Lesson Plan
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April 21, 2011
HONORS ENGLISH II
Learning Targets. Connections, Literary Analysis, Test Preparation, Writing (Open Response/Cause and
Effect/Persuasion), Correctness, Assessment, Vocabulary/Language, Reading.
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Wordskills. Do unit 15 for Monday; prepare for quiz 14.
Journal. Take notes. Get schedule for next week.
Folders. Revise draft; include all drafts and revision sheets. Due April 27.
ACT prep. Do practice section--English.
Grammar. Discuss 255-258—do exercise A in journal.
CCT preparation. Open Response discussion—re-do if directed to do so.
Literary Term. Tetrameter, Trimeter, Ballad, Figurative Language.
Testing Term. Analyze, Apply, Compare, Describe, Draw a Conclusion. Evaluate, Explain, Identify, Infer, Interpret, Justify,
Support/Provide Examples, Accept/Reject, Connect, Contrast, Critique, Distinguish, Formulate, Generalize, Locate, Paraphrase,
Predict, Select, Sequence, Skim/Scan, Adhere, Analyze, Apply, Approximate, Arrange, Capitalize, Choose, Clarify, Combine,
Communicate, Correct, Create, Describe, Develop, Document, Eliminate, Engage, Establish, Evaluate, Guide, Identify, Incorporate,
Justify, Select, Sustain, Use.
9. Cause and Effect Essay. Turn in draft if requested. Get returned draft and do cover sheet.
10. Supplemental readings. Literature. Read The Once and Future King. Due May 6. Discuss La Belle Dame as related genre. Read The
Noble Acts of King Arthur and his Knights. Write poem to relate to Tevya. Due 29.
11. Reflection. Note what learned and what needs work.
FRENCH II and FRENCH III/APFrench
Learning Targets: Review; listening, speaking, reading, writing of French—toward proficiency; grammar/syntax;
culture; connections to world.
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French II: Review previous lessons/oral and written—testing schedule.
Prepare for exam for Units 5, 6, 7.
Do listening for lecon 24. Read lecons 22-23 in text. Read introduction to lecon 24 and do all questions, plus activities 1-5. Do
Reading for Unit 7, Unit 8 text, Unit 8 WB and AB, Unit 8 Reading for next week.
Listen to French music/newscasts—Yabla.com.
View A Year in Provence—make connections. View Paris.
French III: Do Yabla.com/Champs-Elysees/French music. Finish lecon 30 with text and listening; do/check AB and WB. Take quiz
30. Go over testing schedule.
AP French: Follow syllabus for April and do adjusted items. Prepare for speaking/composition (AP topics); do Yabla.com. Continue
sample AP tests. Use Ancion reading for AP English connection.
PSYCHOLOGY
Learning Targets. Connections to world/literature/different perspectives/different cultures; writing; survey of
psychology; assessment.
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Take journal notes. Organize notebook for psychology.
Do survey of Psychology.
View Zimbardo sessions. The Mind Awake and Asleep. The Mind Hidden and Divided. Prepare for quiz.
Make connections to psychology in survey work and in ice breakers.
Take sample tests from The Book of Tests. Index of Family Relations. Self-Acceptance Scale. Assertion Questionnaire. Interest
Inventory. Culturally Biased Test.
Take advantage of extra credit opportunities: Self portrait (the inner you); No Man is an Island Collage.