Teacher: Dena O’Neill
Grade Level:
MONDAY
Subject: Language Arts
TUESDAY
Period:
Dates:
WEDNESDAY
THURSDAY
FRIDAY
Common Core
Learning
Standards
Addressed
 RL.7.2
 RL.7.2
 SL.7.1a, b, c, d
 RL.7.1
 RL.7.2
RL.7.3
RL.7.3
Learning Targets/
“I Can”
Statements
 I can define theme.
 I can determine a theme.
 I can analyze how the theme
develops over the course of a
text based on key events.
 I can review the materials to
be discussed and determine
key points and/or central
ideas.
 I can locate key textual
evidence to contribute to a
discussion on the topic/text.
 I can come prepared with key
points/textual evidence to
contribute to discussion.
 I can participate in class
discussion by
posing/responding/elaborating
on questions and topics
 I can define objective
summary and write one.
 I can read closely to find
answer explicitly in the text
and answers that require an
inference.
 I can analyze an author’s
words and determine multiple
pieces of textual evidence
needed to support both
explicit and inferential
questions.
 I can define theme.
 I can determine a theme.
 I can analyze how the theme
develops over the course of a
text based on key events.
 I can define objective
summary and write one.
I can list and define the steps of
plot.
I can identify the steps of plot
within a story.
Activities/ Tasks
to meet
Standards:
 Go over homework –
students share what
they marked as evidence
of important events that
contribute to the theme.
 Begin reading The
Necklace
Go over theme of necklace
Students go back through
in pairs to find evidence
that supports the theme –
graphic organizer
Discuss as a class
place in 3 groups based on
formative assessment from
previous day and
understanding and help
needed
 group 1- practice
 group 2- guided practice
 group 3 – guided
instruction
Go over with individual
groups
Homework
 Finish the necklace –
come up with a theme
Write objective summary of
the necklace
Review irony in notes –
think about ironic situation
in The Necklace and write
down on ½ sheet of paper
I can identify the steps of plot
within a story.
Discuss irony in The
Necklace briefly
Review plot – use fairy tales
on website
http://staff.fcps.net/tcarr/s
hortstory/cinderella.htm
group work (3 levels) tracing plot in groups from
formative assessment –
graphic organizer
go over in class work as a
whole class
Practice plot on short story
Read story silently
Label steps of plot within
story as a class
Think about the steps of
plot in The Necklace – jot
down your answer