Ms. Stewart’s Lesson Plans
Dates:
9/14-9/18
Lang. Arts (Reg/TT)
Target: Students will
identify tone and apply it to
their narrative writing.
GSE: ELAGSE8W3, ELAGSE8W4, ELAGSE8W5,
ELAGSE8SL1, ELAGSE8RI4, ELAGSE8W10,
ELAGSE8SL5, ELAGSE8SL6, ELAGSE8RL2,
ELAGSE8RL3, ELAGSE8RL10
Key Vocab: Tone, Mood,
TPCASTT, Show, Tell, Poetry,
Analyze, Theme.
MONDAY
TUESDAY
WEDNESDAY
THURSDAY
FRIDAY
ACTIVATION/
WARM-UP
ACTIVATION/
WARM-UP
ACTIVATION/
WARM-UP
ACTIVATION/
WARM-UP
ACTIVATION/
WARM-UP
 TSW finish their
personal narratives on
a good and bad teacher
experience.
 Think, Pair, Share: “What do I
know about poetry? How
does it relate to memoir?”
WORK PERIOD
WORK PERIOD
WORK PERIOD
 TTW lecture on the TP-CAST
method for analyzing poetry.
 TSW takes notes on the
TPCAST method.
 TSW read “Identity” by Julio
Naboa
 TSW identify and define
unknown vocabulary
 TSW complete TPCASTT with
a partner for “Identity”
 TSW read “Show not Tell”
to themselves.
 On the back, students will
paraphrase what it means
to show not tell.
 TSW teach “Show not Tell”
to a partner
 Analyze practice sentences
and create our own
sentences.
 TTW lecture over tone
and mood and the
differences between
the two.
 TSW identify the
changes in mood
between two trailers
for the same movie.
 TSW complete a tone
WS.
CLOSING
 Think, Pair, Share:
“What is the difference
in mood and tone?”
DOK Level 1
2 3 4
CLOSING
 The class will share and
discuss “Identity”
DOK Level 1
2 3 4
 Journal: “What is the
difference between
showing and telling? Give
me an example”
CLOSING
 Journal: “Using show, not
tell, describe your
childhood home to me.”
WORK PERIOD
 TSW finish their rough
draft of the “Where I’m
From” poem
WORK PERIOD
 TSW listen to “Where I’m
 TSW type their “Where I’m
From” poem.
From” poem into the
template.
 TTW model annotating a
text. TSW follow along on
 TSW use their checklists to
their poem.
proofread and revise the
poems.
 Listen to “Where I’m From”
by George Ella Lyon
 TSW begin writing their
own “Where I’m From”
poem
CLOSING
CLOSING
 TOTD: “Write me a ‘Tell’
 TSW share their ideas with
paragraph. Write the same
a partner and give
paragraph in ‘Show’”
feedback.
 TSW share their poems
with the class.
DOK Level 1
DOK Level 1
2 3 4
DOK Level 1
2 3 4
2 3 4