Glenview Middle School
Freda Dill - Lesson Plans – Tuesday, September 4, 2012
Unit of Study: Grammar Launch – Eight Parts of Speech
Focus Question: How is grammar a system?
Class Instruction for the next two weeks will be directed toward the structure of Grammar Skills for GT and Regular Classes.
Standards
Objective
7-4.4 – Using Grammatical Conventions Correctly
7-L-1 – Demonstrate Command of Conventions
7-SL-1 – Engage in Effective Collaborative Discussions
TSW demonstrate their understanding of the Eight
Parts of Speech
AVID STRATEGIES:
Writing, Inquiry, Collaboration, Organization, Reading
Assessment
TTW assess the students’ RAPS to determine if they can
demonstrate their understanding of the Eight Parts of
Speech
Class Agenda
Writing Workshop
Student Gathering-Teacher Guided
1. Student Review – TTW place a sentence on the
Smart Board to have a quick review of the Eight
Parts of Speech.
Writing Workshop
Independent
2. TSW demonstrate their understanding of the
Eight Parts of Speech by introducing their RAPS.
3. TSW complete a quiz to demonstrate their
understanding of the Eight Parts of Speech.
(TSW review answers.)
Writing Workshop
Student Response
4. Student Reflection – TSW respond to the
following prompt: “How do you feel about the
Eight Parts of Speech? Do you need more time?
Homework: None
Glenview Middle School
Freda Dill - Lesson Plans – Wednesday, September 5, 2012
Unit of Study: Grammar Launch – Sentence Structure (This will include the study of the Four Types of Sentences: Simple, Compound, Complex, and
Compound/Complex
Focus Question: How is grammar a system?
Class Instruction for the next two weeks will be directed toward the structure of Grammar Skills for GT and Regular Classes
Standard(s)
7-4.4-Use grammatical conventions of Standard
Written English, including the reinforcement of
conventions previously taught.
7-L-1 – Demonstrate command of conventions of
grammar usage when writing or speaking.
7-L-1b – Choose among simple, compound,
complex, and compound/complex sentences to
signal differing relationships.
Class Objective
TSW explore the structure of a sentence.
Class Agenda
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4.
AVID STRATEGIES:
Inquiry, Collaboration, Discussion, Writing, Reading
Assessment: TTW assess the students’ responses to
determine if the students are able to explore the
structure of a sentence.
Glenview Middle School
Writing Workshop
Student Gathering-Teacher Guided
Language Challenge – TTW display a sentence on the
Smart Board. TSW identify the Eight Parts of Speech.
Mini-Lesson – TTW introduce sentence structure to
include the four types of sentences using Cornell Notes.
Writing Workshop
Independent
TSW explore the structure of a sentence by breaking
down its parts. (TSW travel from station to station
identifying the sentence.)
Writing Workshop
Student Response
Reflection – TSW respond to the following prompt:
“Share something you discovered about sentence
structure that you did not know before.”
Homework: Language Interactive Notebook: Create
an example of the four types of sentence structures.
Underline the simple subject once and the simple
predicate twice.
Freda Dill - Lesson Plans – Thursday, September 6, 2012
Unit of Study: Grammar Launch – Phrases
Focus Question: How is grammar a system?
Class Instruction for the next two weeks will be directed toward the structure of Grammar Skills for GT and Regular Classes
Standard(s)
Class Objective
7-4.4-Use grammatical conventions of Standard
Written English, including the reinforcement of
conventions previously taught.
7-L-1a – Explain the function of phrases and clauses in
general and their function in specific sentences.
7-L-1c – Place phrases and clauses within a sentence,
recognizing and correcting misplaced and dangling
modifiers.
TSW explore the concepts of phrases.
AVID STRATEGIES:
Inquiry, Collaboration, Discussion, Writing, Reading
Assessment: TTW assess the students’ responses to
determine if they are able to explore the concept of phrases
correctly.
Glenview Middle School
Freda Dill - Lesson Plans – Friday, September 7, 2012
Unit of Study: Grammar Launch – Clauses
Focus Question: How is grammar a system?
Class Agenda
Writing Workshop
Student Gathering/Teacher Guided
1. Language Challenge – TTW display a sentence on
the Smart Board. TSW review Eight Parts of
Speech, Sentence Structure, and the four types of
sentences.
2. Mini-Lesson – TTW introduce phrases and their
place in sentence structure.
Writing Workshop
Independent
3. TSW explore the concepts of phrases and their
influence in the sentence structure.
4. TSW change written text to include phrases
effectively.
Writing Workshop
Student Response
5. TSW read their sentences that hold the phrases.
Homework: Language Interactive Notebook: Create three
sentences that include a phrase effectively.
Class Instruction for the next two weeks will be directed toward the structure of Grammar Skills for GT and Regular Classes
Standard(s)
7-4.4- Use grammatical conventions of Standard
Written English, including the reinforcement of
conventions previously taught.
7-L-1a – Explain the function of phrases and clauses in
general and their function in specific sentences.
7-L-1c – Place phrases and clauses within a sentence,
recognizing and correcting misplaced and dangling
modifiers.
Class Objective
Class Agenda
TSW explore the concepts of clauses.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
AVID STRATEGIES:
Inquiry, Collaboration, Discussion, Writing, Reading
Assessment: TTW assess the students’ responses to determine if
they are able to explore the concept of clauses correctly.
Writing Workshop
Student Gathering/Teacher Guided
Writing Workshop
Independent
TSW Language Challenge – TTW display a sentence on
the Smart Board. TSW review Eight Parts of Speech,
Sentence Structure, and the four types of sentences.
The sentence will include a phrase.
Mini-Lesson – TTW introduce clauses and their place
in sentence structure.
Writing Workshop
Student Response
TSW explore the concepts of clauses and their influence
in the sentence structure.
TSW change written text to include clauses effectively.
Writing Workshop
Student Response
TSW read their sentences that hold clauses.
Homework: None