English Lesson Plans for April 8-12, 2013
English III Honors
Date
Daily
Routine
April 8/9
HSAP: Sentence Structure practice
Journal: Give guidelines
Anticipation Guide
Lecture: Modernism
Standards/
Essential
Question
April 10/11
HSAP: Sentence Structure practice
Journal
Lecture: Setting Maps/ Partner activity
Review The Great Gatsby chapters 1 & 2
Read Preface of The Great Gatsby
Take Quiz
HW: The Great Gatsby Chapters 1 & 2
HW: Read chapters 3 &4
What is modernism?
Demonstrate knowledge of eighteenth-,
nineteenth- and early-twentieth-century
foundational works of American
literature
Cite strong and thorough textual
evidence to support analysis of what the
text says explicitly as well as inferences
drawn from the text
How does The Great Gatsby’s setting
reflect the 1920s?
Cite strong and thorough textual
evidence to support analysis of what the
text says explicitly as well as inferences
drawn from the text, including
determining where the text leaves
matters uncertain
Analyze the impact of the author's
choices regarding how to develop and
relate elements of a story
April 12/15
HSAP: Sentence Structure practice
Journal
Lecture: Prediction, Videos
Review The Great Gatsby chapters 3&4
Take quiz 3&4
HW: Read chapter 5
Why is Jay Gatsby considered the
American icon of literature?
Analyze the impact of the author's
choices regarding how to develop and
relate elements of a story
analyze a character’s impact in society
from The Great Gatsby
English II CP
Date
Daily
Routine
April 8/9
HSAP: Sentence Structure practice
Read Aloud
Lesson: Overview of the Holocaust
Night Anticipation Guide
Elie Wiesel Biography worksheet
Read Night
HW: Finish Night to page 27
Standards/
Essential
Question
How can I connect to the Holocaust?
Cite strong and thorough textual
evidence to support analysis of what the
text says explicitly as well as inferences
drawn from the text.
Determine a central idea of a text and
analyze its development over the course
of the text, including how it emerges and
is shaped and refined by specific details
April 10/11
HSAP: Sentence Structure
Read Aloud
Lesson: Summarizing, clarifying,
generating questions, and predicting
Watch Oprah’s interview with Elie
Wiesel
Group Activity—Reciprocal teaching
Discuss Night (1-27) and take quiz
HW: Read Night pages 28-43
How do I summarize the text?
Read and discuss a memoir
Use reciprocal teaching strategies
(summarizing, clarifying, generating
questions, and predicting)
Work collaboratively to explore and
discuss readings
April 12/15
HSAP: Sentence Structure
Read Aloud
Lesson: Supporting Quotations
Group: Use reciprocal teaching strategies
for pages 27-43
Class discussion on 27-43 and take quiz
HW: Read Night 44-62
How can my peers help me to understand
the text?
Read and discuss a memoir
Use reciprocal teaching strategies
(summarizing, clarifying, generating
questions, and predicting)
Work collaboratively to explore and
discuss readings
English II CP (Daily)
Date
Daily
Routine
April 8
April 9
HSAP: Sentence Structure practice
Read Aloud
Lesson: Overview of the Holocaust
Night Anticipation Guide
Elie Wiesel Biography worksheet
Read Night
HW: Finish Night to page 27
April 10
April 11
HSAP: Sentence Structure
Read Aloud
Lesson: Summarizing, clarifying, generating
questions, and predicting
Watch Oprah’s interview with Elie Wiesel
Group Activity—Reciprocal teaching
Discuss Night (1-27) and take quiz
HW: Read Night pages 28-43
Standards/
Essential
Question
How can I connect to the Holocaust?
Cite strong and thorough textual
How do I summarize the text?
Read and discuss a memoir
Use reciprocal teaching strategies
(summarizing, clarifying, generating
questions, and predicting)
Work collaboratively to explore and
discuss readings
evidence to support analysis of what
the text says explicitly as well as
inferences drawn from the text.
Determine a central idea of a text
and analyze its development over the
course of the text, including how it
emerges and is shaped and refined
by specific details
April 12
HSAP: Sentence Structure
Read Aloud
Lesson: Supporting
Quotations
Group: Use reciprocal
teaching strategies for pages
27-43
Class discussion on 27-43 and
take quiz
HW: Read Night 44-62
How can my peers help me to
understand the text?
Read and discuss a memoir
Use reciprocal teaching
strategies (summarizing,
clarifying, generating
questions, and predicting)
Work collaboratively to
explore and discuss readings