Ms. GreenEnglishLesson Plans
Ms. Green’s Lesson Plan—Language Intro
English Language Arts 9/7/10
Rochester Early College International HS
Attendance
Essential Question: What is the importance of language?
Bridge
Student Photos
Turn in “I am From” poems
Mini-Lesson
Language Posters
Term Definitions
Work Period
Video
Classwork Assignment: To be graded
How can you connect the video of Pianist Liu Wei (from Chinese talent show) to our essential question: What is the importance of language?
In other words, what does language have to do with this situation? You will need to read subtitles. In what ways has Lui Wei used language?
9/8/10 Short Day
Attendance
Work Return
Essential Question: What is the importance of language?
Bridge
*YEA Program
Video
Sign Up
*Summer Reading
Sign Up
Mini-Lesson
Statements:
•Language reflects and shapes human experience. (Asia Society)
•Without language we are utterly isolated. (Asia Society)
•Language is man's best medicine. (Ms. Green)
Work Period
Directions: Answer the essential question. First, explain what each statement means. Then, combine those meanings to describe the importance of language. Lastly, make your own statement about language. You response should form a perfect paragraph.
Thursday, 9/9/10 “A” Day
Agenda
- Attendance
- Work Return
- DELTA Interest sign
Unit One: COMING OF AGE
OVERVIEW TEXTS & EMBEDDED ASSESSMENTS
Springboard Books
Pages 7 and 9
Cornell Notes Vocabulary
-3 new words
Homework: Part 2 & 5 of Cornell Notes
Friday, September 10, 2010 “B” Day
- Attendance
- Work Return
- Use post-it to create VOCABULARY SECTION in English Section of Binder
- *Complete vocabulary*
- *New Vocabulary*
- Use post-it to create ACADEMIC LANGUAGE and LITERARY ELEMENTS section in English Section of Binder
- SYNTAX
- VOICE
- DICTION
- IMAGERY
- TONE
- THEIR, THERE & THEY’RE REVIEW
- POP QUIZ
*G-MAIL ACCOUNTS DUE TODAY*
- Write down Homework in your agenda:
- complete sections 2& 5 of Cornell Notes (Review Vocabulary and Academic Language/Literary Elements
- Complete summer reading incentive due 9-17-10
- Complete Applications for YEA/Delta Gems
A THOUGHT FOR TODAY/Discussion:
Men of genius are often dull and inert in society, as a blazing meteor when it descends to earth, is only a stone. -Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, poet
Clean up: Organize books under desks. Remove Post-its.
Rochester Early College International HS
Monday, September 13th, 2010 “A” DAY
Essential Question: What is the importance of language?
Bridge
Copy down the following notes in Cornell Notes. Create another post-it tab for GRAMMAR USAGE:
A compound complex sentence is one that has two or more independent clauses and one or more subordinate clauses.
Example: I was my parents’ first joy, and in their joy, they gave me the name that would haunt me for the rest of my life, Immaculeta Uzoma Achilike.
A direct quotation represents a person’s exact words. These words are enclosed in the quotation marks.
Example: Then she asked me, “Immaculeta Uzoma Achilike, do you know what your name means?”
An indirect quotation restates the general meaning of what a person said. Quotation marks are not used with indirect quotations.
Example: She asked whether I knew what my name means.
In your ACADEMIC LANGUAGE/LITERARY ELEMENTS SECTION:
Protagonist- the main character who initiates the actions that move the plot along
Vocabulary Section:
Camelot
Mini-Lesson/Work Period
- Literature Circle Groups Assigned
- Books Assigned
- Folders Distributed
Closure
1.Share your group’s progress
Summary
1.Discussion: What do our novels have in common? What have we learned about the language that the authors/speakers use?
Write down in your agenda: Learning Extension/HW—Section 2 & 5 Cornell Notes Review; Respond to the following:
A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:
Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could do only a little. -Edmund Burke, statesman and writer (1729-1797)
Rochester Early College International HS
Tuesday, September 14th, 2010 “D” Day
Essential Question: What is the importance of language?
Bridge
LIBRARY INTRODUCTIONS AND BOOK EXCHANGE
Mini-Lesson/Work Period
•Literature Circle Groups Assigned
•Books Assigned
•Folders Distributed
*VOCAB: HADES*
Closure
1.Share your group’s progress
Summary
1.Discussion: What do our novels have in common? What have we learned about the language that the authors/speakers use?
