Weekly Language Arts Lesson Plan

Weekly Language Arts Lesson Plan

Grade Level:

/ 7 /

Subject:

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Language Arts

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Prepared By:

/ Paul Holimon

Week of: January 4, 2011

What students will Know:
Students will know that writers often share personal stories to inspire readers to achieve difficult tasks. / What students willUnderstand:
Students will understand that overcoming fear is a theme that dominates much of American literature. / What students will Do:
Students will read and write to explore the relationship between fear and learning.
Predominant Language Arts Benchmarks Addressed:
LA.7.2.1.6 (theme comparison), LA.7.1.6.3 (vocabulary in context), LA.7.2.1.7 (word choice)
Essential Question: How does conquering our fears allow us greater freedom to learn about the world? /

Materials Needed (Highlight One or More)

• Paper
• Pen/Pencil
• Computer/Laptop
• Highlighters
• Manipulatives
• Novel/Text/Textbook
• Other:

Planned Instructional Questions During Lesson:
Creating: How can fear be both healthy and unhealthy in our lives?
Evaluating: Why do both Rawlins and Dahl write about conquering fear?
Analyzing: How would Rawlins describe Little Red Riding Hood’s assassination
of the wolf?
Applying: How do both Rawlins and Little Red Riding Hood conquer their fear?
Understanding: What does Rawlins learn about rattlesnakes? What does the
wolfskin coat symbolize?
Remembering: What are two possible reasons the rattlesnakes don’t strike
Ross Allen? What’s the first indication that Little Red Riding Hood is prepared
to meet the wolf?

Assessments/Surveys:

(Steps to check for student understanding – before and after instruction)
Formative: Freewrite–Describe the fear you (or someone you know) have of an animal.
Summative: Cinquain Poem Summary, Comparative Essay or Thematic Essay (Differentiated Product) / ELL/ESE Strategies (Highlight One or More):
Computer-Assisted Inst.
Multisensory Approach
Peer/Adult Tutoring
Cooperative Learning
Think-Aloud
Visual Aids
Inquiry Approach
Key Words/Vocab.
Storytelling
Music/Videos
Instructional Strategies/Activities:
Roald Dahl’s “Little Red Riding Hood and the Wolf”
SB Strategy: TP-CASTT (Title, Paraphrase, Connotation, Attitude, Shift, Theme, and Title again).
-Discuss diction, rhyme scheme, meter, parody, narrative poem
Guided Reading: Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings’ “Rattlesnake Hunt”
-Google Images – Conquering Fear
-Frayer Model – Fear
-Word Sort / Word Wall– Frontload 8-10 Vocabulary Words
Differntiated Instruction: Process
-Fluency
-Hold Your Thinking