Westside High School Lesson Plan
Wednesday/Thursday
Tuesday
Monday
Teacher Name:
Course:
S. Simmons/J. Hall
English 4B
Unit Name and #:
Dates:
Poetry and Language
03/23-27/2015
What are we learning?
Daily Objective: SWBAT analyze and evaluate changes in sound / form / figurative language /
dramatic structure in poetry
TEKS/AP/Standards: 12.2, 12.3, 12.7(A)
How will we learn it?
Learning Activities: Compare and contrast poems – both original and from class – using a
graphic representation
How will we tell if we’re learning it correctly?
Assessment Methods: Will assess the Poem Pictorial Project - PPP (major grade)
Checks for Understanding: Teacher will help students writing and analyzing poetry
What do I need to be successful?
Materials: Cornell notes, textbook or laptop, pen, poems, vocabulary list
What do I need to before next class?
Follow Up/HW: continue work on PPP, vocabulary gridsheet
What are we learning?
Daily Objective: SWBAT develop knowledge of authors and demonstrate familiarity with
works by British authors from major literary time periods.
TEKS/AP/Standards: 12.2, 12.3, 12.5(D), 12.7(A)
How will we learn it?
Learning Activities: Compare and contrast poems – both original and from class – using a
graphic representation; PPP analysis DUE TOMORROW (major grade)
How will we tell if we’re learning it correctly?
Assessment Methods: PPP will be a major grade
Checks for Understanding: Students will work with peers to establish context and meaning
What do I need to be successful?
Materials: Laptop/textbooks for poems; PPP sheets online and in class; pen
What do I need to before next class?
Follow Up/HW: Complete PPP (major grade) for the Block Period
What are we learning?
Daily Objective: SWBAT analyze how patterns of imagery, allusions, and conceits reveal
theme, set tone, and create meaning in metaphors, passages, and poems
TEKS/AP/Standards: 12.2, 12.3, 12.5(D), 12.7(A), 12.14(B), 12.17(A)
How will we learn it?
Learning Activities: Compare and contrast poems – both original and from class – using a
graphic representation; PPP analysis DUE TODAY (major grade)
How will we tell if we’re learning it correctly?
Assessment Methods: PPP is a major grade
Checks for Understanding: Teacher will circulate while students complete the project
What do I need to be successful?
Materials: Laptop/textbooks for poems; PPP sheets online and in class; pen
Friday
What do I need to before next class?
Follow Up/HW: We will begin our short-story unit on Friday with Richard Matheson’s
“Button, Button”
What are we learning?
Daily Objective: SWBAT read and respond to texts expressing a universal theme
TEKS/AP/Standards: SO1.2, SO1.4, TEKS110.34. 2(A)
How will we learn it?
Learning Activities: Read the Richard Matheson short story “Button, Button” and respond to
four short answer, open-ended questions.
How will we tell if we’re learning it correctly?
Assessment Methods: Reading questions
Checks for Understanding: scored by teacher to be returned on Monday, March 30
What do I need to be successful?
Materials: Short story (or laptop); Questions and pen
What do I need to before next class?
Follow Up/HW: STAAR Testing on Monday, Late Arrival for all senior that have passed the
English I STAAR