Lesson Plans for the Week of December 14, 2015 1st Hour – Current Events – 8th on M,W, F & 7th on T,Th (then they rotate on F) 3rd Hour – PREP LUNCH is after 4th Hour 7th or 8th Grade Current Events Students will summarize the stories that they watched and we will give opinions on them. We may discuss other current events going on. 7th Grade Reading - 2nd 6th 8th HOURS This week’s objectives are to work on using context clues and working on fluency and expression with oral reading. We will work on the following standards: 7.RL.1 - Cite several pieces of textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text. 7.RL.2 - Determine a theme or central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text; provide an objective summary of the text. 7.RL.3 - Analyze how particular elements of a story or drama interact (e.g., how setting shapes the characters or plot). 7.RL.4 - Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative and connotative meanings; analyze the impact of rhymes and other repetitions of sounds (e.g., alliteration) on a specific verse or stanza of a poem or section of a story or drama. 7.RL.6 - Analyze how an author develops and contrasts the points of view of different characters or narrators in a text. I had planned to move to our new curriculum for the 2nd trimester. However, I’d really like to squeeze in another chapter book before going that route with the 7th grade. We will read the book, Pay It Forward as a class. Students have been broken into 4 groups per section and take turns reading. There will not be any worksheets to support this book. We worked very thoroughly through our last book, A Long Walk to Water. Students will be assigned to select 3 vocabulary words per day that that were unaware of prior. Together they’ll infer the definition & use them in 1 sentence for each word. They will together come up with a summary for the day’s reading. The following pages assigned daily are estimates. All students have different reading paces when reading aloud. Students will read their personal chosen amounts of paragraphs or pages, then the next person in the group will continue. Though they are allowed to choose how much they read aloud per turn, I ask they read a minimum of ½ of a page. Monday 2nd – Study Vocab List1 on quizlet, take test, practice words from list 2 6th & 8th – p. 190-220 Students will select 3 vocab words, define them, use them in sentences, then summarize today’s reading I will circulate the room, guiding from group to group Tuesday 2nd – practice vocab list 2 words, take test 6th & 8th - P. 220-240 Students will select 3 vocab words, define them, use them in sentences, then summarize today’s reading I will circulate the room, guiding from group to group Wednesday 2nd – Select activity from back of book and work on it 6th & 8th - P. 240-264 Students will select 3 vocab words, define them, use them in sentences, then summarize today’s reading I will circulate the room, guiding from group to group 2nd – work on activity Thursday 6th & 8th – Read the final pages, A Note About This Edition & A Final then have groups read through activities in the back of the book & have them select one for the group to do 2nd – Free reading time or they can play with vocab words on quizlet.com 6th & 8th – they may have free reading time, work on their group project, or go to quizlet.com to practice vocab words Friday 8th Grade Reading - 4th 5th 7th HOURS This week’s objectives are to work on We will work on the following standards: 8.RL.1- Cite the textual evidence that most strongly supports an analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text. 8.RL.2 - Determine a theme or central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text, including its relationships to the characters, setting, and plot; provide an objective summary of the text. 8.RL.3 - Analyze how particular lines of dialogue or incidents in a story or drama propel the action, reveal aspects of a character, or provoke a decision. 8.RL.6 - Analyze how differences in the points of view of characters and the audience or reader create such effects as suspense or humor. Monday Tuesday Go over p. 90-91& do the close reading focus Discuss vocab words (p. 90-91) Skim through the story, “The Storyteller” (p. 92-98) Assign wb-26 Assign groups to read the story as I go from group to group asking comprehension questions along the way Have groups fill out 1 copy of wb-28 & 29 together & turn in Wednesday Together discuss Language Study & Literary Analysis questions on p. 98-99 aloud as a class As a class read & discuss p. 102-103 If time allows do wb-34 together Thursday Skim story (p. 104-111) Read story as a class – taking turns, discussing comprehension questions along the way Answer Critical Thinking Questions on p. 111 together aloud Friday (I will be absent – my son is having shoulder surgery) Students may go to quizlet.com to work on vocabulary words or read freely (with paper copies of books) – please ensure that they’re not playing on the internet