2012-2013 John A. Ferguson Literacy Plan
Survival Guide
1st Grading Period
Dates
9/3-9/7
9/10-9/14
9/17-9/21
9/24-9/28
10/1-10/5
Reporting Category
Benchmarks Covered
Reporting Category
1
Vocabulary
Benchmark LA.910.1.6.3 The student will use
context clues to determine meanings of
unfamiliar words.
Clarification: The student, using context clues,
will identify the meaning of an unfamiliar word.
Reporting Category
1
Vocabulary
Benchmark LA.910.167 The student will identify
and understand the meaning of conceptually
advanced prefixes, suffixes, and root words.
Clarification: The student will identify the
meaning of an unfamiliar word by analyzing its
affixes and roots.
Reporting Category
1
Vocabulary
Benchmark LA.910.1.6.8 The student will identify
advanced word/phrase relationships and their
meanings.
Clarification: The student will analyze the
meanings of words, phrases, and word
relationships by using strategies including, but
not limited to, context clues and word structure.
Reporting Category
1
Vocabulary
Benchmark LA.910.1.6.9 The student will
determine the correct meaning of words with
multiple meanings in context.
Clarification: The student will analyze words that
have multiple meanings and determine the
correct meaning of the word as used in the text.
Writing
Focus Skill:
Parts of Speech
Benchmark LA.910.3.4.1 The student will edit and
correct the draft for standard language
conventions.
Clarification: The student will edit a rough draft in
order to correct grammar and punctuation
errors.
Targeted Evidence-Based
Strategy for Cross-Curricular
Emphasis
Word Hut
Instructions for this activity can
be found on our school
website’s faculty portal.
Prefix Pursuit
Instructions for this activity can
Activity
Description
Using content-specific vocabulary
words, students will provide a picture,
synonym, antonym, homonym,
definition and sentence for each
word.
Using content-specific vocabulary
words, students will provide words
that contain a given prefix.
be found on our school
website’s faculty portal.
Word Dissect
Instructions for this activity can
Using content-specific vocabulary
words, students will separate the
prefix, suffix, and root word found in a
given word to establish meaning.
be found on our school
website’s faculty portal.
Homonym Hunt
Instructions for this activity can
be found on our school
website’s faculty portal.
Tribal Speak
Instructions for this activity can
be found on our school
website’s faculty portal.
Using content-specific vocabulary,
students will identify three words
from the subject area that have at
least one homonym that can be
presented school-wide.
Using content-specific reading
passages, students will identify the
nouns, verbs, pronouns,
adjectives, and adverbs used in a
sentence.
2012-2013 John A. Ferguson Literacy Plan
Survival Guide
1st Grading Period
10/8-10/12
10/15-10/19
Writing
Focus Skill:
What Makes a
Sentence
Benchmark LA.910.3.4.1 The student will edit
and correct the draft for standard language
conventions.
Clarification: The student will edit a rough draft in
order to correct grammar and punctuation
errors.
Writing
Focus Skill:
How to Recognize
and Repair Run-Ons
and Fragments
Benchmark LA.910.3.4.1 The student will edit and
correct the draft for standard language
conventions.
Clarification: The student will edit a rough draft in
order to correct grammar and punctuation
errors.
Sentence Set-Up
Instructions for this activity can
be found on our school
website’s faculty portal.
Taming Run-Ons and
Fragments
Instructions for this activity can
be found on our school
website’s faculty portal.
Using content-specific writing
prompts, students create sentences
that include proper capitalization,
ending punctuation, complete
subjects, and complete predicates.
Using content-specific writing
samples, students will run-on
sentences, fragmented sentences,
and complete sentences. Students
will then repair any run-on or
fragmented sentences.