English 9 Lesson Plan December 15 December 19

Course Title: English 9

Teacher: Kever, Londa
Instructional Focus: World Lit; Reading Comprehension
Performance Indicators
In-class Procedures
Materials/Resources
Students will do the following tasks:
X Chromebook
Monday
*Demonstrate knowledge of
*Bellwork
X website
technology to submit/share
*Submit Reading Log via
X whiteboard
documents with one another and
technology (link on PRHS X projector
with the instructor.
Website/Mrs. Kevers
X library books
*Exhibit 21st century skill of focus
Weebly)
X literature book
on bellwork.
*Update Reading Record
*Exhibit 21st century skill of self(as needed) via technology Assessment Strategies
awareness in monitoring reading
*Share Reading Record with X reading log
goals.
parent via technology
X reading record
*Expand both their general and
*Student-led library visits
X class discussions
domain-specific word base via
as determined by students
X teacher-made
literature and bell work.
Reminder: Students must
quiz/test
*Manage their independent reading
have finished Book #10 by
by monitoring their progress
Tuesday, December 16.
Adaptations
throughout the week, documenting
*Assessment: True/False
X verbal prompts
their results, and reflecting on their
and Matching Quiz re
X audio and visual
level of achievement of the goals.
Books 1- 6 in The Odyssey
reinforcement
*Exhibit 21st century skill of
via technology.
X modified
prioritizing.
expectations
Tuesday
*Be respectful, responsible, and
*Bellwork
X positive
reach rigorous standards.
*Analyze elements in
reinforcement
excerpt from Book
16 in The Odyssey:
Additional Support:
Instructional Strategies
Wednesday
X Bell work
*Bell work
Teacher scaffolding.
X Analysis of literature
*Assessment Book 10-12 in Repeated instructions.
X Read-alouds.
The Odyssey
X Class discussions.
*Begin reading Book 17 in
Possible reading
X Scaffolding with oral reading of
The Odyssey.
accommodations:
The Odyssey by Mrs. Kever and
*Playaways and cds
Thursday
professional reading on-line.
*Bell work
which read a book
*Assessment Books 16-17.
to student.
Common Core Standards Applied *Begin reading Book 18-20 *Lower weekly
RL 9.4 Students will determine the
in The Odyssey.
reading goals (<150),
meanings of words and phrases as
if requested.
Friday
they are used in a text, including
*Bellwork
*Lower semester book
figurative and connotative meanings; *Finish The Odyssey.
goals. (< 10 books)
analyze the cumulative impact of
*Books that are < 200
specific word choices on meaning
pages to qualify.
and tone.
Class accommodation:

RL. 9.6 Students will analyze a

particular point of view or cultural
experience reflected in a work of
literature from outside the United
States, drawing on a wide reading of
world literature.
RL 9.10 By the end of Grade 9,
students will read and comprehend
literature, including stories, dramas,
and poems, in the grades 9-10 text
complexity band proficiently, with
scaffolding as needed at the high end
of the range.
L9.5 Students will demonstrate
understanding of figurative language,
word relationships, and nuances in
word meanings.
L9.5a Students will interpret figures
of speech (similes, metaphors,
idioms, personification, euphemisms,
oxymorons, etc.) . . .

Students Weekly
Homework:
*Students read 150 or more
pages in a student-selected
book and keep track of the
pages read daily.
Note: Each student should
be finishing a book 200 or
more pages--every 10-14
days to meet his/her goals.
STUDENTS SHOULD
HAVE FINISHED 10
BOOKS BY TUESDAY,
DECEMBER 16.

*Instructions are
broken into smaller
chunks.
*Instructions are
repeated.