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