August 30

Lesson Plans: August 30 – September 3

Honors English I

8/30  MUGshot Monday editing exercise; Students will join Google Classroom, subscribe to English blog, and sign up for Remind messages; Personal Narrative Writing:  in small groups, students will read each other’s “show don’t tell” paragraphs and choose best one to share with class before working on a sensory questionnaire in preparation for their rough draft DUE Thursday; SAT Vocabulary List 1 TEST Friday

8/31  LTOTW:  protagonist/antagonist;  Personal Narrative Writing:  students will take notes over how to include dialogue in writing and work on their rough draft DUE Thursday; SAT Vocabulary List 1 TEST Friday

9/1  Personal Narrative Writing:  students will take notes over how to “Write Like a Pro” and continue working on their rough draft DUE Tomorrow; SAT Vocabulary List 1 TEST Friday

9/2  SAT Vocabulary List 1 Review for TEST Tomorrow; Personal Narrative Writing:  students will work on “Write Like a Pro” activity before working to include all six elements in their writing second rough draft DUE Tuesday

9/3  SAT Vocabulary List 1 TEST; Personal Narrative Writing:  students will work on including all six elements of writing like a pro into their Second Rough Draft DUE Tuesday

English I

8/30  MUGshot Monday editing exercise; Students will join Google Classroom, subscribe to English blog, and sign up for Remind messages; Personal Narrative Writing: students will review topic suggestions and begin creating their storytelling arc as an outline for their own narrative; SAT Vocabulary List 1 TEST Friday

8/31  LTOTW:  protagonist/antagonist;  Personal Narrative Writing:  students will complete their storytelling arc for their own personal narrative; SAT Vocabulary List 1 TEST Friday

9/1  Personal Narrative Writing:  students will work on descriptive writing through “Show Don’t Tell” exercise; SAT Vocabulary List 1 TEST Friday

9/2  SAT Vocabulary List 1 Review for TEST Tomorrow; Personal Narrative Writing:  students will read “Show Don’t Tell” paragraphs in small groups choosing the most descriptive one to share with class

9/3  SAT Vocabulary List 1 TEST

Category: 09.01 Oral Language, 09.02 Vocabulary, 09.08 Author's Purpose and Craft, 09.09 Writing Process, 09.10 Composition Genres | LEAVE A COMMENT
August 23

Lesson Plans: August 23 – 27

Honors English I

8/23  MUGshot Monday editing exercise; SAT Vocabulary List 1 flashcards DUE 8/27 and TEST 9/3; Personal Narrative Writing:  students will take notes over the characteristics of a personal narrative, read “The Pie” by Gary Soto

8/24  Literary Term of the Week:  theme; Personal Narrative Writing:  in groups, students will answer response questions to “The Pie” in preparation for class discussion

8/25  Personal Narrative Writing:  students will read and annotate student samples of personal narratives; Think About it Thursday DUE

8/26  Personal Narrative Writing:  students will choose own topic for their personal narrative, review the storytelling arc, and work on one for their personal narrative; SAT Vocab List 1 flashcards DUE tomorrow

8/27  Self-Selected Reading:  students will read self-selected novel while flashcards are checked; Personal Narrative Writing:  Students will take notes over using imagery in writing

English I

8/23  MUGshot Monday editing exercise; SAT Vocabulary List 1 flashcards DUE 8/27 and TEST 9/3  students will use class time to begin creating flashcards

8/24  Literary Term of the Week:  theme; Personal Narrative Writing: students will take notes over the characteristics of a personal narrative and read “The Pie” by Gary Soto

8/25  Personal Narrative Writing:  students will have a discussion in response to questions about “The Pie”; Think About it Thursday DUE

8/26 Personal Narrative Writing:  students will read/annotate student samples of personal narratives; SAT Vocab List 1 flashcards DUE tomorrow

8/27  Self-Selected Reading:  students will read self-selected novel while flashcards are checked

Category: 09.01 Oral Language, 09.03 Self-Sustained Reading, 09.04 Comprehension Skills, 09.05 Response Skills, 09.07 Genres, 09.09 Writing Process | LEAVE A COMMENT
August 15

Lesson Plans: August 16 – 20

Honors English I

8/16  MUGshot Monday editing marks and exercise; House on Mango Street vignette reading

8/17  Literary Term of the Week; House on Mango Street vignette reading

8/18  Parts of Speech review – students will take notes over all 8 parts of speech and, as a class, write sentences which include all 8 before writing individually

8/19  Think About it Thursday journal assignment and expectations; Writing complete sentences

8/20  Library Visit for self-selected novel for SSR in prep for Book Talks

English I

8/16  MUGshot Monday editing marks and exercise; writing complete sentences

8/17  Literary Term of the Week; Parts of Speech review – students will take notes over all 8 parts of speech and, as a class, write sentences which include all 8

8/18  Parts of Speech review – students will write sentences which include all 8 parts of speech

8/19  Think About it Thursday journal assignment and expectations; Writing complete sentences

8/20  Library Visit for self-selected novel for SSR in prep for Book Talks

 

Category: 09.03 Self-Sustained Reading, 09.09 Writing Process, 09.10 Composition Genres | LEAVE A COMMENT
August 12

Lesson Plans: August 12 – 13

Honors English I

8/12  Summer Reading:  Turn in book of vignettes to be graded and Raisin in the Sun study packet to be checked and returned for use in studying for TEST tomorrow; Overview of Expectations and Procedures

8/13 Raisin in the Sun TEST

English I

8/12 Classroom Expectations and Procedures; Goal Setting and Self Reflection

8/13 Daily/Weekly Schedule Review; Writing Expectations

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