Brunswick High School
LFS Weekly Lesson Plan
Teacher: Van Buskirk, Luko,
Hutcheson
Subject: American Lit
PLEASE NOTE: SCHEDULING
AND STRATEGIES WILL VARY
AS EACH TEACHER WORKS TO
MEET THE NEEDS OF SPECIFIC
CLASSES.
Dates: January, 17-20
January 23-27
Unit Topic: First Encounters
Standard(s):
ELAALRL 1,2,3,5; ELAALRC1-4; ELA11W 1,2,4; ELA11C1,2; ELA11LSV1
Prior to teaching: Daily grammar OR vocabulary OR journaling OR nonfiction OR nonfiction passages.
Monday
Tuesday 1/17
Wednesday 1/18
Thursday 1/19
Essential Question Unit: Why are nonfiction texts important to the development of American literature?
Holiday No School!
How do I recognize the
How do I identify the
How do I compose a Laws
author’s purpose in
author’s purpose in a
of Life Essay?
historical narratives and
nonfiction text?
slave narrative?
How do I recognize the
author’s purpose in
How does a writer use
historical narratives and
language devices (diction,
slave narrative?
imagery, symbolism,
figurative language) for
specific effects in slave
narratives?
Friday 1/20
How do I recognize the
author’s purpose in historical
narratives and slave
narrative?
How does a writer use
language devices (diction,
imagery, symbolism,
figurative language) for
specific effects in slave
narratives?
Activating/Acceleration:
(Some ideas: KWL, Pre-reading, Think Pair Share, Thinking Maps, Vocabulary Overview, Word Splash, Survey, Big Four)
Discuss and present video
Thinking Maps
Pre-reading
Final review
Pre-reading
about the Middle Passage.
Cognitive Teaching Strategies: include time for distributed practice or summarizing
(Some ideas: Lecture/Question, Read/Discuss, TIMS, Hands on Activity, Thinking Map, Pictograph, Research, Vocabulary,
Comprehension)
Diagrams/Graphs,
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LFS Weekly Lesson Plan
Laws of Life rough draft
due=10 pts.
Journal #3- Describe a
time when you visited a
place for the first time. How
did you feel?
Laws of Life peer
editing/proofreading
First Encounters pgs. 66-68
Read/Discuss Of Plymouth
Plantation by William
Bradford. Answer
corresponding questions.
1.Grammar #2 #1-4/check
2.Defined/review Lit terms
for First Encounters unit.
3. Literary Periods handout
4. First Encounters pgs.
66-68
Read/Discuss Of Plymouth
Plantation by William
Bradford. Answer
corresponding questions.
First half of block in media
center typing Laws of Life
essays.
Laws of Life essay duevalue = 25 points
Reviewed Vocab. #1
3rd block reviewed voc 1-2
Summarizing Strategies: (Some ideas: Ticket Out the Door, 3-2-1, The Important Thing, One Word, Learning Logs)
Answer EQ
Learning log OR ticket out
CHUNKING/
ONE QUESTION QUIZ or
the door OR The Important
MAPPING/QUAD
TICKET OUT THE DOOR
Thing
CLUSTER
or THE IMPORTANT
or ONE WORD SUMMARY THING
or ONE QUESTION QUIZ
Monday 1/23
Tuesday1/24
Wednesday1/25
Thursday 1/26
Essential Question Unit: Why are nonfiction texts important to the development of American literature?
How do I recognize the
How do I recognize the
author’s purpose in a
author’s purpose in a slave
How do I prove
historical narrative?
narrative?
understanding of historical
narratives and eyewitness
How does a writer use
How does a writer use
accounts?
language devices (diction,
language devices (diction,
imagery, symbolism,
imagery, symbolism,
figurative language) for
figurative language) for
specific effects in historical
specific effects in slave
narratives?
narratives?
How do I prove
understanding of historical
Assessment:
1. Context clue mini
lesson
2. Journal #4- write 5
original sentences
using one voc.
Word per sentence.
Underline voc.
Word and label
what type of context
clue you used in
your sentence.
Vocab. #1 Quiz
Voc. #1-2 Quiz (Honors)
ONE QUESTION QUIZ or
TICKET OUT THE DOOR or
THE IMPORTANT THING
Friday 1/27
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LFS Weekly Lesson Plan
narratives and eyewitness
accounts?
Activating/Acceleration:
(Some ideas: KWL, Pre-reading, Think Pair Share, Thinking Maps, Vocabulary Overview, Word Splash, Survey, Big Four)
Discuss and present video
Thinking Maps
Pre-reading
Final review
Pre-reading
about the Middle Passage.
Cognitive Teaching Strategies: include time for distributed practice or summarizing
(Some ideas: Lecture/Question, Read/Discuss, TIMS, Hands on Activity, Thinking Map, Pictograph, Research, Vocabulary,
Comprehension)
1. Grammar #3 -#1-3
1. Journal #52.check voc #2 check
Discuss a story
voc. 3-4
from the media
3. Discuss/review Of
based on a
Plymouth Plantation by
kidnapping.
William Bradford.
Read/Discuss “My Sojourn
Answer corresponding
in the Lands of My
questions.
Ancestors” by Maya
4. Read/Discuss The
Angelou. Answer
Interesting Narrative of
corresponding questions.
Assessment:
Equiano. Answer
corresponding questions.
First Encounters
Multiple choice and short
response.
Colony to Country Unit
study guide
Define lit. terms #1-24 Due
tomorrow.
Summarizing Strategies: (Some ideas: Ticket Out the Door, 3-2-1, The Important Thing, One Word, Learning Logs)
Answer EQ
Learning log OR ticket out
CHUNKING/
ONE QUESTION QUIZ or
the door OR The Important
MAPPING/QUAD
TICKET OUT THE DOOR
Thing
CLUSTER
or THE IMPORTANT
or ONE WORD SUMMARY THING
Diagrams/Graphs,
ONE QUESTION QUIZ or
TICKET OUT THE DOOR or
THE IMPORTANT THING
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LFS Weekly Lesson Plan
or ONE QUESTION QUIZ