Teacher Name: Ringleben
Building: HAHS
Subject:English
Start Date(s):Oct 20, 2014
End Dates(s): Oct 24, 2014
Grade Level(s): 9
Day
1
Objective (s)
DOK
Level
Activities / Teaching Strategies
Students will- Hypothesize what is
going to happen in a story and
what the main characters’ attitudes
are going to be based off of
anticipation guides and basic
information on the stories.
Finish Unit 1 Performance Task Presentations
Students will – Cite evidence in
what made their historical figure
resilient
Begin Acting out, analyzing, and discussing Monster
Review of Monster anticipation guide and character selection.
Grouping
DAILY PLAN
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Journal Prompt for Monster – “If you were wrongfully accused of
murder, how would you try to redeem yourself in front of a jury?”
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Students will – analyze an author’s
choice of language, style, tone,
etc., to determine the effectiveness
in the author’s usage of language,
style, tone, etc.
Monster Journal prompts.
Review game for The Glass Menagerie test (honors only)
Introduction to Euphemisms (honors only)
The Giver Anticipation Guide (honors only)
Materials /
Resources
Assessment of Objective (s)
Monster
Anticipation
Guide,
The Giver
Anticipation
Guide,
The Giver,
Monster,
Laptops,
Projector,
Introduction to
Euphemism
hand-out,
Journals,
Notes,
Paper,
Pencils
Formative- Journal Prompts. Q&A,
Euphemism handouts, Anticipation
Guides
Summative- The Giver Test/writing
assignment, Monster Newspaper
Article
Student Self-Assessment-
The Giver,
Monster,
Notes,
Journals,
Paper,
Pencils,
Exit Slips,
Vocab. Terms,
Laptop,
Projector,
The Glass
Menagerie Test
Formative- Journal entries, evidence
collection, think pair share responses,
exit slips, write up questions
Summative- The Giver Test/writing
assignment, Monster Newspaper, The
Glass Menagerie Test.
Student Self-Assessment-
The Giver Big Question – How does this story deal with memory?
Does this make it similar to The Glass Menagerie? Explain
Discussing the Big Question “Can my attitude become someone
else’s obstacle?” “Can someone living in adversity inspire others to
dream?”
Students will- Hypothesize if Steve
Harmon’s role in the crime and
innocence based on textual
evidence and impressions of his
attitude.
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Students will- Compare The Giver
to other post-apocalyptic young
adult texts and discuss the
similarities and differences
between them (and how the author
achieves this).
Students will- analyze an author’s
choice of language, style, tone,
etc., to determine the effectiveness
in the author’s usage of language,
style, tone, etc.
Continue reading, acting out, analyzing, and discussing Monster
Journal Prompts – evidence indicators
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Introduction to vocabulary and how a court system works
Think, pair, share – First impressions of Steve Harmon – What does
he have in common with characters from other that we have read in
this unit?
Exit slips
The Glass Menagerie Test (honors only)
Begin reading, analyzing, and discussing The Giver (honors only)
Introduction to The Giver Vocabulary (honors only)
Check for understanding questions
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Think, Pair, Share – How does The Giver seem familiar? What does
it have in common with other post-apocalyptic stories?
Students will- Critique the authors
effectiveness in techniques such as
flashbacks
Journal Entry
Continue reading, acting out, analyzing, and discussing Monster
Students will- Compare Jonas to
other fictional characters from other
similar stories and describe how his
attitude is alike or different from
those characters.
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Think, Pair, Share: Examining the author’s use of flashbacks, have
any other authors used this technique to this effect?
Evidence Collection
Students will- analyze an author’s
choice of language, style, tone,
etc., to determine the effectiveness
in the author’s usage of language,
style, tone, etc.
Notes,
Journals,
Pencils,
Paper,
Monster,
The Giver,
Evidence
Storage,
Questions
Formative- Journal entries, evidence
collection, think pair share responses,
exit slips, write up questions
Summative- The Giver Test/writing
assignment, Monster Newspaper
Article
Student Self-Assessment-
Pencils,
Paper,
Journals,
Evidence
Storage,
Juror hand-out,
Notes,
Monster,
The Giver,
Discussion
Questions,
Laptop,
Projector
Formative- Journal entries, evidence
collection, think pair share responses,
exit slips, write up questions
Summative- The Giver Test/writing
assignment, Monster Newspaper
Article
Student Self-Assessment-
Cold Reads,
Notes,
Pencils,
Paper,
Journals,
Evidence
Storage,
Hand-outs,
Formative- Keystone Cold Reads,
Steve Harmon’s final verdict, The
Giver book-to-film, comparison to
other stories
Summative- Keystone Exams, The
Giver Test/writing assignment,
Monster Newspaper Article
Student Self-Assessment-
Continue reading, analyzing, and discussing The Giver (honors
only)
Think, Pair, Share – How does Jonas seem different from everyone
else in the story? Does this remind you of any other characters? Is
Jonas like any character we have read about in unit 1 or 2 so far?
(Honor only)
Study Questions
Students will- Draw conclusions
about Steve Harmon’s overall
innocence in the crime based off of
evidence they have collected.
Students will- Investigate whether
Jonas’ attitude during The Giver
creates more obstacles for him or
helps him overcome obstacles.
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Continue reading, acting out, analyzing, and discussing Monster
Journal entries and reflection pieces
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Evidence Collection
Group assignment – acting as a jury – discussing the fate of Steve
Harmon
Students will- analyze an author’s
choice of language, style, tone,
etc., to determine the effectiveness
in the author’s usage of language,
style, tone, etc.
Think, Pair, Share – How does Steve’s attitude play a role in the
story? How is it different from characters such as James King and
the others on trial?
Continue reading, analyzing, and discussing The Giver (Honors
only)
The Giver comprehension questions (Honor Only)
Reflection piece – What is Jonas’ attitude throughout the story?
Does his attitude create an obstacle or a solution for him? (Honors
Only)
Students will- Apply concepts to
cold reads as they would on a
Keystone exam.
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Students will- Cite evidence to
determine whether or not Steve
Harmon is innocent or guilty
Keystone Practice – Cold Reads
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Finish reading, acting out, and discussing Monster
Final Journal entry – Journal checks
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Students will- analyze an author’s
choice of language, style, tone,
etc., to determine the effectiveness
in the author’s usage of language,
style, tone, etc.
Final verdict – Was Steve Harmon really innocent? Students must
use evidence to explain
Think, Pair, Share – How did characters’ attitudes create obstacles
for other characters? Which character in the story, if any, could be
the most inspiring and why?
Hand-out Monster newspaper article assignment
The Giver comprehension questions
Reflection – Which character in the story is the most inspiring?
What causes this person to be inspiring? How does their attitude
play into this?
Continue reading, analyzing, and discussing The Giver
The Giver visual representation and write up – How does film adapt
the story (short clips)
Group activity – creating your own filmed version of The Giver –
what would it look like? How would you show the characters’
attitudes and the obstacles they must face? Etc.
Monster,
The Giver,
Laptop,
Clips of The
Giver,
Projector