Weekly Lesson Plan
Course: Language Arts 8
Teacher: Ms. Heesch
Inclusive Dates: September 12-16
Date
Concept/Essential
Question
Classroom Activities/Methods of
Instruction
Materials Used
How Learned Will Be Assessed
(Homework is starred. Please
see reading log note below.)
Monday,
September 12
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Personal Spelling List
Weekly Word List
KIM Vocabulary
Roll of Thunder (P1)
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Roll of Thunder (P1)
“Blues Ain’t No Mockin Bird”
(P5)
Class notebooks to evaluate
and write questions.
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Cornell notes and summaries
Interview questions
What is the best way to
study the concepts
covered on the
midterm?
Wednesday,
September 14
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Weekly Word Study—choose words
Q1 Midterm Study Guides
P1 only: Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
vocabulary and reading
P5 only: KIM Vocabulary using words from
“Blues Ain’t No Mockin Bird” by Toni Cade
Bambara
P1 only: Read background on Mildred Taylor
and evaluate how her personal experiences
impacted Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry.
P5 only: Read background on Toni Cade
Bambara and evaluate how her experiences
impacted “Blues Ain’t No Mockin Bird” and
“Raymond’s Run.
Write interview questions to the authors and
do mock interviews with partners.
Library Day
Thursday,
September 15
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Midterm/Common Assessment
P1 only: Literature circle prep time
P5 only: AR time
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Midterm and answer sheets
AR book
Everything Roll of Thunder
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Midterm results
Friday,
September 16
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Weekly Quiz
P5 Only: Poem of the Week – Read, discuss,
reflect
P1 Only: Literature Circles
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Weekly Word List
P5: Poem of the Week
P1: Roll of Thunder, Hear My
Cry and literature circle
materials
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Weekly Quiz results
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Tuesday,
September 13
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How do culture,
experiences and
background impact a
writer’s works?
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**Weekly Word Study due
Friday**
**KIM Vocabulary due
Friday***
*** Parents: Please remember to sign your child’s reading log every night after he or she has read 30 minutes. Reading for 30 minutes is a
nightly homework assignment and the signed reading log is a weekly homework assignment graded every Friday. ***
***P1 Only: Honors students have weekly reading and corresponding assignments for their literature circles. We are currently reading Roll of
Thunder, Hear My Cry. Their reading schedules should be in their binders, as well as their weekly assignments, which are due every Friday.