Date: 04/01/2014

Grade 9

LESSON: Empathy OBJECTIVES Students will be able to create simple sentences and compound sentences: coordinating con unction and semi!colons Students will be able to create a comic strip that de"elops and organi#es a clear portrayal o$ guilt NUMBER OF DAYS: 1 ACTIVITIES 1. Hook SS% & will hand bac' students( grammar notes $rom yesterday 2. Grammar & will tell students to re"iew their grammar notes $or 1 minute Students will then put notes away & will tell students to get a hal$ sheet o$ paper out and write 1) 2) and * +n the smart board) & will ha"e a scattered word ban' and punctuation mar's ban' ,* -in./ & will tell students to use the words and punctuation mar's in the ban' to create 1. Simple Sentence 2. 0ompound Sentence: 0oordinating 0on unction *. 0ompound Sentence: Semi!colon 1$ter students $inish) & will as' $or a "olunteer to use the words/punctuation mar's on the smart board and create a Simple sentence 0ompound sentence: coordinating con unction 0ompound sentence: semi!colon 3. Empathy Students will get the purple boo's and open it up to page 150 & will show students the slide that compares empathy to sympathy & will then share a story o$ when & empathi#ed with my brother about getting a laptop & will then read the poem out load and as' 2uestions while students $ollow along ,1!2 -in/ & will then as' students to write a written response as to why they thin' the title o$ the poem is) 34orgi"e -y Guilt5 & will pass around the comic strip handout and instructions sheet & will then call on random students to share his or her response 6hen) & will tell students that they ha"e to create a comic strip that they would gi"e to the narrator o$ the poem that portrays an e"ent in their li$e where they $elt guilty $or doing something wrong toward another person or animal & will re"iew the plot line and how it $unctions with students Students $inish $or homewor' ASSESSMENT Students will create a simple sentence and two compound sentences: coordinating conjunctions and semi-colon

Students will create a comic strip that empathizes with the narrator of the poem, Forgive My Guilt by obert !" #ristram $offin STANDARDS %anguage Standards &th Grade '" (emonstrate command of the conventions of standard )nglish grammar and usage when writing *riting Standards &th Grade +" !roduce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and style are appropriate to tas,, purpose, and audience"