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Petty - Lesson Plans - March 23 - April 18, 2015
Subject: ELA Lesson Objective: Reinforcement and Review of Key Concepts and Terms in Preparation for Benchmark Testing and Georgia Milestones.
I can. . . create constructed response answers to reading passages.
cite evidence from reading passages to support ideas.
persuade through writing.
compare and contrast through writing.
develop a precise claim/ thesis statement.
develop a counter claim/ counter argument.
transition effectively between paragraphs.
create unique voice in writing.
effectively command correctly written standards of the English language.
correctly utilize and apply literary terms in response to literature.
March 23, 24, 25 -
Completion of extended response benchmark. Students will read passages from Confetti Girl and Tortilla Sun and compose an essay, developing precise claims and supporting by citing evidence from the two passages. Essays will be scored based on upcoming Georgia Milestones scales, and students will receive differentiated feedback and suggestions in written format.
Student benchmark/ Milestones review games. Student groups will present review games correlated to key GPS concepts and key Georgia Milestones tasks and terms. Students games will incorporate at least 40 of 67 key terms/ concepts. Student games will be designed for 4 or more players. Games with limited players will be attempted by all students on a rotating basis. Games involving the entire class will be utilized in whole-group review. Groups have been determined based on observation and prior DOK level readiness.
March 23 - April 10 - Daily Grammar and Punctuation Mini-Lessons - Students will participate in oral and written exercises in relation to daily mini-lessons and will also respond to differentiated tasks based on DOK.
March 23 - Comma Usage March 24 - Semicolon Usage March 25 - Phrases, Clauses, and Sentence Structure March 26 - Subject and Verb Agreement March 27 - Pronoun and Antecedent Agreement April 6 - Verbals
April 7 - Computer Lab - Benchmark - Return Essays.
April 8 - Subjective and Objective Case April 9 - Mood April 10 - Modifiers, phrases and clauses as modifiers, misplaced modifiers, and dangling modifiers.
Week of April 13 - Literary Focus
Poetry Selections - "The Road Not Taken," "After Apple-picking" - Robert Frost. Literary Focus: Symbolism, allegory, analogy, metaphor, extended metaphor, rhyme scheme, end rhyme.
"Chicago" and "Grass" - Carl Sandburg - Personification, symbolism. "Jazz Fantasia" - Onomatopoeia.
Selected and differentiated response with DOK 1 - 4 literal and inferential questions.
Selected Nursery Rhymes - Meter and rhythm.
Selected 1960's and 70's music - Ballad.
Differentiated response with DOK 1 - 4 literal and inferential questions.
"The Story of an Hour" - Kate Chopin - Foreshadowing, inference, tone, mood, irony, conflict, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution, implied resolution, theme.
Constructed Response - DOK 1 - 4 levels with focus on reference to story title, author, specific characters, events, and outcomes in order to cite evidence to support ideas. Week of February 2, 2015 Standards: GPS ELA8W1, ELA8W2, ELA8W3, ELA8W5 -
I can: Create a precise claim. Use Evidence to support a precise claim. Incorporate and refute a counter claim. Effectively plan, organize, and compose an argumentative essay.
Lesson Objective: Specific Georgia Milestones practice for constructed response and extended response (argumentative essay). Students will devise and compose an argumentative essay in relation to a topic presented in the Georgia Milestones practice guide.
Assessment: Formative - Argumentative Essay
DOK 1 - 4 - Established as a criteria for essay assessment. Progressive grading scale represents DOK 1 - 4 on a score scale of 60 to 100.
DOK1 – 6 paragraphs, precise claim, at least 2 relevant reasons, obvious conclusion, 70% correct spelling, 80% correct capitalization, terminal punctuation, and grammar.
DOK2 – 6 paragraphs, attention-grabbing introductory sentence, precise claim, at least 3 relevant reasons, obvious conclusion, 70% correct spelling, 80% correct capitalization, terminal punctuation, and grammar DOK3 – 6 paragraphs, attention-grabbing introductory sentence, precise claim, at least 3 relevant reasons with supporting evidence, obvious conclusion, strong closing statement, 90% correct spelling, 100% correct capitalization, terminal punctuation, and grammar.
DOK4 – 6 paragraphs, attention-grabbing introductory sentence, precise claim, at least 3 relevant reasons with supporting evidence, counter claim and refutation, obvious conclusion, strong closing statement, higher level vocabulary, varied sentence structure, 95% correct spelling, 100% correct capitalization, terminal punctuation, comma usage, and grammar
Summarizing Activity: Students will present essays in class, receiving immediate verbal and written feedback. Students will work in peer critique pairs. Students will revise essays according to Georgia Milestones expectations and expectations of standard English.