Kelly Lane Middle School 2014-2015 Language Arts
Weekly Lesson Plan
Teacher: Holcomb-Bryan
Subject/Period(s): 6th grade ELA
Week of: Nov. 17th - Nov. 21st, 2014
Curriculum Bundle Focus: Literary Analysis: Poetry/Paired texts (poetry elements; figurative language)
What students will do:
MONDAY-
Warm-up (Context Clues)
Practice grade-
GL: How to analyze poetry ppt; Close Reading and Annotations of “Life Doesn’t Frighten
Me”; Answer Lit. Analysis questions- Discuss questions as a class
“The Big Jump” Hw packet
Pre-AP: Close Reading and Annotations of “Life Doesn’t Frighten Me”; Answer Lit.
Analysis questions- discuss answers as a class ; Read novel; “The Big Jump” HW due
TUESDAY
Warm-up (Inferencing)
GL & Pre-AP: Continue with “Life Doesn’t Frighten Me” and compare to “On Turning 10”
with close reading; discuss common themes found in the two poems; Complete chart.
Begin Writer’s Notebook Activity - Students will write their own version of “Life Doesn’t
Frighten Me”
WEDNESDAY
Drama & Poetry Terms Quiz
GL: Complete poems in Writer’s Notebook
Assessment gradeDrama & Poetry Terms Quiz
Pre-AP: Complete poems in Writer’s notebook; read novel
THURSDAY
Warm-up (Figurative Language)
Library Day:
Practice grade- Poetry
Compare/Contrast chart
Mrs. Harlow will conduct the lesson- Book Speed Dating Activity
FRIDAY –
**turn in Vocab. packets
Assessment grade-
- Warm-Up: Greek/Latin roots
GL: Lesson 6 Vocab. quiz
Lesson 3 Vocabulary Quiz
Pre-AP: Thief of Always
Vocab. quiz
Practice grade- Vocab.
packets