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Standards-Based Weekly Lesson Plan for Course/Content Area
Instructor: M. Funnye
Content Area: American Lit
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UNIT OUTCOME(S):
ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS:
Resources
(Materials/Texts/Visuals/Technology):
COLLEGE READINESS SKILLS:
MODIFICATIONS AND
ACCOMMODATIONS (for the week):
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Rooms: 210
Week: (15) 11/29-12/3/2010
Correct errors in sentences that inappropriately use commas, colons,
semicolons, and apostrophes.
Write a persuasive essay with a strong thesis, supported by appropriate
details, with good conclusion.
Who or what is to blame for the events of The Crucible?
Who or what has the power in The Crucible?
What motivates a character? What values does a character exhibit?
Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes: The American Experience
ACT Vocabulary
Daily Oral Language
Evidence/character charts, The Crucible Audio book, DVD, Video guide
 Identify the focus of a simple essay, applying that knowledge to add a sentence
that sharpens focus or to determine if an essay has met a specified goal.
 Delete material primarily because it disturbs the flow and development of the
paragraph.
 Add a sentence to accomplish a fairly straightforward purpose such as
illustrating a given statement
 Recognize and delete unnecessary commas based on a careful reading of a
complicated sentence(e.g., between the elements of a compound subject or
compound verb joined by and)
 Use apostrophes to indicate simple possessive nouns
 Recognize inappropriate uses of colons and semicolons
Shortened assignments, extended time, student repeats and
rephrases directions, seating proximity, verbal and written directions,
use of notes on quiz. Reduced home work assignment
Examples of Instructional Activities and Strategies: (i.e. demonstration, explanation, discussion, lecture, lecture—
discussion, case studies, cooperative learning, discovery learning, problem based solving, scaffolding, please be
specific ) modeling, Frayer Model, paired practice,
MONDAY 12/6/2010
Daily Objective:
Skills: Students will be able to do…
Activities and Strategies
I will be out of the building today.
1. Students will complete Week 16 Vocabulary using the Frayer
Model.
Modeling, repeat directions, notes, wall charts
Alternative Instructional Activities and
Strategies: (anticipating student confusion,
please include other strategies to help
students who do not understand after the first
set of instructional activities and strategies)
Homework: (Not a completion of class
activities!)
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Week 16 Vocabulary: affectation, brash, circumvent, dilapidate, entice
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Standards-Based Weekly Lesson Plan for Course/Content Area
Instructor: M. Funnye
Content Area: American Lit
Rooms: 210
Week: (15) 11/29-12/3/2010
TUESDAY 12/7/2010
Students will continue to read/view Act III of The Crucible and use a
story map to record events that have built the plot so far.
Daily Objective:
Skills: Students will be able to do
…
1. Bell ringer: DOL
2. Teacher will go over DOL and give a mini-lesson the use a
story map organizer.
3. Students/Teacher will review events of the play that happened
before Act III. ( story map organizer)
4. Students/teacher will read/view Act III and use story map to
record events.
Closure: Students will share story map with classmates and
discuss differences
Activities and Strategies
Alternative Instructional Activities and
Strategies: (anticipating student confusion,
please include other strategies to help
students who do not understand after the first
set of instructional activities and strategies)
Homework: (Not a completion of class
activities!)
Read directions orally, extended time
Review week 16 vocabulary
WEDNESDAY 12/8/2010
Students will answer comprehension questions about Act III of The
Crucible.
Daily Objective:
Skills: Students will be able to do…
1. Bell ringer: DOL
2. Teacher will go over DOL and review story map organizer.
3. Students will answer questions 2a, 3a, 3b, 3c, 4a, 4b, 6a,
and
4. Closure: Students will share their answers.
Activities and Strategies
Alternative Instructional Activities and
Strategies: (anticipating student confusion,
please include other strategies to help
students who do not understand after the first
set of instructional activities and strategies)
Homework: (Not a completion of class
activities!)
Modeling,
THURSDAY 12/9/2010
Daily Objective:
Skills: Students will be able to do…
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Students will read/view The Crucible Act IV and use a story map to
record events.
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Standards-Based Weekly Lesson Plan for Course/Content Area
Instructor: M. Funnye
Content Area: American Lit
Rooms: 210
Week: (15) 11/29-12/3/2010
Students will continue to read/view Act IV of The Crucible and use a
story map to record events.
1.
Bell ringer: Week 16 vocabulary quiz
2. Teacher will go over quiz.
3. Students/teacher will read/view Act IV of The Crucible.
4. Students will answer comprehension questions for Act IV of
The Crucible. (1, 2a, 2b, 3a, 3b4a, 4b, 5b, 6) pg. 1334
Activities and Strategies
Alternative Instructional Activities and
Read directions orally
Strategies: (anticipating student confusion,
please include other strategies to help
students who do not understand after the first
set of instructional activities and strategies)
Homework: (Not a completion of class
activities!)
Study for quiz
FRIDAY 12/10/2010
Daily Objective:
Skills: Students will be able to do…
Activities and Strategies
Alternative Instructional Activities and
Strategies: (anticipating student confusion,
please include other strategies to help
students who do not understand after the first
set of instructional activities and strategies)
Homework: (Not a completion of class
activities!)
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Students will be able to read and answer ACT type questions for
reading passages from Act III & IV of The Crucible.
1. DOL
2. Act III and IV quiz.
3. Exit Pass: quick write: Who is to blame for the events of Salem
in 1692 as presented in The Crucible?
Read directions orally
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