Kerry Naylor
9th Grade English
Lessons – January 3-6
Tuesday, January 3
Objectives:
 To develop vocabulary
 To determine the characteristics of poetry
 To understand the purpose of poetic devices
Procedure:
 Complete weekly vocabulary
 Review poetry terms
 Introduce Abandoned Farmhouse: DO NOW – students answer one of 5 questions about farming
and discuss.
 Students read silently Abandoned Farmhouse and mark uses of poetic devices while
determining mood and completing text rendering activity.
 Discuss student responses
Evaluation: classwork
Wednesday, Wednesday, January 4
Objectives:
 To determine the characteristics of poetry
 To understand the purpose of poetic devices
Procedure:
 DO NOW – what does the title “Abandoned Farmhouse” tell us” Share.
 Read aloud Abandoned Farmhouse
 Students complete character analysis: what lines reveal things about each of the characters?
Discuss.
 Discuss use of poetic devices.
 Students answer: what happened at this farm? What happened to this family? What is the
general mood of the poem? (Include discussion of ambiguity)
 ASSIGNMENT: write a brief poem imitating the style of Abandoned Farmhouse, using your
bedroom as the setting. What do the items in your bedroom say about you to someone who
might stumble across them?
Evaluation: classwork, poem
Thursday, January 5
Objectives:
 To determine the characteristics of poetry
 To understand the purpose of poetic devices
Procedure:
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DO NOW: what’s the difference between a place that has been abandoned and one that has
been deserted? Is there a difference? Share.
Students read Deserted Farm, marking use of similes and metaphors.
Read poem aloud
Students share similes and metaphors found: what do they indicate? What pictures and ideas do
they create?
Students determine mood/moods of the poem.
Complete venn diagram, comparing and contrasting Abandoned Farmhouse and Deserted Farm.
Friday, January 6
Objectives:
 Apply the use of transitions in writing
 Compare and contrast two poems
Procedure:
 Review transitions in writing: to change from paragraph to paragraph, to set up examples, to
continue examples, to show differences.
 Provide students with a list of transitions for each situation.
 Introduce writing assignment: compare and contrast Abandoned Farmhouse with Deserted
Farm.
 Provide model topic sentences.
 Provide time for students to draft essays.
STANDARDS: 1.1.9 AB & D; 1.3.9 AB&D
PERIOD 3
Tuesday
Vocabulary
Alliteration
Mowing poem
Wednesday
Introduce symbolism
The Road Not Taken poem
Discuss ambiguity
Thursday
The Road Not Taken Song
Compare and contrast
Friday
Article of the Week – Compose an opinion article
Period 8
Follow period 4
Kerry Naylor
12th Grade English
Lessons – January 3-6
Tuesday, January 3
Objectives:
 To analyze characters and plots in literature
 Make personal connections with themes
Procedure:
 Review Hamlet – write down 5 key things we need to know to understand Hamlet; give 5 key
characters and tell their roles
 View Hamlet Crash Course videos as review
 View Act 5, Scene 2
Wednesday, January 4
Objectives:
 To analyze characters and plots in literature
 Make personal connections with themes
Procedure:
 Introduce Hamlet Infinite Playlist activity
 Complete Hamlet kahoot
 Complete Hamlet review
Evaluation: classwork, test
Thursday, January 5
Objectives:
 To analyze characters and plots in literature
 Make personal connections with themes
Procedure:
 Review Hamlet with kahoot
 Complete Hamlet test
Evaluation: Classwork, test
Friday, January 6
Objectives:
 To analyze characters and plots in literature
 Make personal connections with themes
Procedure:
 Complete Hamlet study guides
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Work on Hamlet playlist project
Evaluation: Study guide completion, Playlist project
Kerry Naylor
CHS Argument
Lessons –January 3-6
Tuesday, January 3
 Complete Malcolm X quizzes and review
Wednesday, January 4
Objectives:
 To make connections with a novel
 To challenge assertions from a novel
 To consider the role of mass media in our lives
Procedure:
 Students respond to the prompt: explain one area where you agree with Malcolm X to this point
and one area where you disagree. Discuss.
 Layout and discuss CHS major topic for 2017.
 Complete SPAR debates on related topics.
Evaluation: SPAR debates, class participation
Thursday, January 5-Friday, January 6
Objectives:
 To consider the role of mass media in our lives
Procedure:
 Layout and discuss CHS major topic for 2017.
 Complete SPAR debates on related topics.
Evaluation: SPAR debates