Lesson PlansWeek 5

M. UnserEnglish Grade 7

September 29-October 3, 2014

Monday Warm-Up

• Use your device or a dictionary to define the following words:– Skittish– Pivoted– veered

Monday, September 29

• Warm-Up/ Housekeeping/ Roll Call7.1 TSW participate in and contribute to group discussions

• 7.4TSW read to determine the meaning of unfamiliar words: identify and analyze figurative language and identify connotations

• 7.5 TSW describe elements of fictional text: make, confirm, revise predictions; describe narrative structure; use prior and background knowledge; use reading strategies to monitor comprehension

• Build background knowledge with You Tube Videos: Prohibition and The Great Depression

• A Long Way from Chicago – Read pages 37-46. – Discuss foreshadowing, connotations, and figurative language

Tuesday Warm-Up

•Use your device or a dictionary to define the following words:

– Relentless– Contraption– Dedicated

Tuesday, September 30, 2014

• Warm-Up/ Housekeeping/ Roll Call7.1 TSW participate in and contribute to group discussions7.4 TSW read to determine meaning of unfamiliar words: identify and analyze figurative language and identify connotations

• 7.5 TSW describe elements of fictional text: make, confirm, revise predictions; describe narrative structure; use prior and background knowledge; use reading strategies to monitor comprehension

• Smartboard Mini-Lesson: Connotation• A Long Way from Chicago

– Read pages 46-52. – Record predictions, questions, connections, and summaries on

chart– Pick out words and phrases that have a strong connotation and

record on the back of your chart

Wednesday Warm-Up

The sun was beating down, so she didn’t push herself.

•What connotations do the words “beating down” carry in that sentence?

•What type of figurative language is “beating down”?

Wednesday October 1, 2014

• Warm-Up/ Housekeeping/ Roll Call7.1 TSW participate in and contribute to group discussions7.4 TSW read to determine meaning of unfamiliar words: identify and analyze figurative language; identify connotations

7.5 TSW describe elements of fictional text: make, confirm, revise predictions; describe narrative structure; use prior and background knowledge; use reading strategies to monitor comprehension

• Flocabulary Rap: Denotation and Connotations

• SOL Coach Lesson #5• A Long Way from Chicago

– Read pages 52-59. – Record predictions, questions, connections, and

summaries on whiteboards– Pick out words that have a strong connotation

Thursday Warm-Up!

Find and correct 5 errors in the following sentences:

“Mrs. Dowdel,” the sheriff boomed, “I wouldn’t no what to charge you with first. You’are a one-woman crime wave. Where’d you get them fish, for instance? he said, wisely overlooked the home brews in the drifters’ hand’s.

Thursday, October 2, 2014• Warm-Up/ Housekeeping/ Roll Call

7.1 TSW participate in and contribute to group discussions 7.7 TSW write in a variety of forms with an emphasis on exposition,

narration, and persuasion

• Writer’s Workshop– Pick topic from the heart OR– Respond to the prompt for the day– Sustained Writing Time– Share

• Visit the library– check out books– Read!

Friday Warm-Up

Name five things that you remember from Chapter 3: “A One Woman Crime Wave”

Friday, September 12, 2014

• Warm-Up/ Housekeeping/ Roll Call7.1 TSW participate in and contribute to group discussions7.4 TSW read to determine meaning of unfamiliar words7.5 TSW read and demonstrate comprehension of fictional texts

• Review of Chapter 3• Quiz on Chapter 3• Silent Reading or ISOs