Lesson Plans

Lesson Plans
Newell
LA III and Advanced
Week 13: 11/10-- 11/14/2014
Unit 3: Narrative/Point of View
MONDAY 11/10
TUESDAY 11/11
WEDNESDAY 11/12
Learning Goal:
Students will be able to identify the elements of fiction and be able to analyze the elements, paying special attention to how incidents in a story (conflict) can affect the characters, cause
decisions to be made, and affect the overall plot structure of a story. After learning the elements and how to effectively analyze them, students will be able to create their own narratives and
analyze the elements found in their own stories.
1. What is the difference between an inference and an explicit statement?
2. What is the value of an author providing evidence to substantiate his point of view?
3. How does using an effective writing technique lend to an author’s authenticity?
Essential
Question
Higher Order
Questions
LAFS.8.RL.1.1 (DOK 2)
1. What inference can you draw from the statement? What evidence supports your inference?
2. What evidence strongly supports the key idea ___________?
3. What is the author’s strongest evidence provided that supports the idea _________?
What makes that evidence stronger than other evidence provided?
Objective(s):
Students will create their own
short stories/narratives and
analyze the elements found in
their stories.
LAFS.8.W.1.3 (DOK 3)
LAFS.8.RL.1.2 (DOK 2)
LAFS.8.RL.1.3 (DOK 2)
Recursive Standard: 8.RL.2.4
FRIDAY 11/14
LAFS.8.W.1.3 (DOK 3)
LAFS.8.RL.1.2 (DOK 2)
LAFS.8.RL.1.3 (DOK 2)
Recursive Standard: 8.RL.2.4
Veteran’s Day
LAFS.8.W.1.3 (DOK 3)
LAFS.8.RL.1.2 (DOK 2)
LAFS.8.RL.1.3 (DOK 2)
Recursive Standard: 8.RL.2.4
THURSDAY 11/13
Standard(s)
LAFS.8.RL.2.6 (DOK 3)
4. What evidence does the author provide to support different characters’ viewpoints on __?
5. What viewpoints conflict with (character’s) take on __? How does the author present
these viewpoints?
6. Does the author present a particular viewpoint more effectively? How does he/she do it?
7. Why do you think the story is told from __? Viewpoint? What advantages/disadvantages
does this present?
Students will create their own short
Students will create their own
stories/narratives and analyze the
short stories/narratives and
elements found in their stories.
analyze the elements found in
their stories.
St. Augustine
Field Trip
No School
Bell work
Agenda/Activities
Would you rather…?
1. I Do: Review Literary Elements/
Learning Scale
No School
No School
Would you rather…?
1. Write narrative and analyze the
elements
Would you rather…?
1. Complete narratives and
analysis
2. We Do: Discuss bell work and
learning scale
Vocabulary
St. Augustine
Field Trip
3. You Do: Characterization Sheet
and Setting Sheet
Setting, characters, protagonist, antagonist, conflict, internal conflict, external conflict, plot, exposition, rising action, falling action, climax, resolution,
point of view, characterization, realism
St. Augustine
Field Trip
St. Augustine
Field Trip
Homework
Read at least one chapter from AR
book
Narrative due 11/17/14
No School
Ticket Out
Reflect on learning
No School
Accommodations
Read at least one chapter from AR
book
Narrative due 11/17/14
Reflect on learning
Read at least one chapter from
AR book
Narrative due 11/17/14
Reflect on learning
ESOL Accommodations
E1: Making use of contextual clues—gestures, expressions, body language
E2: Using multiple media
E3: Using linguistic modifications: repetition, slow speech, restating, controlled vocabulary, controlled sentence length
E4: Individualized instruction and assistance
E5: Peer Tutoring
E6: Using written and pictorial forms to teach: maps, graphs, charts, pictures, audiovisual aids, lists, semantic maps, webs, flow charts, outlines
E7: Adjusting or shortening assignments
E8: Hands of Experiences
E9: Small group instruction
E10: Cooperative Learning
E11: Defining content area language or terms for students
E12: Using alternative assessments
E13: Reducing oral and written directions and information to easy to understand steps or parts
E14: Using role play
E15: Adapting written text and materials to facilitate comprehension
ESE Accommodations
Assignments
1: Extended Time
2: Preferential Seating
3: Check for Comprehension beyond what is normally provided to student
4: Provide peer assistance
Tests
1: Extended Time
5: Read aloud directions
6: Alternative testing format
St. Augustine
Field Trip
St. Augustine
Field Trip