Lesson Plan September 8 September 12

Course Title: Pre-AP 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 skills of focus
and goal monitoring.
*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.
*Collaborate with class members to
apply knowledge 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 collaboration
X independent reading
X interactive learning
X technology-based activity
X quiz/test
____ video
____ other ____________
In-class Procedures
Monday
*Bellwork
*Literacy Devices Lesson 1
whole-class, scaffolded by
instructor
*Read fable The Fox and
the Crow world literature
*Submit Reading Log via
technology (link on PRHS
Website/Mrs. Kevers
Weebly)
*Update Reading Record
(as needed) via technology
Tuesday
SCHOOL PICTURE DAY
*Bellwork
*Student-led library visits
as determined by students
*Independent reading in
class
Wednesday
*Bell work
*REQUIRED TESTING
DAY#1:
Kuder Interest Test re
interests, careers, and
occupations
Thursday
*Bell work
*Vocabulary assessment
via technology.
*Students turn in
Vocabulary Cards on time.
*Writing with vocabulary
*Literacy Devices &
Rhetorical Devices
Lesson 2 with partners
Friday
*Bell work
*Application of literary
devices and rhetorical
Materials/Resources
X Chromebook
X handout
X visual
X websites
____ DVD
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 partner activity
X reading log
X reading record
____ performance-
based assessment
____ project
____ other
_______________

Adaptations
X verbal prompts
____ visual prompts
____ select call
____ tutoring
X modified
expectations
X positive
reinforcement
____ other



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 9.6 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.
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.
LP9.3.3a Students will choose words
and phrases for effect.

devices in writing
*New vocabulary

Students Weekly
Homework:
*Students make 30
vocabulary cards (1 per
word) which they
subsequently use while
taking vocab test on
Thursday.
*Students read 225 or more
pages in a student-selected
book and keep track of the
pages read daily.











LP9.4.1f Students will produce
complete sentences, recognizing and
correcting inappropriate fragments
and run-ons.
W 9.2d Students will write
informative and explanatory text to
examine and convey complex ideas,
concepts, and information clearly and
accurately . . . using precise language
and domain-specific vocabulary. . .
W 9.6 Students will use technology,
including the Internet to produce,
publish, and update individual or
shared writing products, taking
advantage of technologys capacity
to link to other information and
display information flexibly and
dynamically.