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ENGLISH II - Springboard
Week of January 5th, 2009
| Monday Jan. 5th |
Objective | The students will learn and utilize new poetry terms |
Teacher Activities | The teacher will hand out vocabulary terms to students and preview the Poetry Unit. |
Student Activities | The students will write the definitions, write one original sentence for each word, and write one POEM using all words. |
Assessment/Evaluation | Grade and record |
Academic Vocabulary | Denotation, connotation, literal, figurative, meter, rhyme, apostrophe, hyperbole, metaphor, metonymy (from Glossary of Poetry Terms) |
Additional Resources | Glossary of Poetry Terms |
| Tuesday Jan. 6th |
Objective | The students will become familiar with an analysis method. |
Teacher Activities | The teacher will hand out copies of TPCASTT and preview in class. A poem will be analyzed using this method (for practice). The teacher will model this practice poem. |
Student Activities | The students will complete Cornell Notes on TPCASTT and will analyze (for practice) a poem chosen by the teacher. |
Assessment/Evaluation | Class participation |
Academic Vocabulary |
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Additional Resources | Poem of teacher’s choice |
| Wednesday Jan. 7th |
Objective | To compare two poems and an excerpt from Things Fall Apart |
Teacher Activities | Teacher SB pages 268-272. Break students into three groups for this activity. |
Student Activities | Group one will read the excerpt from TFA and answer the questions, group two will read poem number one and answer the questions, and group three will read poem number two and answer the questions |
Assessment/Evaluation | Teacher will go over questions with the class; class participation |
Academic Vocabulary |
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Additional Resources | Springboard book |
| Thursday Jan. 8th |
Objective | Students will practice poem analysis technique: TPCASTT |
Teacher Activities | As a class, students will TPCASTT “Prayer to Masks” from yesterdays assignment |
Student Activities | Individually the students will TPCASTT “The Second Coming” and turn in their work |
Assessment/Evaluation | TPCASTT turned in and recorded |
Academic Vocabulary |
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Additional Resources | Springboard book |
| Friday Jan. 9th |
Objective | Students will be able to utilize poetry terms |
Teacher Activities | Teacher will hand out Poetry Terms 1 Vocabulary Test |
Student Activities | Students will review for NMHSCE in class |
Assessment/Evaluation | Vocabulary tests will be graded and recorded |
Academic Vocabulary |
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Additional Resources | NMHSCE practice packet |
Week of December 1-5, 2008
| Monday, December 1 |
Objective | The students will learn and utilize new words. |
Teacher Activities | The teacher will introduce this week’s words and review proper format. Words will include: effeminate, accorded, indulgently, coiffure, thatch, elusive, copiously, feigned, restrain, pestle |
Student Activities | The students will create vocabulary squares using the words provided by the teacher. They will identify the word, definition, part of speech, a picture, and a sentence. |
Assessment/Evaluation | Grade and record |
Academic Vocabulary | Vocabulary analysis |
Additional Resources | dictionaries |
| Tuesday, December 2 |
Objective | The students will identify the major themes and the turning point in the novel. |
Teacher Activities | The teacher will remind students to follow their reading log bookmarks for outside reading assignments. The teacher will guide the students through SB TE pg. 242-243, ST pg. 162. |
Student Activities | The students should have completed reading Chapters 11-20 in Things Fall Apart by tomorrow. The students will complete |
Assessment/Evaluation | Grade SB page |
Academic Vocabulary |
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Additional Resources | Springboard Level V textbook, Things Fall Apart novel |
| Wednesday, December 3 |
Objective | The students will reflect on the effect of Okonkwo’s violence. |
Teacher Activities | The teacher will remind students to follow their reading log bookmarks for outside reading assignments. The teacher will guide the students through SB TE pg. 249-250, ST pg. 167. |
Student Activities | The students will use information from the novel to complete |
Assessment/Evaluation | Grade SB page |
Academic Vocabulary |
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Additional Resources | Springboard Level V textbook, Things Fall Apart novel |
| Thursday, December 4 |
Objective | The students will become familiar with the literary idea of a tragic hero and the hero’s journey. |
Teacher Activities | The teacher will remind students to follow their reading log bookmarks for outside reading assignments. The teacher will guide the students through SB TE pg. 255-257, ST pg. 170-171. |
Student Activities | The students will use information from the novel to complete |
Assessment/Evaluation | Grade SB page |
Academic Vocabulary |
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Additional Resources | Springboard Level V textbook, Things Fall Apart novel, allusion handout |
| Friday, December 5 |
Objective | Assess knowledge of new vocabulary words, compare/contrast the two missionaries, identify stereotypes of European colonists in |
Teacher Activities | The teacher will remind students to follow their reading log bookmarks for outside reading assignments. The teacher will assign Vocabulary quiz. The students will guide the students through SB TE pg. 260-261, ST pg. 173. |
Student Activities | The students will take a vocabulary quiz. The students will use information from the novel to complete |
Assessment/Evaluation | Grade vocabulary quiz, SB page |
Academic Vocabulary |
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Additional Resources | Springboard Level V textbook, Things Fall Apart novel, vocabulary quiz |