Write down in your agenda: Learning Extension/HW—Section 2 & 5 Cornell Notes Review and respond to the following:
For all our conceits about being the center of the universe, we live in a routine planet of a humdrum star stuck away in an obscure corner ... on an unexceptional galaxy which is one of about 100 billion galaxies. ... That is the fundamental fact of the universe we inhabit, and it is very good for us to understand that. -Carl Sagan, astronomer and writer (1934-1996)
Wednesday, September 15th, 2010 “A” day
Rochester Early College International HS
Essential Question: What is the importance of language?
Bridge *vocab word*
Write these notes in your ACADEMIC LANGUAGE/LITERARY ELEMENTS SECTION:
Simile- a comparison of two different things or ideas, using the words like or as. It is a stated comparison in which the author says one thing is like another.
Hyperbole- a deliberate, extravagant, and often outrageous exaggeration. It may be used for either serious or comic effect.
Mini-Lesson/Work Period
•Literature Circle Groups Assigned
•Books Assigned
•Folders Distributed
Closure
1.Share your group’s progress
Summary
1.Discussion: What do our novels have in common? What have we learned about the language that the authors/speakers use?
Write down in your agenda: Learning Extension/HW—Section 2 & 5 Cornell Notes Review and Respond to the Mark Twain Quotation.
Thursday, September 16th, 2010 “B” Day
Rochester Early College International HS
Essential Question: What is the importance of language?
Bridge
Review of Syntax
Syntax refers to the arrangement of words and the order of grammatical elements in a sentence- that is, the way the writer puts words together to make meaningful elements such as phrases and clauses.
Listening to song, Beyoncé- If I were a boy
Write down one example of SYNTAX in lyrics (Add to index card) May be syntax used correctly and/ or an error in syntax (change the order) for a different meaning.
Answer: How did the way Beyoncé put the words together add to the meaning?
Share….
Mini-Lesson/Work Period
•Literature Circle Groups Assigned
•Books Assigned
•Folders Distributed
Closure
1.Share your group’s progress
Summary
1.Discussion: What do our novels have in common? What have we learned about the language that the authors/speakers use?
Write down in your agenda: Learning Extension/HW—Section 2 & 5 Cornell Notes Review.
Friday, September 17th, 2010 “B” day
Rochester Early College International HS
Essential Question: What is the importance of language?
Due Today: Summer Reading Incentive
Bridge
Write these notes in your ACADEMIC LANGUAGE/LITERARY ELEMENTS SECTION:
Analogy- a comparison of the relationship between two groups of words… One way to analyze an analogy is to look at a relationship that describes a function.
For example, eye: see:: ear: hear.
Choose the appropriate word to complete the following analogies.
- Architect: Building :: Coach: ______
- ______: artwork:: lawyer: case.
Mini-Lesson/Work Period
•Literature Circle Groups Assigned
•Books Assigned
•Folders Distributed
Closure
1.Share your group’s progress
Summary
1.Discussion: What do our novels have in common? What have we learned about the language that the authors/speakers use?
Write down in your agenda: Learning Extension/HW—Section 2 & 5 Cornell Notes Review
Monday, September 20th, 2010 “D” Day
Rochester Early College International HS
Essential Question: What is injustice and where does it occur?
How can we use literature, technology and the art of poetry to gain and share a better understanding of global injustice issues?
Bridge
Write a response to the question:What is injustice? Share out.
Discuss: Where is injustice?
Class definition of injustice (Students may use dictionary for suggestions)
Mini-Lesson
1.Class decides if they think injustice exists anywhere in our world. Brainstorm a list of injustices.
- Discussion: If we think injustice exists in the world, do we have an obligation to educate ourselves about what and where it exists? When we know what and where injustice exists, do we have an obligation to do something about it? What can we do about injustice as freshmen in high school?
- Is there an example of injustice in your lit circle novel?
*1 VOCAB WORD*
Work Period
•Literature Circle Groups Assigned
•Books Assigned
•Folders Distributed
Closure
1.Share your poem by reading it aloud for the group.
Closure
1.Share your group’s progress
Summary
1.Discussion: What do our novels have in common? What have we learned about the language that the authors/speakers use?
Write down in your agenda: Learning Extension/HW—Section 2 & 5 Cornell Notes Review and respond to the quotation: Uttering a word is like striking a note on the keyboard of the imagination. -Ludwig Wittgenstein, philosopher (1889-1951)
Tuesday, September 21st, 2010 “A” Day
Rochester Early College International HS
Essential Question: What is injustice and where does it occur?
