English I PreAP Weekly Lesson Plan
Week: September 2 – 5, 2014
Period: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Teacher: Rammos
Course: English I PreAP Rm: E103
EQ: How do dreams affect our journey?
Date
Objective
Quarter:
Procedures / Activity
Materials
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3
4
Evaluation
Mon:
LABOR DAY – NO
SCHOOL!
Tue:
9/2/14
Wed:
9/3/14
I can analyze the effect
of a speaker’s rhetorical
choices on the audience
by identifying examples
of rhetorical devices and
determining their
purposes.
I can analyze the effect
of a speaker’s rhetorical
choices on the audience
by identifying examples
of rhetorical devices and
determining their
purposes.; I can use
TPCASTT to analyze a
poem and decipher
meaning from it.
WU: Define key literary terms in writer’s notebook
Continue MLK “I Have a Dream” speech analysis
with the Rhetorical Analysis chart
“I Have a Dream” speech
Rhetorical Analysis Guide
Completed rhetorical analysis chart
Analyze a rhetorical analysis essay prompt and
formulate a thesis statement
MLK “I Have a Dream” Rhetorical
Analysis Guide
Copy of “Dream Deferred” and
TPCASTT
Writer’s notebook
Glue sticks
Thesis Statement
TPCASTT notes in writer’s notebook
Begin TPCASTT “Dreams Deferred” by Langston
Hughes as a class
Thu:
9/4/14
I can extract meaning
from a poem by using a
poetry analysis strategy;
I can determine my own
reading pace.
Introduce independent reading (Animal Farm by
George Orwell) with pacing exercise
Finish “Dream Deferred” analysis
Independent reading presentation
Class set of Ch. 1 of “The Freedom
Writers Diary”
Copy of “Dream Deferred” and
TPCASTT
Writer’s notebook
Warm Up Journal Response
TPCASTT notes in writer’s notebook
English I PreAP Weekly Lesson Plan
Fri:
9/5/14
I can imitate the poetic
style of a poet and create
an original poem.
“What’s Your Verse” warm-up
Langston Hughes’ “Dream Deferred” imitation poem
Imitation poem structure
Imitation poems