Mrs. Sullivan's Lesson Plans

Little FlowerHigh School – Room 254 11/6/2018 to 10/12/2007

Course: / English 2 – 2 / Week of: / 10/08/2008
Periods: / 3 / Dept Chair: / Mrs. Barbara McMillen
Unit Title: / Encounters and Foundations to 1800 / Text: Holt Elements of Literature
Vocabulary Book E / Essentials of American Literature
Weekly Objectives/
Standards: /
  • Literature Selections: from Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God
  • Speech to the Virginia Convention
  • From The Autobiography: The Declaration of Independence.
  • Writing: Writing an Editorial
  • Presenting and Evaluating Speeches
  • Vocabulary Unit 2

Essential Q: /
  • What effect did European settlement have on American Indians?
  • Who were the Puritans, and what were their beliefs about human nature?
  • How did rationalism differ from Puritanism, and what effect did rationalism have on the new American political system?

Monday

Opening:
Learning Engagements:
Closing/Review: /
  • Daily Grammar Practice: Maintenance sheet
  • Evaluate the historical and social influences of the foundations and colonial period in America: Bible in American Education, Deism, Iroquois Confederacy pages 14-19.
  • Analyze archetypes drawn from myths and tradition.

Assessment of Lesson: / Reading and Responding, Class Discussion, Daily Grammar
Homework: /
  • Vocabulary page 33; Language Worksheet p. 2

Materials needed: / Textbook, Vocabulary Book, Notebook, Daily Grammar, Handouts

Tuesday

Opening:
Learning Engagements:
Closing/Review: /
  • Daily Grammar Practice
  • Vocabulary in Context p. 34
  • Native American Oral Traditions p. 20-21 (Myths)
Analyze archetypes drawn from Myth and Tradition
Analyze cultural characteristics in literary traditions
  • Read “The Sun Still Rises in the Same Sky,” “The Sky Tree,” and “Coyote Finishes His Work” p. 23-25.

Assessment of Lesson: / Reading, Writing, Questions, Guided Practice (comprehension questions p.25 # 1-4)
Homework: /
  • Write a paragraph identifying and describing a modern day archetype in a book, movie or T.V. Show. Try to use at least five vocabulary words.

Materials needed: / Daily Grammar, Textbook, Vocabulary Book, Notebook, Handouts

Wednesday

Opening:
Learning Engagements:
Closing/Review: /
  • Daily Grammar Practice
  • Vocabulary: Synonym/Antonym review
  • Response and Analysis p. 26 in Text (answer in notebook)
  • Test on Monday on three stories.
  • Work on Compare/Contrast Essay.

Assessment of Lesson: / Reading, Writing, Questions
Homework: /
  • Vocabulary & Comprehension Worksheet – Handout #3

Materials needed: / Daily Grammar, Textbook, Vocabulary Book, Notebook, Handouts

Thursday

Opening:
Learning Engagements:
Closing/Review: /
  • Daily Grammar Practice
  • Review for Vocabulary test on Friday.
  • Check answers to Response and Analysis p. 26 in Text.
  • Journal Activity p. 26 Culture of Myths.

Assessment of Lesson: / Reading, Writing, Questions, Listening and Viewing
Homework: /
  • Study for Vocabulary test on Friday.
  • Work on completion of journal activity.

Materials needed: / Daily Grammar, Textbook, Vocabulary Book, Notebook, Handouts

“Fabulous” Friday

Opening:
Learning Engagements:
Closing/Review: /
  • Daily Grammar Practice
  • Vocabulary Test Unit 2
  • Making Subjects/Verbs Agree Worksheet #1
  • Work on Essays: Compare/Contrast
  • Literature Circles (if time allows).

Assessment of Lesson: / Reading, Writing, Questions, test
Homework: /
  • Subject/Verb Agreement Handout #2

Materials needed: / Daily Grammar, Textbook, Vocabulary Book, Notebook, Handouts

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