Alliance Judy Burton Technology Academy
Digital Agenda- Week 7
Teacher: Ms. Khachatryan
Date: 9/14/2015 Subject/Course: ELA Support
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9/18/2015
Grade: 9th
CC Standard(s):
W.10 Write over extended time frames and shorter time frames for a range of discipline-specific
tasks/purposes/audiences.
SL.1 Initiate and participate in collaborative discussions with peers.
W.4 Provide clear and coherent writing; development, organization and style are appropriate for task, purpose, and
audience as defined in W.1-W.3.
RIT.2 Identify a central idea, analyze the development through the use of specific details and provide an objective
summary.
RIT.10 Read and comprehend literary non-fiction in 9-10 text complexity band.
Learning Objective (s):
SWBAT write a coherent summary of an informational article.
SWBAT demonstrate their understanding of poetic elements and figurative language by identifying them in the poems
they read.
SWBAT independently work on reading and summarizing informational text in Achieve 3000.
SWBAT demonstrate their knowledge of the new vocabulary words through a successful completion of the weekly
vocabulary quiz.
Essential Question(s):
What is poetry? How is it different from other writings? What are poetic elements and how do they affect the reader?
Assessment: Writing samples: Summaries and journal entries. Vocabulary quiz.
Student participation in class discussions. Teacher observations. Achieve 3000 Notes and quiz.
Do Now:
Monday & Tuesday: Writing in the composition books: “What do you think it would be like to be a fish? What kind of
fish would you be? Use your imagination to write a story about the things you'd see, hear, feel and taste if you were a fish
in the sea!
Wednesday: SSR and Dialectic Journaling
Thursday & Friday: Writing in the composition books: “How important are words? Should we choose them carefully
when we speak or write? Explain your answer and bring an example illustrating the importance of words.”
WHOLE GROUP
Monday & Tuesday:
Introduction of the elements of poetry
Reading and discussing a poem on pg. 44
Wednesday:
Vocabulary Quiz.
Thursday & Friday:
Whole class reading and discussion of the poem “Sarah Cylvia Stout Would Not Take the Garbage out”
DIRECT INTRUCTION
Monday & Tuesday:
 Introduce the elements of
poetry (ppt)
Wednesday:
 Instructions and dictation for
the vocabulary quiz
Thursday & Friday:
 Continue the instruction on
elements of poetry; structure
and types of poems.
 Introduce hyperboly
 The teacher will perform the 1st
read of the poem “Sarah Cylvia
Stout Would Not Take the
Garbage out”
COLLABORATIVE STATION
Monday & Tuesday:
 In table groups, students will
reread the poem and identify 3
poetic elements, explain them,
ad quote lines that fit, and they
will present it to the whole
class.
Wednesday:
 n/a
Thursday & Friday:
 Students will reread and
analyze the poem with
partners and will complete the
questions on the poem
INDEPENDENT STATION
Monday & Tuesday:
 Writing in the composition
books
 Students will take notes during
the ppt
 Students will read and analyze
the poem “I Know Why the
Caged Bird Sings” on Actively
Learn.
Wednesday:
 SSR and Dialectic Journaling
Thursday & Friday:
 Writing in the composition
books
 Students will take notes during
the ppt
 Students will complete an
Achieve 3000 lesson and notes
Homework: Study the vocabulary words and review all your notes to be ready for a test next Wednesday.
READ your independent reading book for 40 minutes a day.