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Lesson Plan- Week 8: October 13 – 17, 2014 – 7th Grade!

SWBAT:

Use context clues to identify words in a fiction or nonfiction text.

Identify simple predicates, and or verbs in a sentence.

Demonstrate understanding on literal and figurative levels of events in a fictional story.

Write a reflection using persuasion and text evidence to support their view point.

CCSS:

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.8.1

Cite the textual evidence that most strongly supports an analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.8.4

Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative and connotative meanings; analyze the impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone, including analogies or allusions to other texts.

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.8.6

Analyze how differences in the points of view of the characters and the audience or reader (e.g., created through the use of dramatic irony) create such effects as suspense or humor.

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.8.1.A

Introduce claim(s), acknowledge and distinguish the claim(s) from alternate or opposing claims, and organize the reasons and evidence logically.

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.8.1.B

Support claim(s) with logical reasoning and relevant evidence, using accurate, credible sources and demonstrating an understanding of the topic or text.

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.8.1.C

Use words, phrases, and clauses to create cohesion and clarify the relationships among claim(s), counterclaims, reasons, and evidence.

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.8.2

Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas, concepts, and information through the selection, organization, and analysis of relevant content.

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.8.1

Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking.

Differentiation/Modification:

Audio version of book

PowerPoint will be given in advance and printed.

Extra visuals and verbal cues and prompts

Additional time for assignments

Can seek peer/group help

7th Grade – Vocabulary – The Outsiders

Asset

Reckless

Sympathetic

Irresistibly

Unfathomable

Rivalry

Suspicious

Savvy

Sarcasm

Hoodlum

Incredulous

Nonchalantly

Bickering

feud

Stricken

Vaguely

Rebellious

Gallantly

Sophisticated

Aloofness

Impersonally

Elite

Winced

Cunning

Resignedly

Unceasingly

Apprehensive

Defiance

Contemptuously

Ruefully

Bewildering

Reformatory

Premonition

Reading Fiction: The Outsiders ch. 1-4

Reading Non Fiction: The Website Celebrities Hate Source: The Week/October 10, 2014

Grammar: Simple Predicates, or Verbs/ Verb Phrases.

Writing: Argumentative Writing/ Personal Narrative

Assessment: Quiz, personal narrative

Homework

Monday: No school

Tuesday: Read for 30M for reading log.

Project: 50Pt. Due Monday, October 20th: Design a photo essay that illustrate the history of the 1960’s. Explain your meaning behind the artwork and how it reflects the history and culture of America.

Wednesday: Read for 30 M for reading log.

Read and annotate: “The Website Celebrities Hate” article. One page reflection due Friday.

Thursday: Read for 30 M for reading log.

“The Website Celebrities Hate” article. One page reflection due Friday

Friday: 30M for reading log!

Project due Monday.

Student notes on chapter 1-4 due Monday.

Field Trip!

Monday, October 13, 2014

No School- Columbus Day!

Tuesday, October 14, 2014

Reading Log # 3 and 2 paragraph summary is due!

Do Now (10 min)

“What Would You Do?” Journal Write and Class Discuss

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I Do (15 Min)

PPPT: Intro to Simple Predicates, or Verbs.

Assessment: Bellow notes identify the simple predicate or verb in each sentence.

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We Do (20 Min)

Audio: Read CH. 2 ‘The outsiders”

Review events that have occurred in Ch. 1 and part of chapter 2.

Character Identification:

1. Ponyboy

2. Darry

3. Soda

4. Dallas

5. Johnny

A. “I have light-brown, almost red hair and greenish-gray eyes….my hair is longer than a lot of boys wear theirs, squared off in the back and long at the front and sides…”

B. “Soda is handsomer than anyone I know. Not like Darry-Soda is movie-star kind of handsome. He’s not as tall as Darry, and he’s a little slimmer, but he has a finely drawn sensitive face that somehow manages to be reckless and thoughtful at the same time. He’s got dark-gold hair that he combs back-long and silky and straight-and in the summer the sun bleaches it to a shining wheat-gold. His eyes are dark brown-lively, dancing…”

C. “Darry is six-feet-two, and broad shouldered and muscular. He has dark brown hair that kicks out in front and a slight cowlick in the back…He’s got eyes that are like two pieces of pale blue-green ice. They’ve got a determined set to them...”