How can we use literature, technology and the art of poetry to gain and share a better understanding of global injustice issues?
Bridge *Vocab word*
Write a POEM that provides an example of injustice. This poem could be from an example of your life, the novel character or a fictional character you have created. Refer back to you notes and class discussion on injustice from class yesterday.
Mini-Lesson
Injustice
Collectively we bear the shame
for the poor, and others who suffer pain.
Historical wars, some long-time ended
Their waves still wash
On those descended
From past times
Until our own,
There remains an underclass that groans
They struggle through lives too much alone.
Suffering as if they must atone
When nothing wrong by them was done.
Our world is faire
Yet so unfair
Can’t justice reign?
On earth somewhere?
-Malcolm Watts 2006
Work Period
•Literature Circle Groups Assigned
•Books Assigned
•Folders Distributed
Closure
1.Share your poem by reading it aloud for the group.
Closure
1.Share your group’s progress
Summary
1.Discussion: What do our novels have in common? What have we learned about the language that the authors/speakers use?
Write down in your agenda: Learning Extension/HW—Section 2 & 5 Cornell Notes Reviewand 3 injustice poems-write responses & Respond to the following:
There is nothing like returning to a place that remains unchanged to find the ways in which you yourself have altered. -Nelson Mandela, activist, South African president, Nobel laureate (b. 1918)
Wednesday, September 22nd, 2010 “B” Day
Rochester Early College International HS
Essential Question: What is injustice and where does it occur?
How can we use literature, technology and the art of poetry to gain and share a better understanding of global injustice issues?
Bridge
*Injustice poem responses due*
*Vocab Word*
Share poems. Combine your poem with group poem (Select an order that makes sense, then staple). Agree on poem title.
Mini-Lesson
1.Images of Injustice
Work Period
•Literature Circle Groups Assigned
•Books Assigned
•Folders Distributed
*One group member at a time chooses three images (Google Images) to match their group poem. Save as on desktop as name.
Closure
1.Share your group’s progress
Summary
1.Discussion: What do our novels have in common? What have we learned about the language that the authors/speakers use?
Write down in your agenda: Learning Extension/HW—Section 2 & 5 Cornell Notes Review
Thursday, September 23rd, 2010 “C” Day
Rochester Early College International HS
NEW SEATS
NEW RULES: You know what you should be doing and what you should NOT be doing…
NEW CONSEQUENCES: 1) Parent Phone Call 2) Lunch Detention (Starts today! After School Detention starts today! After Star Detention starts today!)
*Any Coats= Automatic Lunch Detention
Essential Question: What is injustice and where does it occur?
How can we use literature, technology and the art of poetry to gain and share a better understanding of global injustice issues?
Bridge *VOCAB WORD*
Group images shared and distributed
Mini-Lesson
1.One group member type group final poem in rotation.
2.Poster place images… Leave space for final draft poem. Include group name and novel title.
Work Period
•Literature Circle Groups Assigned
•Books Assigned
•Folders Distributed
*Small group task: Boredom is the feeling that everything is a waste of time; serenity, that nothing is. -Thomas Szasz, author, professor of psychiatry (b. 1920)*
Closure
- Material Clean up
- Share your group’s progress
Summary
1.Discussion: What do our novels have in common? What have we learned about the language that the authors/speakers use?
Write down in your agenda: Learning Extension/HW—Section 2 & 5 Cornell Notes Review Final Poster and Poem due tomorrow and Henry Miller Quotation Response: Confusion is a word we have invented for an order which is not understood. -Henry Miller, writer (1891-1980)
Friday, September 24th, 2010 “C” Day
Rochester Early College International HS
Essential Question: What is injustice and where does it occur?
How can we use literature, technology and the art of poetry to gain and share a better understanding of global injustice issues?
Bridge
*VOCAB WORD*
Final Group Poster & Poem due TODAY!
Mini-Lesson
Last day for literature circle... All tasks due at end of period!
Quotation Response: Complete sections 2& 5 as well as note section: EXAM GRADE
Patriotism is your conviction that this country is superior to all others because you were born in it.
-George Bernard Shaw, writer, Nobel laureate (1856-1950)
Work Period
•Literature Circle Groups Assigned
•Books Assigned
•Folders Distributed
Closure
1.Material Clean up
Summary
1.Discussion: What do our novels have in common? What have we learned about the language that the authors/speakers use?
Write down in your agenda: Learning Extension/HW—Section 2 & 5 Cornell Notes Review; Make up Missing assignments