bus Boycott and will do the following:
 Answer comprehension questions correctly
 Define vocabulary words –appropriate, compensate, retaliation, resistance, conspire --
and will use them correctly in sentences
#3
Students will summarize parts of the story using complete sentences and
ensuring that capitalization, spelling, and punctuation are correct in their writing.
#4
Students will write a 5-sentence paragraph for the following prompt:
Why was the boycott so effective, despite efforts to keep segregation in place? Do you
feel that boycotts might be an effective means of protest to change policies in other
situations?
How will we learn it?
All objectives have been specifically taught throughout the year. The students will be reviewing
concepts via repeated drill and practice.
How will we tell if we are learning it correctly?
Students will do well on the assignments.
What do I need to be successful?
Students need their computers for classwork.
Students need a copy of each assignment.
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, April 10, 2015
What are we learning?
Daily Objective:
#1
Students will listen and watch an online video and answer comprehension questions
correctly.
http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=videos+4th+grade+civil+rights&FORM=VIRE1#
view=detail&mid=D90D8CA4DD925BED11F0D90D8CA4DD925BED11F0
#2
Students will complete a vocabulary activity over the following words:
 iconic
 segregated
 relinquish
 boycott
 ignite
 appropriate
 compensate
 retaliation
 resistance
 conspire
How will we learn it?
All objectives have been specifically taught throughout the year. The students will be reviewing
concepts via repeated drill and practice.
How will we tell if we are learning it correctly?
Students will do well on the assignments.
What do I need to be successful?
Students need their computers for classwork.
Students need a copy of each assignment.
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.