Class Name

Monday, January 12, 2009

Objective

(Student will…)

Read silently for 15 minutes, write definitions for and illustrate vocabulary words derived from French roots.

Strategies

Visualization, Act out the problem.

Teacher Activities

Discuss roots and meanings for Week 2 vocabulary words.  Show students how to use vocabulary boxes to define, illustrate and apply new words.

Student Activities

Read independent novels silently for the first 15 minutes of class.  Draw an illustration and an applied example of usage for each vocabulary word.

Assessment/Evaluation

Vocabulary spirals checked Friday.

Academic Vocabulary (optional by dept.)

Roots, affixes

Additional Resources

Class Name

Tuesday, January 13, 2009

Objective

(Student will…)

Complete the NMHSCE.

Strategies

Teacher Activities

Student Activities

Assessment/Evaluation

Academic Vocabulary

Additional Resources

Class Name

Wednesday, January 14, 2009

Objective

(Student will…)

Research a cultural aspect of the Renaissance and teach it to the rest of the class.

Strategies

Transform the Text; Jigsaw

Teacher Activities

View and discuss with the class the timeline on pp. 196-197 of the Literature Text.  Have students identify familiar events, pieces of artwork or literature.  Divide the class into 6 groups based on which sticker is inside their text.

Student Activities

Read and summarize the assigned section of “The Story of the Times” on pp. 198-203.  Teach the rest of the class about the section your group studied.  Take Cornell Notes on the Renaissance .

Assessment/Evaluation

Cornell Notes graded.

Academic Vocabulary

Additional Resources

Class Name

Thursday, January 15, 2009

Objective

(Student will…)

Compare and contrast Sonnets by various authors, noting form, style and literary devices.

Strategies

Questioning the Text

Teacher Activities

Read aloud Sonnets by Spenser, Sidney, and Petrarch.  Discuss similarities and differences, as well as how each poet’s background influenced his writing.

Student Activities

Follow the reading of the sonnets, noting literary devise as they arise.  Complete a mini-analysis of each sonnet.

Assessment/Evaluation

Analyses graded.

Academic Vocabulary

Additional Resources

Class Name

Friday, January 16, 2009

Objective

(Student will…)

Complete a teacher-made quiz over Week 2 vocabulary words.

Strategies

Apply background knowledge

Teacher Activities

Give format for journal entry and instructions for Vocabulary Test.

Student Activities

Read independent novel silently for the first 15 minutes of class.  Write a journal entry explaining the setting, characters and plot of independent novel.  Complete Vocabulary Test.

Assessment/Evaluation

Test grade.

Academic Vocabulary

Additional Resources

Monday, January 5, 2009

Objective

(Student will…)

 Create definitions and identify synonyms and antonyms for new vocabulary words, as well as use new words in sentences.

Teacher Activities

 Discuss word origins and roots.

Student Activities

Divide into two groups.  Look up either definitions or synonyms and antonyms.  Then pair with someone from the other group to complete vocabulary notes.  Write a compound sentence for each new vocabulary word.

Assessment/Evaluation

 Sentences and notes will be checked for classwork grades.

Academic Vocabulary (optional by dept.)

 Jigsaw, Think-Pair-Share

Additional Resources

 Dictionaries, thesauruses

Tuesday, January 6, 2009

Objective

(Student will…)

 Identify areas of interest to guide independent reading.

Teacher Activities

 Assign a journal entry to discuss some area/subject students feel strongly about.  Discuss independent reading/literature group processes.

Student Activities

 After writing a journal entry, students should narrow down interests and decide on a novel to read independently.  Read together the poem “Abandoned Farmhouse,” and discuss “niches.”  Have students decide on their niche and use the format of the poem to change details to fit.

Assessment/Evaluation

 Model poem completed Wednesday.

Academic Vocabulary

 Rhyme scheme, Iambic Pentameter

Additional Resources

Wednesday, January 7, 2009

Objective

(Student will…)

 Model the style of a given poem to create a new poem on a different topic.

Teacher Activities

 Teach students how to fold “houses” out of paper to create their niche.  Reread “Abandoned Farmhouse” and guide students through the rewriting process. 

Student Activities

 Students model a new original poem after “Abandoned Farmhouse,” describing their niche and the signs that tell about it/them.  Have students decorate their folded paper “niche” and write their new poem on the back.

Assessment/Evaluation

 Poems and niches will be graded.

Academic Vocabulary

 Transform the text

Additional Resources

Thursday, January 8, 2009

Objective

(Student will…)

  Model the style of a given poem to create a new poem on a different topic.

Teacher Activities

 Assist students in finishing their niche poems and choosing an independent reading book.

Student Activities

 Finish writing niche poems and decorating houses.

Assessment/Evaluation

Poems and niches will be graded.

Academic Vocabulary

Additional Resources

Friday, January 9, 2009

Objective

(Student will…)

 Complete vocabulary tests using Week 1 words.

Teacher Activities

Create a quiz using sentences, analogies and synonyms/antonyms for Week 1 Vocabulary words.

Student Activities

 Complete teacher-made vocabulary test.  Present completed niche poems.

Assessment/Evaluation

Test grade 

Academic Vocabulary

Additional Resources