Mrs. Barr’s Lesson Plans - Language Arts 10
Week of: September 9, 2013
MONDAY
Daily Objective:
-To define science fiction
-To examine character motivation &
change
Warm Up Activity: (FA)
FA-“Harrison Bergeron” & Satire
Daily Lesson:
Review:
Discuss/Review “Harrison Bergeron”
from Friday, Dystopian Traits and
Satire
Real World Connection:
View Youtube video about science
fiction, Pre-learning Concept Check
Key Vocabulary: science fiction
Procedures & Instructional
Strategies:
1.
Powerpoint with
background on science
fiction
2. Background information on
Stephen King
3. Anticipation Guide for “I
Am the Doorway”
4. Read “I Am the Doorway
5. Use MAX strategy –
summarize for your
partner during reading
Differentiation:
1.
Leveled notes available
online
2. Review guide
TUESDAY
WEDNESDAY
THURSDAY
Daily Objective:
-To apply science fiction
characteristics to the short
story, “I Am the Doorway”
-To examine character
motivation & change
Warm Up Activity: (Grammar)
Pronouns & Nouns Review
Daily Objective:
To explore the use of technology in
students’ lives and analyze how that
applies to “The Pedestrian”
Daily Objective:
To explore the use of technology
in students’ lives and analyze how
that applies to “The Pedestrian”
Daily Objective:
To explore the use of science
fiction, free choice and analyze
how that applies to “The Sound
of Thunder”
Warm Up Activity: (Vocabulary)
Watch Student Internet
Expectations Video
Warm Up Activity: (Journal)
Journal – What simple things do
you enjoy doing?
Warm Up Activity: (FA)
“The Pedestrian” & “I Am the
Doorway” FA
Daily Lesson:
Review:
Summarize basic plot of “I Am
the Doorway” through white
boards and review science
fiction
Real World Connection:
View youtube video about
Stephen King
Key Vocabulary: Science
Fiction, Direct & Indirect
characterization
Procedures & Instructional
Strategies:
1.
Students will work in
small groups to
collaboratively
complete a 3-Level
student guide and
analyze text closely
Differentiation:
1.
Students placed in
leveled groups to
collaboratively
complete study guide
Daily Lesson:
Review:
Review science fiction traits
Real World Connection:
“Technology” Survey
Key Vocabulary:
Science Fiction, Technology
Procedures & Instructional
Strategies:
1.
Review Technology results
2. Discuss technology and
how it effects their lives
3. Powerpoint with
background on Ray
Bradbury
4. Anticipation Guide for
“The Pedestrian”
5. Read and annotate “The
Pedestrian”
Daily Lesson:
Review:
Review “The Pedestrian”
Real World Connection:
Journal – What simple things do
you enjoy doing?
Key Vocabulary:
MLA style, Hook, Attention
getter,
Procedures & Instructional
Strategies:
1.
Students will work in
small groups to
collaboratively complete
a 3-Level student guide
and analyze text closely
using analysis cards and
present findings to class
Daily Lesson:
Review:
Review science fiction traits
Real World Connection:
OGT Writing-How could one small
change in your past, change your
future?
Key Vocabulary:
Science Fiction, Technology
Procedures & Instructional
Strategies:
1.
Discuss technology and
how it effects their
lives, fear it creates,
choices
2. Anticipation Guide for
“A Sound of Thunder”
3. Read and annotate “A
Sound of Thunder”
Differentiation:
1.
Study guides
2. Fill-in notes
Differentiation:
1.
Leveled guided
questions
2. Leveled groups
FRIDAY
Differentiation:
1.
Leveled Guides for
reading Students
are given extended
time if needed
Closure:
Exit Pass 3-2-1
What is one trait of science
fiction?
Example of Science Fiction
One fact about Stephen King
Closure:
Exit Pass
Free write questionsHow did the aliens effect his
life? How did they lead to his
fate?
Closure:
THE KEY POINT
What is the key point of today’s
lesson?
Closure:
SUMMARIZE
Summarize the plot of “The
Pedestrian”
Closure:
What’s Trending?
Science Fiction
Common Core Standards:
RL.1 Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.
RL.10.2 Determine a theme or central idea of a text and analyze in detail its development over the course of the text, including how it emerges and is shaped and refined
by specific details; provide an objective summary of the text
RL.3 Analyze how complex characters (e.g., those with multiple or conflicting motivations) develop over the course of a text, interact with other characters, and advance
the plot or develop the theme.
RL.10.4 Determine a theme or central idea of a text and analyze in detail its development over the course of the text, including how it emerges and is shaped and refined
by specific details; provide an objective summary of the text.
RL. 10.5 Analyze how an author’s choices concerning how to structure a text, order events within it (e.g., parallel plots), and manipulate time (e.g., pacing, flashbacks)
create such effects as mystery, tension, or surprise.
RL.10.6 Analyze a particular point of view or cultural experience reflected in a work of literature from outside the United States, drawing on a wide reading of world
literature
Grammar & Vocabulary Focus:
Nouns & Pronouns
No vocabulary this week
Notes: