DeKalb Middle School Weekly Lesson Plan
Teacher: Mrs. Vance * Teaching Structures:
Week of: December 4-8, 2017 (O) one lead, one support (A) alternative teaching
Subject: ELA (S) station teaching (T) team teaching
Class Hour: ALL (P) parallel teaching
Day/Date / Big Idea/Goals / Lesson Activities / Assessment
Standard/Modified Essential Question (State at beginning and exit ticket) / *Teaching Structure
Monday, December 4, 2017 / Writing Informative/Explanatory / 1. Bell Work – Vocabulary, misspelled word, pronoun, antonym
2. Objective – Writing: 6.W.TTP.2 – Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas
3. Whole – Students will read an article from News ELA and write in response to the story using a prompt.
4. Exit / Essential Question:
Tuesday, December 5, 2017 / Star Testing / 1. Bell Work – Pronoun, root/affix, analogy
2. Objective – Progress Monitoring
3. Whole – Students will take Star Test to progress monitor
4. Exit / Essential Question:
Wednesday, December 6, 2017 / Compare/Contrast – Author’s Presentation / 1. Bell work – connotation, figure of speech, denotation, synonym
2. Objective – 6.RI.IKI.9 Compare and Contrast two or more author’s presentation of the same topic
3. Whole – Page 264 Role-Playing and Discovery/The Life and Adventures of Nat Love – Read both stories
4. Exit / Essential Question: How did each author’s use of language reflect his experiences and personality?
Thursday, December 7, 2017 / Compare/Contrast – Author’s Presentation / 1. Bell work- pronoun, prefix/suffix, possessive noun, definition
2. Objective - Assessment
3. Whole – Reading Test and T- Chart to list the similarities and differences between the two stories.
4. Exit / Essential Question:
Friday, December 8, 2017 / Compare/Contrast – Author’s Presentation / 1. Objective – Writing
2. Whole – Students will use the T-Chart created yesterday to compose a compare/contrast essay.
3. Exit / Essential Question:
Academic Adaptations
(as needed for gifted students and students with disabilities) / Key Vocabulary / Materials/
Support Needed / Performance Data and Notes
Monday / intensity, resounding, profound, impressionable / *Excel Academy* Read The Best Christmas Pageant Ever
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