Mrs. Kay Smidt’s Lesson Plans
October 29- November 2, 2012
7th grade English:
Monday – Spelling lesson #10 and pretest. I will hand back the test over appositives
taken last Thursday and discuss the correct answers with the students.
Tuesday – Spelling test # 10
Wednesday- In class reading of “Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Speckled Band”
Thursday –
Friday –
English IV:
Monday –Discussion of “The Little Heidelberg” ?s 1 -5, p 276; Explanation of writing
choices for Unit 3 Test
Tuesday-Time in class to start writing Unit 3 test
Wednesday-Time in class to finish writing for Unit 3 test
Thursday-Sharing of Unit 3 writings; Explanation of research paper search for sources
Friday –Students will be gone for this class period.
English III:
Monday – Go over Review B and Review C, pages 613- 616 ; Assign Ex 1, 2 and Review
A, pp 606-610
Tuesday-Go over 1, 2 and Review A; Assign Ex. 5 and Review D
Wednesday –Go over Ex.5 and Review D; Assign Review E and Review F
Thursday –Go over Review E and Review F; Assign Posttest 1, Part A and Posttest 2
Friday –Students will be gone for this class period.
Creative Communications:
Monday –
TuesdayWednesdayThursdayFriday8th grade English:
Monday-Spelling lesson # 10 and pretest; Discussion of test taken last Thursday over
sentence fragments; Introduction to Writing Workshop (a critical review of a movie
based on a story)
Tuesday-Spelling test #10; In class reading of “Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the
Speckled Band”
Wednesday- Class with the artist-in-residence and the 7th graders
Thursday- Completion of planning/prewriting activity for a critical review as shown on p
301 in textbook
Friday-Writing of first draft of critical review
English I:
Monday- Writing of critical review
Tuesday-Revising/editing of either comparison/contrast or critical review; Handing in of
final paper; Assign reading of “The Cask of Amontillado”
Wednesday- Discussion and viewing of video – “ The Cask of Amontillado”
Thursday- Unit 2 Test
Friday –Discussion of Unit 2 Test; Introduction to Unit 3