Lesson Plans Oct 27-31

READING

Monday:

  • Begin watching The Outsiders
  • compare/contrast with book

Tuesday:

  • Continue watching The Outsiders

Wednesday:

  • Finish watching The Outsiders
  • Discuss similarities and differences between book and movie

Thursday:

  • Read drama version of  “Tell-Tale Heart”

Friday:

  • “ Tell-Tale Heart” Escape room

ENGLISH

Monday:

  • Peer Edit and revise Outsiders essay

Tuesday:

  • Thesis statement lesson and practice

Wednesday:

  • Finish typing essay and add in thesis statement. (Homework)

Thursday:

  • Trial of the villain in “Tell-Tale Heart”

Friday:

  • complete trial of villain

Lesson Plans Oct 20-24

READING

Monday:

  • Begin working on character posters for Outsiders

Tuesday:

  • Finish Character Posters

Wednesday:

  • Test Review for “The Outsiders”

Thursday:

  • Final test over “The Outsiders”

Friday:

  • SSR Time
  • Test Corrections

ENGLISH

Monday:

  • Continue writing final essay over “The Outsiders”

Tuesday: SCOPE Magazine Stations-Students will complete 2 per day.

  • Station 1:Article(s): “Ancient. Adored. Endangered.” & “All About Axolotls” p.11
    Focus: Analyzing informational text and integrating multiple sources
  • Station 2: Article: “To the Top” p. 20
    Focus: Point of view and character change
  • Station 3: Article: “Spy of the American Revolution”p. 4
    Focus: Summarizing and identifying central ideas
  • Station 4: Article: “Voting in the Wild” p. 18
    Focus: Understanding informational text and making text-to-world connections
  • Station 5: Article: “Enter If You Dare!” p. 30
    Focus: Coordinate vs. non-coordinate adjectives
  • Station 6: Poem: “Every Day” by Naomi Shihab Nye p.32 (back)
     Focus: Imagery, tone, and theme
  • Station 7: Article: Debate/Essay Kit – “Are Pro Athletes Overpaid?”
    Focus: Evaluating arguments and writing a persuasive response
  • Station 8: Writing conference with Mrs. Fritsche over “The Outsiders” essay.

Wednesday:

  • Continue Stations

Thursday:

  • Continue Stations

Friday:

  • Complete last 2 stations.

Lesson Plans Sept 8-12

READING

Monday:

  • Read “Flight of Icarus”
  • What is Mythology

Tuesday:

  • Analyze story elements (Myths)
  • Discuss theme
  • find the themes of “Flight of Icarus”

Wednesday:

  • What is text evidence?
  • Analyze the text “Flight of Icarus”
  • Respond to the text using text evidence

Thursday:

  • Review myth story elements
  • Review text evidence

Friday:

  • Test over “Flight of Icarus”, myth story elements, and text evidence.

ENGLISH

Monday:

  • Read stories from Friday
  • Parts of a sentence (Subject/Predicate)

Tuesday:

  • What is a clause?
  • Independent and Dependent Clause practice

Wednesday:

  • Simple, Compound, Complex Sentences
  • Identify and practice

Thursday:

  • Library Day

Friday:

  • More practice with Simple, Compound and Complex Sentences
  • Test over these next week.