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Middle School Lesson Plan
Grade:5
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
7:30 – 7:45
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7:45-8:00
WALT: Being a leader
WALT: Valuing school
WALT: Loyalty
WALT: Being resourceful
WALT: Teamwork
8:00-9:00
WALT: YEAR 5. The prefixes
fore-, kilo-, inter- and mini-.
 What do these
prefixes mean?
 Using prefixes to
change the meaning
of words.
 Dictionary work.
What do the new
words mean?
 Identify prefixes
 Using these words in
sentences.
HOMEWORK: Investigate the
use of the prefix tri-.
WALT: YEAR 7. Punctuation –
Using direct and indirect
speech.
 Prior knowledge
 Using direct speech.
 Using indirect
WALT: YEAR 6. Reading
with a focus on complex
sentences.
WALT: YEAR 5.
Reading with a focus
on direct and indirect
speech.
WALT: YEAR 6. Reading.
Create antonyms and
synonyms for descriptive
words.
WALT: YEAR 5. Reading
focusing on possessive
pronouns.
HOMEWORK: Reading.
WALT: YEAR 7. Writing
sentences.
 Identifying when a
collection of words
is not a sentence.
WALT:
WALT: YEAR 7. Phrases,
clauses and sentences.
 Watch a video
about phrases,
clauses and
sentences.
WALT: YEAR 6.
Homophones.
 What are
homophones?
 Revise common
homophones
9:00-10:00
Do
Apply
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speech.
Converting direct
speech into indirect
speech and vica
versa.
Interviewing a
famous person.
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Reflect
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Identifying phrases
and clauses.
Writing sentences
on why people
watch television.
.
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Remind students of
the definition (and
expansion – the
difference between
independent/main
and
dependent/subordi
nate clauses)
Identifying phrases,
different types of
clauses and
sentences.
Write a similar quiz
for a classmate.
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and meanings.
Homophone
worksheet.
Explore
homophone
rhymes.
Create
homophone
mnemonics.
10:00-10:30
Break
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Break
10:30-11:30
WALT:
WALT: YEAR 5. Active
hobbies.
 Direct and indirect
speech.
 Activities on p.9-11
of the Learner’s
Book and p. 5 of
the Workbook.
WALT:
WALT: YEAR 5. Fairtrade.
 Recap possessive
pronouns.
 Add possessive
pronouns to
sentences.
 Do the activities in
Learner’s Book p.
12-13.
WALT: YEAR 6.
Newpaper report Part 2.
 Discuss
newspaper
report headline
and photo.
 Explore the
meaning of
various difficult
words.
 Do activity on
p.14-15 of the
Learner’s Book.
 HOMEWORK:
Workbook p.8
Do
Apply
11:30-12:30
12:30-12:45
12:45-13:15
Reflect
WALT: YEAR 6. Complex
sentences.
 Examples of
subordinate clauses.
 Highlighting
subordinate
connectives.
 Activities on p. 9-11
of Learner’s Book.
HOMEWORK: Workbook p.5-6
Break
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WALT: YEAR 7. Verb tenses
and the active voice.
 Choosing the correct
form of the present
tense.
 Write a rule for using
the present
continuous tense.
 Choose the correct
form of the past
tense.
 What is the active
voice?
HOMEWORK: Using the active
voice.
WALT: YEAR 6. Synonyms
and antonyms.
 Defining both.
 Synonyms in
different word
classes.
 Adjectival
synonyms in the
thesaurus.
 GAME: Synonym
drama
 GAME: Antonym
drama
 Do synonym and
antonym
worksheet.
 Generate
synonyms with the
thesaurus.
WALT:
WALT YEAR 7. Adverbs.
 Adverbs in popular
songs.
 Spelling adverbs.
 GAME: Adverb
charades.
 Using adverbial
phrases.
 Spelling adverbs.
 Acting out a scene
from a play.
WALT: YEAR 7.
Adjectives and Adverbs
 Identifying
adjective and
adverbs.
 Using adjectives
 Using degrees of
comparison.
 HOMEWORK:
Using Adverbs.
Do
Apply
13:15-13:45
WALT:
WALT: YEAR 7. Opinions.
 Trailer of Those
Magnificent Men
in Their Flying
Machines. Identify
hyperbole.
 Letters to the
editor and bias.
 Distinguishing
between fact and
opinion.
 How to spot
hyperbole.
 Arguing an issue.
 Making your case.
 Write a letter to
the editor.
13:45-14:30
WALT:
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WALT: YEAR 6:
Newspaper reports.
Part 1.
 What is the
difference
between a
newspaper
report and a
story?
 Features of a
headline.
 Examples and
discussion of
effectiveness.
 Activities on
p.12-13 of the
Learner’s
Book.
 Workbook p.
7.
WALT:
Reflect
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WALT:
Assembly