D. “He had an elfish face, with high cheekbones and a pointed chin, small sharp animal teeth, and ears like a lynx. His hair was almost white is was so blond, and he didn’t like haircuts or hair oil either, so it fell over his forehead in wisps and kicked out in the back in tufts and curled behind his ears and along the nape of his neck. His eyes were blues, blazing ice, cold with a hatred of the whole world.”

E. “If you can picture a little dark puppy that has been kicked too many times and is lost in a crowd of strangers, you’ll have Johnny. He was the youngest, smaller than the rest, with a slight build. He had big black eyes in a dark tanned face; his hair was jet black and heavily greased and combed to the side, but it was so long that it fell in shaggy bangs across his forehead. He had a nervous, suspicious look in his eyes…”

Ch. 1-2 Discussion

1. Why does Ponyboy feel like an outsider? Why do you think he walks home alone when he knows it is unsafe?

2. Compare and contrast the socs and greasers. Which group seems more dangerous?

3. What does darry mean when he asks Ponyboy, “you must think at school, with all those good grades you bring home… but do you ever use your head for common sense?” pg 13.

4. What is the difference between greasers and hood? Why is Dally more like hood?

5. What is Johnny’s position in the gang? What does the gang mean to him? Why?

6. Ponyboy relates to Pip in Great Expectations, yet he says greasers “deserve a lot of their trouble” pg. 16. Explain what Ponyboy means. Do you think Ponyboy and the gang should attempt to fit into society or be themselves?

7. Why do you think Ponyboy lies to himself? Is using an “unreliable narrator an effective way to tell a story?

8. What can you infer about Dally from his harassment of Cherry and Marcia? Why do you think Johnny stops him, even though Johnny is usually unassertive?

9. Why does Ponyboy believe that “you take up for your buddies, no matter what they do” pg. 26

You do ( 10 min)

Write a short summary of chapter 1 and 2

Begin working on Essay: Ponyboy relates to Pip from great Expecations. Choose a character from a novel that is most like you, and explain your choice in a brief essay.

Wednesday, October 15, 2015

Do Now (10 min)

“Quote of the Week” Explain what this Quote means and how it could apply to your own life.

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I Do (15 Min)

Review Simple Predicate, or Verbs

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PPPT: Intro to Verb Phrases

Assessment:

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We Do (20 min)

Read: The Outsiders Ch. 3

In groups you will discuss the study guide question from Ch.1 and 2 that I have provided for you. When you are finished, in your reading group, you are going to formulate your own discussion questions that you are going to ask other groups. You must have at least 6 questions with answers.

Ch. 1-2 Study Guide Questions:

1. Identify Darry, Soda and Ponyboy.

2. How are Greasers different from Socs?

3. Who were other members of Pony's gang?

4. What happened to Pony on his way home from the movies?

5. Who did Dally, Johnny and Ponyboy meet at the Nightly Double?

6. Contrast Dally's approach to Cherry and Marcia with Pony's, and contrast Cherry's response to Dally with her response to Pony.

7. Why were Cherry and Marcia alone at the drive-in?

8. Pony was somewhat surprised that he was getting along with Cherry and Marcia. Why?

9. What had happened to Johnny prior to the time of this story?

You do (10 Min)

Write a one-paragraph summary of Ch. 3 and begin reading “The websites celebrities hate” we will close the lesson with a class discussion on the article.

Thursday, October 16, 2014

Do Now (10 min)

Watch youtube video on two babies. Respond: Do you think there babies are really communicating with each other? What do you think they are saying? Why?

Class discussion

I Do (15 Min)

Review Verb Phrases

PPPT: Compound Sentences

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We Do (20 Min)

Audio: Finish reading Ch. 3 “The outsiders”

Class Discussion of Ch. 3

1. Why does Ponyboy dream about the country?

2. Why does Ponyboy think that Dally could never love anyone or anything?

3. Why does Ponyboy feel bad when he talks about his unhappy home life to Johnny?

4. Why would a Soc like Cherry Valence be attracted to a Greaser like Dally?

5. When he is talking to Cherry, what does Ponyboy say separates Greasers from Socs?

Group Work: Continue with Yesterday activity: Now, in groups you will switch with another group and discuss the questions they have formulated and come up with answers. When finished you will create study guide questions for Ch. 3.

You Do (Min 10)

Annotate Article and respond to the following question: Should news organizations pay for news? Why?

Friday, October 17, 2014

Field Trip

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