Department: ELA Course: English II ACA Date: 3/23 & 3/26 Unit Title:

STAAR Drill & Kill

Power Standards -> (6) Reading/Comprehension of Literary Text/Literary Nonfiction.: Students understand, make inferences and draw
conclusions about the varied structural patterns and features of literary nonfiction and provide evidence from text to support their
understanding. Students are expected to evaluate the role of syntax and diction and the effect of voice, tone, and imagery on a speech, literary
essay, or other forms of literary nonfiction.
(3) Reading/Comprehension of Literary Text/Poetry. Students understand, make inferences and draw conclusions about the structure and
elements of poetry and provide evidence from text to support their understanding. Students are expected to analyze the structure or prosody
(e.g., meter, rhyme scheme) and graphic elements (e.g., line length, punctuation, word position) in poetry.

Student Learning Objective: Students will be able to…

● Analyze poetry and nonfiction text while connecting theme and literary devices
● Work effectively with their groups to analyze and share opinions
Approx. Instructional Activity/Advice for Instruction Questions Resource(s)/ Grouping
Strategy Include Teacher and Student Actions/ Meat What are you wanting them Technology Paired strategy,
Time
& Potatoes to learn address? Materials whole class, groups,
Essential Questions/ individuals, pairs
Objectives
20 minutes Warm-Up Watch the following TED Talk called Get Do you think it is TED Talk Individual
Comfortable With Being Uncomfortable effective to speak up Student
Time check: by Luvvie Ajayi (11 minutes). After about something you are Notebooks
1st: 9:05-9:25 watching students will write in their either comfortable or
4th: 3:00-3:20 notebooks for 5-8 minutes continuously uncomfortable with?
5th: 9:05-9:25 to the prompt on the right. Take a side and support
7th: 1:24-1:45 your opinion with an
example.
20 mins Reading Students will begin the activity with What connections did Yellow: Race in Individual & Group
Analysis reading Yellow: Race in America Beyond you find while reading? America Beyond Work
Time check: Black and White by Frank Wu. Black and White
1st: 9:25-9:45
4th: 3:20-3:40 For ten minutes they will read silently Do you agree with Wu? by Frank Wu
5th: 9:25-9:45 while annotating their passages. They
What devices have you POCCA handout
7th: 1:45-2:05 will look for diction, details, etc and will
highlight their passages as they read. found in the excerpt?
After the ten minutes are done,
students will work with their groups to
fill out their POCCA handout. Note,
POCCA stands for Paraphrase, Observe,
Contextualize, Analyze, and Argue.
25 minutes Reading After reading the nonfiction piece, we What images stand out “History Lesson” Individual & Group
Analysis will be move onto History Lesson by to you in this poem? by Natasha Work
Time check: Natasha Trethewey. Trethewey
1st: 9:45-10:10 Do you recognize the
4th: 3:40-4:05 Students will read silently 5 minutes historical connection to PITT Handout
5th: 9:45-10:10 and mark shared inquiry. The second her grandmother?
7th: 2:05-2:30
reading will also be about 5 minutes What inferences can you
and students will mark for: Figurative make with this poem?
Language, Imagery, and Details in the
poem.

We will spend 15 minutes working on

their PITT handout, which stands for
Paraphrase, Images & Inferences, Tone,
and Theme. We will discuss their
markings and paraphrase the poem as a
class. Once we paraphrase, students
will work with their groups to finish
their PITT handout.

*Anticipate about 5 minutes of catch-

 up time where later classes don’t have
morning announcements*

15-20 mins Exit Ticket Students will take the 10 question How are the messages of GradeCam/Short Individual
assessments on the paired passages both selections similar? answer paper
Time check: where they are allowed to use their Support your answer
1st: 10:10-10:30 notes (written on the passages). with evidence from both Multiple choice
4th: 4:10-4:30 questions
selections.
5th: 10:10-10:30 After finishing their questions, they will
7th: 2:35-2:54 write a short answer response to the
question on the right.