Effective instruction, whether direct or indirect, contains certain components that increase
student comprehension. Effective instruction engages students and decreases class
disruption. Instruction will guide the students in meeting the content and process
objectives.
University High School English
Name:
Subject:
Elizabeth Atkinson
English 1
Date: 11/12/2012-11/16/2012
Mike Jackson
Method of Reading
Instruction
_X Read aloud
_X Shared Reading
_X Guided Reading
_X Independent Reading
Monday:
Student Assessment:
Tuesday:
Student Assessment:
Formative
No School
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Learning Target: Students will determine central idea of
texts.
Bell Ringer: Entrance Ticket: Which do you think is
worse: insult or injury? Why?
Teacher Think Aloud and Guided Practice: “The Cask of
the Amontillado” Mood and Irony Mini-Lesson Power Point
Presentation. Students will take notes and will discuss the
type of irony portrayed in the examples.
Student Independent Activities:
Students will compose a four column chart in preparation for
noting examples of irony in “The Cask of Amontillado.”
Wednesday
Student Assessment:
Formative
Thursday
Student Assessment:
Formative
Friday
Student Assessment:
Summative
Learning Target: Students will determine central idea of
texts.
Bell Ringer:
EXIT TICKET: Entrance Ticket (Evaluate): Montresor
acts as judge and executioner in this story. Explain whether
you think individuals are ever justified in taking justice into
their own hands.
Student Independent Activities: Students will silently read
“The Cask Of Amontillado” pages 96-103, in Springboard
as they listen to a Performance of “The Cask of
Amontillado.”
Students will complete the third column in the
KWL Chart “What We Learned.” Then, students will
complete a story element graphic organizer to demonstrate
their understanding of the elements of a short story.
Learning Target: Students will determine central idea of
texts.
Bell Ringer: Thanksgiving Macy Parade Every-Day-Edit
correcting grammar, spelling, punctuation and capitalization
in the paragraph.
Students will complete the vocabulary and literary terms
sections of the Study Guide for “The Cask of Amontillado.”
Teacher Think Aloud and Guided Practice:
Review the elements of a plot and instruct students how to
do the Plot Diagram Graphic Organizer for “The Cast of
Amontillado.”
Student Independent Activities:
Students will complete the Plot Diagram Graphic Organizer
for “The Cast of Amontillado.”
Learning Target: Students will determine central idea of
texts.
Bell Ringer: President Warren G. Harding Every Day
Edit correcting grammar, spelling, punctuation and
capitalization in the paragraph.
Teacher Think Aloud and Guided Practice:
Show the Flocabulary Hip Hop video reviewing the
elements of a short story. Students will complete a chart as
they watch the video ( and listen to song) on the elements of
a short story,
Student Independent Activities Students will do their
“Analyzing a Short Story” Summative (they will choose a
story to read and analyze from their Prentice Hall Literature
Books.