English 9 Lesson Plan September 15 September 19

Course Title: English 9

Teacher: Kever, Londa
Instructional Topic: World Literature------Greek
Performance Indicators
Students will do the following tasks:
*Demonstrate knowledge of
technology to submit/share
documents with one another and
with the instructor.
*Exhibit 21st century skill of focus
on bellwork.
*Exhibit 21st century skill of self-
awareness in monitoring reading
goals.
*Expand both their general and
domain-specific word base.
*Manage their independent reading
by monitoring their progress
throughout the week, documenting
their results, and reflecting on their
level of achievement of the goals.
*Access prior knowledge and use as
a foundation for new content
knowledge.
*Apply knowledge of rhetorical
devices with 80% or higher
accuracy.
*Apply new knowledge to write
sentences.
*Be respectful, responsible, and
reach rigorous standards.




Instructional Strategies
X lecture and application
X question/answer
X independent reading
X interactive learning
X technology-based activity
X quiz/test
____ video
____ other ____________

In-class Procedures
Monday
*Bellwork
*Submit Reading Log via
technology (link on PRHS
Website/Mrs. Kevers
Weebly)
*Update Reading Record
(as needed) via technology
*Student-led library visits
as determined by students
*Independent reading in
class
Tuesday
*Bellwork
*Rhetorical Devices
Application
*Read Dateline Troy,
world literature
Wednesday
*Bell work
*Capitalization Rules 1-4
*Read Dateline Troy
*Exit ticket: capitalization
Thursday
*Bell work
*Capitalization Rules 5- 8
*Vocabulary assessment
via technology.
*Students turn in
Vocabulary Cards on time.
*Writing with vocabulary/
application of 1
capitalization rule
Friday
*Bell work
*Read Dateline Troy
*New vocabulary




Materials/Resources
X Chromebook
X handout
X visuals
X website
X whiteboard
X projector
X library books

Assessment Strategies
X teacher
observation
X homework
vocabulary cards
X active daily
participation
X teacher-made
quiz/test
X whole-class
activity
X exit ticket
X reading log
X reading record
X listening skills
____ performance-
based assessment
____ project
____ other
_______________

Adaptations
X verbal prompts
X audio and visual
reinforcement
X modified
expectations
X positive
reinforcement
X self-selection of
capitalization rule
review
Additional Support:
Common Core Standards Applied
L9.5 Students will demonstrate
understanding of figurative language,
word relationships, and nuances in
word meanings.
L9.5a Students will interpret figures
of speech (similes, metaphors,
idioms, personification, euphemisms,
oxymorons, etc.).
RL 9.4 Students will determine the
meanings of words and phrases as
they are used in a text, including
figurative and connotative meanings;
analyze the cumulative impact of
specific word choices on meaning
and tone.
RL 9.6 Students will analyze a
particular point of view or cultural
experience reflected in a work of
literature from outside the United
States, drawing on a wide reading of
world literature.
RL 9.10 By the end of Grade 9,
students will read and comprehend
literature, including stories, dramas,
and poems, in the grades 9-10 text
complexity band proficiently, with
scaffolding as needed at the high end
of the range.
VA 9.6 Students will acquire and use
accurately general academic and
domain-specific words and phrases,
sufficient for reading, writing,
listening, and speaking at the college
and career readiness level . . .
VA 9.4c Students will learn how to
consult general and specialized
reference materials (dictionaries,
glossaries, thesauruses) both print
and digital, to find the pronunciation
of a word or determine or clarify its
precise meaning, its part of speech,
or its etymology.
LP9.3.3a Students will choose words
and phrases for effect.
LP9.2 Students will demonstrate
Students Weekly
Homework:
*Students make 20
vocabulary cards (1 per
word) which they
subsequently use while
taking vocab test on
Thursday.
*Students read 150 or more
pages in a student-selected
book and keep track of the
pages read daily.
Students should have
finished AT LEAST 2
books by Monday,
September 22 (25 school
days/36 days since school
began)
Note: Each student should
be finishing a book 200 or
more pages--every 10-14
days to meet his/her goals.










Instructor provides
students additional time
for bellwork in English
lab. Instructor provided
bellwork in 3 support
forms----on screen daily,
in a written form
provided
to English lab teacher,
and in a typed form via
photocopy offered to
students who request.
Possible reading
accommodations:
*Playaways and cds
which read a book
to student.
*Lower weekly
reading goals (<150),
if requested.
*Lower semester book
goals. (< 10 books)
*Books that are < 200
pages to qualify.
Possible vocabulary
accommodations:
(These were discussed
with English Lab
instructor.)
*Student does not
include entire def.
on vocab cards.
*Student types
definitions in
English Lab.
*Student cuts out
definitions and
attaches to cards.
Class accommodation:
*Instructions are
broken into smaller
chunks.
*Instructions are
repeated.

command of the conventions of
standard English capitalization . . .
when writing.
LP9.4.1f Students will produce
complete sentences, recognizing and
correcting inappropriate fragments
and run-ons.