Week of November 17-21, 2008
| Monday, November 17 |
Objective | The students will activate prior knowledge, research a topic in order to gain background information, synthesize information and present it in an engaging manner. |
Teacher Activities | The teacher will guide the students to research author background and history of |
Student Activities | The students will utilize the internet to research information for Things Fall Apart. (Relevant Research - Springboard TE pg. 215-217, ST pg. 149) |
Assessment/Evaluation | Classroom observation, grade SB page 149 |
Academic Vocabulary | KWL CHART, ACTIVATE PRIOR KNOWLEDGE, JIGSAW |
Additional Resources | Computers/internet |
| Tuesday, November 18 |
Objective | The students will learn and utilize new words. |
Teacher Activities | The teacher will introduce this week’s words and review proper format. Words will include: |
Student Activities | The students will create vocabulary squares using the words provided by the teacher. They will identify the word, definition, part of speech, a picture, and a sentence. |
Assessment/Evaluation | Grade and record |
Academic Vocabulary | Vocabulary analysis |
Additional Resources | dictionaries |
| Wednesday, November 19 |
Objective | The students will analyze introductory elements of a novel, make predictions, and create the foundation for a novel study by creating a pronunciation guide. |
Teacher Activities | The teacher will guide the students to create a bookmark over Things Fall Apart. |
Student Activities | The students will create a bookmark containing names and pronunciation tips from the novel. (Predictions and Pronunciations – SB TE pg. 218-219, ST pg. 150) |
Assessment/Evaluation | Grade bookmarks |
Academic Vocabulary | MAKE PREDICTIONS, THINK ALOUD |
Additional Resources | Springboard Level V textbook |
| Thursday, November 20 |
Objective | The students will explore culture and categorize cultural components. They will work collaboratively to produce an artistic representation of cultural components. |
Teacher Activities | The teacher will guide the students to complete the Cultural Wheel in their Springboard books. |
Student Activities | The students will work in groups to create a Culture Wheel using the glossary in SB TE pg. 221, ST pg. 151. They will share their wheels with the class. (Culture Wheel – SB TE pg. 220-222, ST pg. 151-152) |
Assessment/Evaluation | Grade SB ST pg. 151-152 |
Academic Vocabulary | GRAPHIC ORGANIZER |
Additional Resources | Springboard Level V textbook |
| Friday, November 21 |
Objective | The students will assess knowledge of new vocabulary. The student will analyze a character in a novel, visualize a character, and make inferences/predictions based on textual evidence. |
Teacher Activities | The teacher will assign vocabulary quiz. The teacher will guide the students through a READ ALOUD of the first three paragraphs of Things Fall Apart, and assign SB TE pg. 224, ST pg. 153, following the directions in SB TE pg. 223. |
Student Activities | The students will take vocabulary quiz. The students will READ ALOUD the first three paragraphs of Things Fall Apart. They will fill out the graphic organizer in SB TE pg. 224, ST pg. 153. They will complete the writing assignment from the bottom of |
Assessment/Evaluation | Grade vocabulary quiz, grade SB ST pg. 153. |
Academic Vocabulary | READ ALOUD, MARK THE TEXT, GRAPHIC ORGANIZER |
Additional Resources | Vocabulary quiz, |
Week of November 10-14, 2008
| Monday, November 10 |
Objective | The students will learn and utilize new words. |
Teacher Activities | The teacher will introduce this week’s words and review proper format. Words will include: Achilles’ heel, arcadia, Cassandra, cyclopean, draconian, myrmidon, Trojan horse, ambrosia, mercurial, jovial. |
Student Activities | The students will create vocabulary squares using the words provided by the teacher. They will identify the word, definition, part of speech, a picture, and a sentence. |
Assessment/Evaluation | Grade and record |
Academic Vocabulary | Vocabulary analysis |
Additional Resources | Definitions provided by teacher |
| Tuesday, November 11 |
Objective | The students will analyze Antigone to identify tragedy/tragic figure. |
Teacher Activities | The teacher will assign “Who is the Tragic Figure” and “Tragedy – a Different View” to students. |
Student Activities | Students will complete “Who is the Tragic Figure” and “Tragedy – a Different View” worksheets. |
Assessment/Evaluation | Grade worksheets |
Academic Vocabulary |
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Additional Resources | Worksheets, Springboard Level V textbook |
| Wednesday, November 12 |
Objective | The students will demonstrate understanding of the themes of a work. |
Teacher Activities | The teacher will lead a discussion on the themes of Antigone. |
Student Activities | The students will discuss the major themes of the play and take Cornell Notes on the discussion. Themes include family loyalty vs. law, the consequences of hubris (pride), and making the right decisions for oneself, among others. |
Assessment/Evaluation | Class discussion, grade and record notes |
Academic Vocabulary |
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Additional Resources | Springboard Level V textbook |
| Thursday, November 13 |
Objective | The students will become familiar with new allusions. The students will brainstorm their own opinions and ideas and provide support for those opinions. |
Teacher Activities | The teacher will introduce allusions 16-17. The teacher will hand out the Quotes Essay papers and give instructions on the writing. |
Student Activities | The students will thoroughly explain each quote by giving supporting details and citing evidence from the text. |
Assessment/Evaluation | Observation SUB ON THIS DAY |
Academic Vocabulary |
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Additional Resources | Allusions handout, Quotes handout, Springboard Level V textbook |
| Friday, November 14 |
Objective |