(skills)
English
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Content
Objective
Today I will
identify the
theme of a
story by
differentiating
theme from the
plot, the tone,
and the subject
of a story.
Today I will
locate story
elements of
“Recitatif” by
identifying parts
of the plot,
subject, and tone
of the story.
Today I will
determine a
theme in “A
Smart Cookie” by
explaining my
citation from the
vignette.
Today I will
determine the
theme in
“Recitatif” by
giving an example
from the text and
explaining my
choice.
1960’s,
Desegregatio
n, Theme,
Clarifying
FL:
-Students get
out notes and
copy theme
definitions
-Use
theme/”Recitati
f” PPT
-Hand out
notecatcher/wr
ksht
-Practice
finding theme
with video
“Boundin”
FL:
-use
Theme/”Rec”
PPT to Review
theme
-Hand outNotecatchers
-use ppt to show
“Zax” story and
find theme
Today I will
identify the
theme of “Papa
who Wakes Up
Tired in the Dark”
and justify my
choice by
underlining the
phrases from the
text that support
the theme.
FL:
-Use
Theme/”Rec”
PPT to remind
how to find
theme
-Hand out
Cisneros Text
-Students read
“Papa” and
identify theme
and support by
underlining
FL:
Use
Theme/”Rec”
PPT to remind
how to find
theme
- Hand out
Cisneros text
-Students will
identify the
theme and
support it by
citing an example
from the text.
FL:
-Have students get
out their STL role
sheets and look at
their theme
discoveries
-Use Theme/”Rec”
PPT to go over
definition of
“Recitatif”
- Reconsider the
clues to discover
theme
- Make concluding
thoughts about
which girl is white
and which is black
- Have a group
discussion about
why Morrison
(assessments)
You do
never tells us
(answers are in the
Blue book) – try to
get to a
conversation about
stereotyping
English
1960’s,
Desegregatio
n, Theme
STL: “Recitatif”
203-211
-use
theme/”Rec”
ppt to preteach
“Recitatif”
-if there is time
- show 1960’s
segregation
video –
emphasize
main points (in
ppt)
-Read aloud
first couple
pages of
“Recitatif”
-Hand out role
sheets
- students
read in groups
203-211
STL: “Recitatif”
211-219
-Use
Theme/”Rec”
PPT to Clarifying
Act I in “Rec” and
review 201-211
-Initial Race
Prediction of
Twyla and
Roberta
-Pre-teach Jimi
Hendrix
-Read aloud or
summarize 211213
-Students read
213-219 and
begin finding
plot, subject, and
theme with role
sheets
STL: “Reciftatif”
219-225
STL: “Recitatif”
225-227
-Use PPT
-Use PPT
clarifying
Clarifying
strategy for Act
strategy to
IV
review Acts II and -Continue
III
discussion of race
-Continue
-Students read
discussion of
225-227 and
girls’ races
finish identifying
-Remind about
plot, subject,
desegregation/pi tone, AND
cketing from Lit.
THEME with role
Monday
sheets
-Read aloud or
summarize first
couple pages of
Act IV
-Have students
read until 225
and continue
identifying plot,
subject, and
theme with role
sheets
STL: “Recitatif”
-Students break
into their groups
and fill out the
group discussion
sheet using
everyone’s
individual role
sheets
Reading questions
Stuff
Theme/Recitati
f PPT
-story elements
visual notecatcher
-1960’s video
(in ppt)
-STL Role
Sheets
Content
Objective
-
PPT
STL Role
Sheets
-
PPT
STL Role
Sheets
Cisneros
Texts/ass
ignment
-
PPT
STL Role
Sheets
Cisneros
Text/assi
gnment
-
PPT
STL Role
Sheets
Blue STL
book
Today I will
recognize key
events of the
Civil Rights
Movement by
clarifying terms
from The
Century for
Young People.
Today I will
determine the
tone in MLK’s “I
Have a Dream”
speech and
justify my answer
using examples
from the text.
Today I will
compare MLK’s
and Malcolm X’s
speeches by
differentiating
among their
tones, purposes,
and strategies.
Today I will recall
what I know
about Paul
Lawrence Dunbar
to determine his
purpose in
writing the poem
“Sympathy.”
Today I will
examine Dunbar’s
and Angelou’s
purposes in writing
their poems to
compare and
contrast the two
texts.
Literacy Grammar
DGP-
DGP-
DGP-
DGP-
DGP-
DGP sentence notes
Literacy Reading
strategies
Questioning
RS:
-Use Civil
Rights/Literacy
PPT to review
terms from
“Little Things
are Big”
-Read from
RS: “I Have a
Dream”
-Use Civil
Rights/Literacy
PPT to do an
overview of MLK
- Use PPT to
play/show
RS: “The Ballot
or the Bullet”
-Use Civil
Rights/Literacy
PPT to do an
overview of
Malcolm X
RS: “Sympathy”
-Use Civil
Rights/Literacy
PPT to do an
overview of
Dunbar
-Play/Read
“Sympathy”
RS: “Still I Rise”
-Use Civil
Rights/Literacy PPT
to do an overview
of Dunbar
-Play/Read “And
Still I Rise”
-Students use
Behavior and
responses
Century for
Young People
pgs 97-103
using PPT to
give context
and add a visual
(can cut if you
want)
excerpt from
MLK “I Have a
Dream”
-students use
reading
showcase notecatcher to
determine tone
-Play/Show
excerpt from
Malcolm X’s “The
Ballot or the
Bullet”
-Students fill out
note-catcher –
comparing MLK
and Malcolm X
-Students use
reading
showcase notecatcher to
determine
Dunbar’s
purpose the
poem
reading showcase
note-catcher to
compare and
contrast
-students answer
“concluding
question” on their
note-catchers
LC:SSR:
-Students silently
read (can catch
up on “Recitatif”)
LC: DATA
-Hand out data
center articles
and Data notecatcher – make
sure every
student get the
same from Mon.
-Students finish
writing GIST
statements
-If time – get
with others with
the same article
and compare
GIST statements
to prepare to
teach to
classmates
LC:SSR
-Students read
silently(catch up
on Recitatif)
LC: DATA
-Hand out articles
and Data notecatchers which
should be
completed
-break students
into jig-saws
groups
-hand each group a
timeline of sig. Civil
Rights events
-students will
“teach” each other
about their article
(event) by sharing
GIST statements
-students will write
the event and GIST
-Students use
reading
showcase notecatcher as you
read
Literacy Reading
strategies,
synthesis of
data
LC: DATA:
-Hand out Data
Center articles
and notecatchers
-Students work
on writing GIST
statements
from article
Answered
questions/Reading
Logs
statement on their
timelines
Stuff
-DGP notes and
handout
-Data Center
articles
- ReadingShow
note-catcher
for the week
-Data notecatcher for the
week
-Civil
Rights/Literacy
PPT
-DGP notes and
handout
- ReadingShow
note-catcher for
the week
-Civil
Rights/LiteracyPP
T
-DGP notes and
handout
-Data Center
articles
- ReadingShow
note-catcher for
the week
-Data notecatcher for the
week
-Civil
Rights/LiteracyPP
T
-DGP notes and
handout
- ReadingShow
note-catcher for
the week
-Civil
Rights/LiteracyPP
T
-DGP notes and
handout
-Data Center
articles
- ReadingShow
note-catcher for
the week
-Data note-catcher
for the week
-Civil Rights timeline
-Civil
Rights/LiteracyPPT