Tech Ed Center English Department Lesson Plans 2015-2016
Week of February 15, 2016- February 19, 2016
Subject: English III
Teacher: Faith Orsargos
Activities
President’s Day- Student Holiday
Monday
Objective(s):
WE WILL…
Continue reading,
analyzing, and discussing F.
Scott Fitzgerald’s The
Great Gatsby.
Procedure:
 Students will view their tests scores over Chapters 1-4.
 Teacher will introduce extra credit project to help raise
low test scores up to a 75. (Origami House Project)
Tuesday
Origami House
Project.docx
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Students will begin reading Chapter 5 of The Great
Gatsby.
Students will answer Chapter 5 Study Guide Questions.
Thursday
Wednesday
Chapter 5 Study
Guide.pdf
WE WILL…
Continue reading,
analyzing, and discussing F.
Scott Fitzgerald’s The
Great Gatsby.
Assessment:
 Students will participate in the reading.
 Students will answer study guide questions.
Procedure:
 Students will finish reading Chapter 5 of The Great
Gatsby.
 Students will begin reading Chapter 6 of The Great
Gatsby.
 Students will answer Chapter 6 Study Guide questions.
Chapter 6 Study
Guide.pdf
WE WILL…
Continue reading,
analyzing, and discussing F.
Scott Fitzgerald’s The
Great Gatsby.
Assessment:
 Students will participate in the reading.
 Students will answer study guide questions.
Procedure:
 Students will continue reading Chapter 6 of The Great
Gatsby.
Assessment:
 Students will participate in the reading.
 Students will answer study guide questions.
Weekly TEKS:
110.33(b)(1)(b) analyze
textual context (within a
sentence and in larger
sections of text) to draw
conclusions about the
nuance in word meanings;
110.33(b)(5)
(A) evaluate how different
literary elements (e.g.,
figurative language, point of
view) shape the author's
portrayal of the plot and
setting in works of fiction;
(B) analyze the internal and
external development of
characters through a range
of literary devices;
(C) analyze the impact of
narration when the
narrator's point of view
shifts from one character to
another; and
(D) demonstrate familiarity
with works by authors in
American fiction from each
major literary period.
110.33(b)(17) Students
understand the function of
and use the conventions of
academic language when
speaking and writing.
Students will continue to
apply earlier standards with
greater complexity.
110.33(b)(25) Students
speak clearly and to the
point, using the conventions
of language. Students will
continue to apply earlier
standards with greater
complexity. Students are
expected to give a formal
presentation that exhibits a
logical structure, smooth
transitions, accurate
evidence, well-chosen
details, and rhetorical
devices, and that employs
eye contact, speaking rate
(e.g., pauses for effect),
volume, enunciation,
purposeful gestures, and
conventions of language to
communicate ideas
effectively.
Friday
Tech Ed Center English Department Lesson Plans 2015-2016
WE WILL…
Compare the movie
version of “The Great
Gatsby” with F. Scott
Fitzgerald’s classic novel,
focusing on representation
of symbols and character
development.
Procedure:
 Students will watch the movie version of The Great
Gatsby.
Assessment:
 Students will actively compare the movie with the
novel.