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Week of Nov. 16
Salmen High School Weekly Lesson Plan
Teacher: Pearson Grade: 9
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
Weekly Overview: Unit Description: The Mysteries of Life
Essential Questions: How does literature relate to real life experiences?
What is a tragic hero? How do we identify internal conflict? What is a hero?
What is an epic journey? What can predictions tell us? What can we learn
about others and ourselves through poetry?
Resources/Materials: Literature Anthology
Standards/Benchmarks/GLEs: (ELA-1-H1)(ELA-1-H2) (ELA-1-H2) (ELA-1-H3) (ELA-1-
H4) (ELA-6-H2)(ELA-6-H3) (ELA-6-H4) (ELA-7-H1) (ELA-2-H1) (ELA-2-H1)
Objectives:
To read and analyze a play.
To analyze a writer’s methods of characterization.
To summarize and form opinions.
To analyze character conflict.
To plot a journey.
To understand the thought processes involved in making predictions.
To appreciate poetry and learn its elements.
Student Learning Activities
Mon.
Writing Iceman’s Odyssey
Tues.
Iceman’s Odyssey
Wed.
Narrative due.
Incorporate elements from the Odyssey
Thurs./Fri.
Narrative Readings.
Begin poetry. (Perrine)
Poetry Evaluation
“Do Not Go Gentle…”
“We Real Cool”
“On His Blindness”
“Birches”
“Dulce…”
10th
Salmen High School Weekly Lesson Plan
Teacher: Pearson Grade: 10
Weekly Overview:
Unit Description: Family Ties
Essential Questions: How does literature relate to real life experiences?
What can we learn about ourselves and others through literature?
Resources/Materials: Literature, Norton Reader, Blair Reader, The Misanthrope
Standards/Benchmarks/GLEs: (ELA-1-H1)(ELA-1-H2) (ELA-1-H2) (ELA-1-H3) (ELA-1-
H4) (ELA-6-H2)(ELA-6-H3) (ELA-6-H4) (ELA-7-H1) (ELA-2-H1) (ELA-2-H1)
Objectives:
Using personal experience to see from multiple perspectives.
Analyzing the dynamics of family.
To use sensory details in descriptive writing language in descriptive writing.
To write about personal experiences from reflection.
To use personal experiences to develop perspective.
Student Learning Activities
Mon/Tues.—“Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been” – Evaluate Connie’s
relationship with her mother. Is it realistic? Why or why not? 4 paragraphs
Writing conferences
Wed/Thurs.—“An American Childhood”—Using Dilliard’s approach, write a poem
about your mother, focusing on the qualities and experiences that impacted
you most.
Fri.
LA Pass Due
Misantrope Intro/Discussion
Salmen High School Weekly Lesson Plan
Teacher: Pearson Grade: 11
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
Weekly Overview: Unit Description: Breaking Free
Essential Questions: What do tall tales teach us about life? How can we judge
character actions through real life consequences? How can the life altering
experiences of others offer us insight? What is the difference between
breaking a law and standing for a cause?
Resources/Materials: American Literature, Norton Anthology of American
Literature
Standards/Benchmarks/GLEs: (ELA-1-H1)(ELA-1-H2) (ELA-1-H2) (ELA-1-H3) (ELA-1-
H4) (ELA-6-H2)(ELA-6-H3) (ELA-6-H4) (ELA-7-H1) (ELA-2-H1) (ELA-2-H1)
Objectives: To read and interpret an American novel within the social
context
To determine a writer’s purpose.
To evaluate essays about life experiences
To identify the characteristics of argumentative writing
To analyze a character’s moral fiber
To analyze character attitude
To compare two philosophical works
Student Learning Activities
Mon
Reading:
Civil
Disobedience
Discussion
Compare Thoreau’s “crime” to ICB
(philosophy vs. violence)
Crime and punishment
Evaluate responsibility
Tues
Comparing
Civil Disobedience
To Martin Luther King’s from the Birmingham Jail
Wed
Select three poems that make use of a symbol, explicate the poems
Thurs/Fri
Write a analysis that
Explores and
Discusses the commonalities
Between the
Three poems
Extended:
Prepare a presentation
Of the poem,
Set to music
That fits the
tone
Homework: Reading In Cold Blood
Salmen High School Weekly Lesson Plan
Teacher: Pearson Grade: 12H
Weekly Overview:
Unit Description: Ambition and Anguish
Essential Questions: What are the negative aspects of ambition? How does
personality and psychological well-being affect life events and choices? What
can we learn from historical fiction? What is a tragic hero? What is a tragic
flaw?
Resources/Materials: Literature, Self-Selected Reading
Standards/Benchmarks/GLEs: (ELA-1-H1)(ELA-1-H2) (ELA-1-H2) (ELA-1-H3) (ELA-1-
H4) (ELA-6-H2)(ELA-6-H3) (ELA-6-H4) (ELA-7-H1) (ELA-2-H1) (ELA-2-H1
Objectives:
To develop an awareness of psychological states.
To read and analyze a story that deals with tragic ambition.
To examine dramatic devices.
To read and analyze a Shakespearean tragedy
To use multiple learning strategies to demonstrate understanding.
Student Learning Activities.
Monday—
Oral Book Reports.
Tues.
Oral Book Reports
Wed/Thurs/Fri.
Oral Book Reports
Reading Macbeth
1) summarize section
2) rewrite scene using modern day characters from television sitcoms
a. use 4 literary elements
b. accurate portrayal of character
c. depiction must highlight one theme of the play
d. Must formulate short written analysis of the dramatization explaining
how skit meets assignment guidelines
Homework: Read novel and work on senior project
College 1010
#2 Breaking Tradition
Lit & Our (359)
For My Daughter
Identify the patterns used by the author to illustrate the boundaries between
generations.
How Wang-Fo Was Saved
(941)
Persuasive Essay in defense of the Artist.
