Lesson Plans for Clayton Elmore, 045 - Watauga Middle School Week of Monday, March 30, 2015 Monday, March 30, 2015
Text/Theme and Genre. Students analyze, make inferences and draw conclusions about theme and genre in different cultural, historical, and contemporary contexts and provide evidence from the text to support their unde[3]» infer the implicit theme of a work of fiction, distinguishing theme from the topic.[3a] Mini-lesson: Review theme and topic Students will continue watching "Secondhand Lions" and compare/contrast the character of Walter with the character Cole from the book "Touching Spirit Bear" successful if they can identify similarities and differences between the characters in different media. Exit ticket: One similarity, one difference» summarize the elements of plot development (e.g., rising action, turning point, climax, falling action, denouement) in various works of fiction.[6a] Text/Fiction. Students understand, make the structure and elements of fiction and understanding.[6] Mini-lesson: Summarization review Finish watching Secondhand Lions, then review the test from last Wednesday, make corrections successful if they can identify their mistakes and explain the correct answers 123 Summarization Mini-lesson: Vale Middle School Article Students will read a Vale MS article and complete all portions of activities. Class discussion on persuasive techniques Mini-lesson: Students will continue working on the Vale MS article from Wednesday» explain how different organizational patterns (e.g., proposition-and-support, problem-and-solution) develop the main idea and the author's viewpoint.[10c]» compare and contrast the structure and viewpoints of two different authors writing for the same purpose, noting the stated claim and supporting evidence.[11a]» identify simply faulty reasoning used in persuasive texts.[11b] Mini-lesson: Tentative test day
2nd and 3rd periods will be taking the STAAR Writing test this morning Mini-lesson: Review theme and what it means in fiction Students finish watching "The Outsiders" Compare/contrast the book and the movie successful if they can describe the reasons a movie has to be different from a book Exit ticket- one similarity, one difference» analyze the importance of graphical elements (e.g., capital letters, line length, word position) on the meaning of a poem. [4A]» determine the figurative meaning of phrases and analyze how an author's use of language creates imagery, appeals to the senses, and suggests mood.[8a] Mini-lesson: Finish watching The Outsiders, then students will read "Spring Storm" Students determine mood, shift, and figurative language and how it determines the mood of the poem.» determine the figurative meaning of phrases and analyze how an author's use of language creates imagery, appeals to the senses, and suggests mood.[8a] Text/Sensory Language. Students understand, make inferences and draw conclusions about how an author's sensory language creates imagery in literary text and provide evidence from text to support their understanding.[8] Mini-lesson: Review figurative and sensory language Students will use the list of similes and metaphors they created to write a mood poem successful if they can identify the tone and successful if they can write a poem with mood of the poem which they are satisfied Mini-lesson: Refresher on appropriate behavior for classroom performance Students will read the poems they wrote aloud in class As one student reads, the rest will draw a picture of what the poem makes them think of successful if they read a poem and create several images from other students' poems» analyze the importance of graphical elements (e.g., capital letters, line length, word position) on the meaning of a poem. [4A] Mini-lesson: Tentative test day List of similes or metaphors to describe a certain mood Will be assisted in at least one period by Michael Hansen and/or Charles Cooper