Lesson Plans- OnLevel
Date
2/18/13
Monday
2/19/13
Tuesday
2/20/13
Wednesday
Due
Weeks of February 18-February 22
Activities
Homework
TEKS
Teacher Workday
Essential Question: How can looking at good
writing help me to improve my own writing?
What is an Inference and how do I do it?
Just Read. Why read? Novels provide
fodder/ideas for writing. They also provide
examples of good writing. Reading will
also provide stamina for our struggling
readers on a difficult Reading STAAR test
in which most of our low students failed
the reading portion. Our students MUST
become readers in order to be able to read
challenging pieces. During the months in
preparation for the STAAR, we will only
be reading 5-7 minutes at the beginning of
class instead of 10. On certain days, we
will not read at all…We will JUST Write.
Read “The Stolen Party”. Students will
read “The Sniper”. While reading, they
will have a chart on details and related
inferences to complete. They will also be
reading intentionally with a short answer
question in mind to answer at the end of
the story. (How does the author use
specific details to enable the reader to
infer the ending?
Essential Question: How can a strong
vocabulary help me in my life?
Just Read Book Check. Why read?
Novels provide fodder/ideas for writing.
They also provide examples of good
writing. Reading will also provide stamina
for our struggling readers on a difficult
Reading STAAR test in which most of our
low students failed the reading portion.
Our students MUST become readers in
order to be able to read challenging pieces.
During the months in preparation for the
STAAR, we will only be reading 5-7
minutes at the beginning of class instead of
10. On certain days, we will not read at
all…We will JUST Write.
Continue Reading “The Stolen Party”.
Students will read “The Stolen Party”.
While reading, they will have a chart on
details and related inferences to complete.
They will also be reading intentionally
with a short answer question in mind to
answer at the end of the story. (How does
Figure 19
(reading
comprehensi
on)
9C
inferences
1(A)
Vocabulary
Development
Figure 19
(reading
comprehensi
on)
9C
inferences
2/21/13
Thursday
2/22/13
Friday
the author use specific details to enable
the reader to infer the ending?) By doing
this, students must understand the
surprise ending of the story and pick up
on the clues throughout the story that
point to that ending. This is a strong
activity on inference for all levels of
readers.
Essential Question: How can I
determine/infer an author’s message
through the details of the story?
Just Read. Why read? Novels provide
fodder/ideas for writing. They also provide
examples of good writing. Reading will
also provide stamina for our struggling
readers on a difficult Reading STAAR test
in which most of our low students failed
the reading portion. Our students MUST
become readers in order to be able to read
challenging pieces. During the months in
preparation for the STAAR, we will only
be reading 5-7 minutes at the beginning of
class instead of 10. On certain days, we
will not read at all…We will JUST Write.
“The Stolen Party” Short Answer. How
does the author use specific details to
enable the reader to infer the ending?
“The Stolen Party” Plot Diagram.
Students will re-visit “The Stolen Party” to
analyze the elements of plot. Students will
see the elements of plot in a well-written
short story in preparation for the literary
essay breakdown tomorrow.
Essential Question: How can I
determine/infer an author’s message
through the details of the story?
Just Read.
Breakdown of Literary Rubric. Students
will read several samples of literary essays
and determine the score of each essay
using the State STAAR Literary Rubric.
This exercise will help students to clearly
see how their literary essays are graded
before we begin the writing process on
Monday.
Figure 19
(Reading
Comprehendi
on)
9D)
(Making
Connections)
9C
(Inferences)
5A
(Elements of
Plot)
15A
(Short
Answer)
14A
Literary Text
Writing