Pre-AP English 9 Lesson Plan December 8 December 12

Course Title: Pre-AP English 9

Teacher: Kever, Londa
Instructional Focus: World Lit; Reading Comprehension
Performance Indicators
In-class Procedures
Materials/Resources
Students will do the following tasks:
Monday
X Chromebook
*Demonstrate knowledge of
*Bellwork
X website
technology to submit/share
*Submit Reading Log via
X whiteboard
documents with one another and
technology (link on PRHS X projector
with the instructor.
Website/Mrs. Kevers
X library books
*Exhibit 21st century skill of focus
Weebly)
X literature book
on bellwork.
*Update Reading Record
*Exhibit 21st century skill of self(as needed) via technology Assessment
awareness in monitoring reading
*Share Reading Record with Strategies
X reading log
goals.
parent via technology
X reading record
*Expand both their general and
*Student-led library visits
domain-specific word base via
as determined by students X class discussions
X teacher-made
literature and bell work.
Reminder: Students must
quiz/test
*Manage their independent reading
have finished Book #9 by
by monitoring their progress
the end of this week.
Adaptations
throughout the week, documenting
Tuesday
X verbal prompts
their results, and reflecting on their
*Bellwork
level of achievement of the goals.
*Assessment via technology X audio and visual
reinforcement
*Exhibit 21st century skill of
on Books 3-5
X modified
prioritizing.
*Analyze elements in
expectations
*Be respectful, responsible, and
excerpt from Book
X positive
reach rigorous standards.
8 in The Odyssey:
reinforcement
Wednesday
*Bell work
Instructional Strategies
Additional Support:
*Assessment Book 6-8 in
X Bell work
The Odyssey
X Analysis of literature
Teacher scaffolding.
*Begin reading Book 9 in
X Read-alouds.
Repeated instructions.
The Odyssey.
X Class discussions.
Thursday
Possible reading
X Scaffolding with oral reading of
*Bell work
accommodations:
The Odyssey by Mrs. Kever and
*Continue reading Book 9
*Playaways and cds
professional reading on-line.
in The Odyssey.
which read a book
Friday
to student.
*Bellwork
Common Core Standards Applied
*Finish Book 9 in The
Class accommodation:
VA 9.6 Students will acquire and use
Odyssey.
*Instructions are
accurately general academic and
broken into smaller
domain-specific words and phrases,
chunks.
sufficient for reading, writing,
*Instructions
are
listening, and speaking at the college
repeated.
Students Weekly
and career readiness level . . .
Homework:

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.
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.
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.) . . .

*Students read 225 or more

pages in a student-selected
book and keep track of the
pages read daily.
Note: Each student should
be finishing a book 200 or
more pages--every 7-10
days to meet his/her goals.
STUDENTS SHOULD
HAVE FINISHED 15
BOOKS BY THURSDAY,
DECEMBER 18.