Lesson Plans
Week 4
M. Unser
English Grade 7
September 22-26, 2014
Monday Warm-Up
• Use your device or a dictionary to define
the following words:
– jaunt
– sidled
– pilfering
Monday, September 15
• Warm-Up/ Housekeeping/ Roll Call
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7.1 TSW participate in and contribute to group discussions
7.4TSW read to determine the meaning of unfamiliar words: identify and analyze figurative
language
7.5 TSW identify the elements of narrative structure: analyze use of literary device
(foreshadowing)
• Smartboard Lesson: Figurative
Language
• Novel: A Long Way from Chicago
– Read pages 21-26.
– Discuss examples of figurative language used
by Richard Peck
Tuesday Warm-Up
The Latin prefix “uni” means “having or
consisting of only one. Make a list of words
that begin with that prefix
• Hyperbole: exaggeration
• Simile: comparison using words “like” or
“as”
• Metaphor: comparison
• Idiom: phrase that means different from
literal interpretation of words
Tuesday, September 16, 2014
• Warm-Up/ Housekeeping/ Roll Call
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7.1 TSW participate in and contribute to group discussions
7.4 TSW read to determine meaning of unfamiliar words: identify and
analyze figurative language
7.5 TSW describe elements of fictional text: make, confirm, revise
predictions; describe narrative structure; use prior and background
knowledge; use reading strategies to monitor comprehension
• Brain Pops: Figurative Language
• Novel: A Long Way from Chicago
– Read and Discuss pages 26-31.
– Fill in reciprocal teaching chart
• Predictions, connections, questions, summaries
Wednesday Warm-Up
Simile or Metaphor?
1. Because I studied for several nights, the quiz
was a breeze.
2. The winter night was so quiet that every sound
was as clear as a bell.
3. Ivan’s dog is the sunshine of his life.
4. A ghost of a moon shone over the fields.
5. I slept like a dog last night.
Wednesday September 17, 2014
• Warm-Up/ Housekeeping/ Roll Call
7.1 TSW participate in and contribute to group discussions
7.4 TSW read to determine meaning of unfamiliar words: identify and analyze
figurative language
7.5 TSW describe elements of fictional text: make, confirm, revise predictions;
describe narrative structure; use prior and background knowledge; use reading
strategies to monitor comprehension
• Figurative Language Cut and Paste
• Novel: A Long Way from Chicago
– Read and Discuss pages 31-36
– Fill out reciprocal teaching chart
Thursday Warm-Up!
Simile, Metaphor, or Idiom?
1. The friends were two peas in a pod.
2. Mrs. Hulsey understands students so well,
she reads them like a book.
3. Mrs. Young was as happy as a lark.
4. Her hair was a cloud of snowy white.
5. Mrs. Unser was as mad as a hornet
Thursday, September 18, 2014
• Warm-Up/ Housekeeping/ Roll Call
7.1 TSW participate in and contribute to group discussions
7.7 TSW write in a variety of forms with an emphasis on exposition,
narration, and persuasion
• Writer’s Workshop
– Writer’s Heart
– Unpack a piece of the heart (model writing)
– Unpacking
• Visit the library
– check out books
– Read!
Friday Warm-Up
Name five things that you remember
from Chapter 2: “A Mouse in the Milk”
Friday, September 12, 2014
• Warm-Up/ Housekeeping/ Roll Call
7.1 TSW participate in and contribute to group discussions
7.4 TSW read to determine meaning of unfamiliar words
7.5 TSW read and demonstrate comprehension of fictional texts
• Review of Chapter 2
• Quiz on Chapter 2
• Silent Reading or ISOs