Objective Test – Telling Details in the Short Story
Independent Reading 1
Lesson Questions:
What am I learning today? How does a student expand a sentence kernel into a complex sentence?
How will I show that I have learned it? Pre-AP Lesson 1.4 Part 3: Writing Original Sentences
Activator/Opening:
Attendance
Mini-Lesson – Clauses; Complex Sentences
Work Session/Instructional Activities:
Pre-AP Lesson 1.4 – Analyzing and Writing a Complex Sentence
Part 1: Distinguishing Between Independent and Dependent Clauses
Part 2: Reconstructing Jones’s Sentence
Part 3: Writing Original Sentences (Formative Assessment)
To Lab – FC 208 – Reading Inventory
Summarizer/Closing:
Assess and Reflect – Learning Cycle 1 (Formative Assessment)
Reminders and Homework Review
Homework:
Independent Reading 1 Due February 7
Analyzing and Writing a Complex Sentence - Students will complete any part of this lesson that was not finished in class.
Differentiation:
Accelerated Intervention – Students who need additional help with complex sentences can view Kahn Academy videos on sentence types and sentence structure.
Enrichment – Advanced students are encouraged to challenge themselves by selecting a rigorous independent reading text from the STEM or AP Literature titles list.
Posted on Jan 14th 2019
Day/Date: Class Day 6 January 14, 2019
Backward Design:All learning activities in this unit are designed to prepare the students for the following
Objective Test – Telling Details in the Short Story
Independent Reading 1
Lesson Questions:
What am I learning today? How do telling details allow a student to interpret, analyze, and fully understand a character?
How will I show that I have learned it? Student Handout 1.3: Characterizing the Narrator’s Mother
Activator/Opening:
Attendance
Discuss - Characterization
Work Session/Instructional Activities:
To Media Center – Independent Reading 1
Pre-AP Lesson 1.3 – “The First Day”: A Study in Characterization
“The First Day” - Part 1: Close Reading and Observation
“The First Day” - Part 2: Analyzing the Text (Formative Assessment)
Summarizer/Closing:
“The First Day”- Part 3: Appreciating the Author’s Craft (Formative Assessment)
Reminders and Homework Review
Homework:
Independent Reading 1 Due February 7
“The First Day”- Students will complete any part of this lesson that was not finished in class.
Differentiation:
Accelerated Intervention – “The First Day” Word Study Vocabulary.com https://www.vocabulary.com/lists/1881971 Sentence Practice at Quill.org https://www.quill.org/activity_sessions/anonymous?activity_id=4189
Enrichment – Advanced students are encouraged to challenge themselves by selecting a rigorous independent reading text from the STEM or AP Literature titles list.
Posted on Jan 10th 2019
Day/Date: Class Day 4 January 10, 2019 Revised
Backward Design:All learning activities in this unit are designed to prepare the students for the following
“Bread” – Part 2: Analyzing Shifting Contexts (Formative Assessment)
Summarizer/Closing:
“Bread” – Part 3: Appreciating the Author’s Craft (Formative Assessment)
Reminders and Homework Review
Homework:
Textual Lineage Due Tomorrow
Differentiation:
Accelerated Intervention – “Bread” Word Study Vocabulary.com https://www.vocabulary.com/lists/1825777 Sentence Practice at Quill.org https://www.quill.org/activity_sessions/anonymous?activity_id=418
Enrichment – Extend the lesson with Kahn Academy videos on sentence types and sentence structure.
Posted on Jan 8th 2019
Day/Date: Class Day 3 January 9, 2019 Revised
Backward Design:All learning activities in this unit are designed to prepare the students for the following
Springboard Embedded Assessment 2.1 – Writing an Original Short Story pages 143-144
Objective Test – Telling Details in the Short Story
Lesson Questions:
What am I learning today? What inference can one draw about an individual by examining details related to that person’s workspace?
How will I show that I have learned it? Photo Essay: “Quiet Spaces”: Identifying Telling Details in Visual Texts
Activator/Opening:
Attendance and Schedule Verification
Turn in Homework: Letter of Introduction
Review Course Pretest (Formative Assessment)
Introduce Concept – Telling Detail
Work Session/Instructional Activities:
Pre-AP Lesson 1.1 – Whose Room Is This?
Photo Essay: “Quiet Spaces”- Part 1: Observing a Set of Photographs
Photo Essay: “Quiet Spaces”- Part 2: Observing a Set of Photographs
Summarizer/Closing:
Photo Essay: “Quiet Spaces”- Part 3: Evidence-Based Writing (Formative Assessment)
Sentence Frames (Subject/Verb Agreement)
Reminders and Homework Review
Homework:
Textual Lineage Due Friday
“Quiet Spaces” – Students will complete any part of this lesson that was not finished in class.
Differentiation:
Accelerated Intervention – Additional practice on subject/verb agreement can be found at Quill.org https://www.quill.org/activity_sessions/anonymous?activity_id=297
Enrichment – Students may extend the lesson by photographing a room in their own homes that has telling details that reveal something about their own identities. Students may explore additional images from the photo essay on the New York Times website https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/12/21/magazine/the-lives-they-lived-photo-essay-spaces.html
Posted on Jan 8th 2019
Day/Date: Class Day 2 January 8, 2019
Backward Design:All learning activities in this unit are designed to prepare the students for the following
Objective Test – Telling Details in the Short Story
Lesson Questions:
What am I learning today? What inference can one draw about an individual by examining details related to that person’s workspace?
How will I show that I have learned it? Photo Essay: “Quiet Spaces”: Identifying Telling Details in Visual Texts
Activator/Opening:
Attendance and Schedule Verification
Turn in Homework: Signed Syllabus
Multiple Choice Test Strategies
Work Session/Instructional Activities:
Course Pretest (Formative Assessment)
Pre-AP Lesson 1.1 – Whose Room Is This? (If time allows)
Photo Essay: “Quiet Spaces”- Part 1: Observing a Set of Photographs
Photo Essay: “Quiet Spaces”- Part 2: Observing a Set of Photographs
Summarizer/Closing:
Photo Essay: “Quiet Spaces”- Part 3: Evidence-Based Writing (Formative Assessment)
Sentence Frames (Subject/Verb Agreement)
Reminders and Homework Review
Homework:
Letter of Introduction Due Wednesday
Textual Lineage Due Friday
“Quiet Spaces” – Students will complete any part of this lesson that was not finished in class.
Differentiation:
Accelerated Intervention – Additional practice on subject/verb agreement can be found at Quill.org https://www.quill.org/activity_sessions/anonymous?activity_id=297
Enrichment – Students may extend the lesson by photographing a room in their own homes that has telling details that reveal something about their own identities. Students may explore additional images from the photo essay on the New York Times website https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/12/21/magazine/the-lives-they-lived-photo-essay-spaces.html
