English 9 Lesson Plan September 22 September 26
Course Title: English 9
Teacher: Kever, Londa
Instructional Focus: Formative Assessments
Performance Indicators
Students will do the following tasks:
*Demonstrate knowledge of
technology to submit/share
documents with one another and
with the instructor.
*Exhibit 21st century skill of focus
on bellwork.
*Exhibit 21st century skill of self-
awareness in monitoring reading
goals.
*Expand both their general and
domain-specific word base.
*Manage their independent reading
by monitoring their progress
throughout the week, documenting
their results, and reflecting on their
level of achievement of the goals.
*Access prior knowledge and use as
a foundation for new content
knowledge.
*Apply new and prior knowledge to
write narrative.
*Be respectful, responsible, and
reach rigorous standards.
Instructional Strategies
X independent reading
X technology-based activity
____ video
____ other ____________
Common Core Standards Applied
LP9.2 Students will demonstrate
command of the conventions of
standard English capitalization . . .
when writing.
LP9.3.1f Students will ensure
In-class Procedures
Monday
*Bellwork
*Submit Reading Log via
technology (link on PRHS
Website/Mrs. Kevers
Weebly)
*Update Reading Record
(as needed) via technology
*Share Reading Record with
parent via technology
*Student-led library visits
as determined by students
*Independent reading in
class
Tuesday
*Bellwork
*REQUIRED TESTING
DAY 2: PARCC Testing
Quarter 1-- Reading and
Comprehension multiple
choice via technology
Wednesday
*Bell work
*REQUIRED TESTING
DAY 3: PARCC Testing
Quarter 1Narrative
Writing via technology
Thursday
*Bell work
* REQUIRED TESTING
DAY 4: PARCC Testing
Quarter 1Grammar and
Writing multiple choice
via technology
*Continue writing
narratives.
Friday
*Bell work
*REQUIRED TESTING:
Edit narratives and submit
via technology.
Materials/Resources
X Chromebook
X website
X whiteboard
X projector
X library books
Assessment Strategies
X standardized
tests
X observation
X homework
vocabulary cards
X active daily
participation
X teacher-made
quiz/test
X whole-class
activity
X reading log
X reading record
X listening skills
____ other
_______________
Adaptations
X verbal prompts
X audio and visual
reinforcement
X modified
expectations
X positive
reinforcement
X self-selection of
capitalization rule
review
Additional Support:
Instructor provides
students additional time
for bellwork in English
lab. Instructor provided
bellwork in 3 support
subject-verb and pronoun-antecedent
agreement.
LP9.3.3a Students will choose words
and phrases for effect.
LP9.4.1f Students will produce
complete sentences, recognizing run-
ons and fragments.
LP9.4.1g Students will correctly
use frequently confused words (too,
to, two; their, there; etc.)
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.).
LP9.6.1e Students will recognize
variations from standard English in
their own and in others writing . . .
[and] use strategies to improve
expression in conventional language.
RL 9.4 Students will determine the
meanings of words and phrases as
they are used in a text, including
figurative and connotative meanings;
analyze the cumulative impact of
specific word choices on meaning
and tone.
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.
VA 9.6 Students will acquire and use
accurately general academic and
domain-specific words and phrases,
Students Weekly
Homework:
*Students should read daily
assigned excerpts from
Dateline Troy. Analyze
how the authors choices in
structuring the text affect
creates mystery, tension, or
surprise.
*Students make 20
vocabulary cards (1 per
word) which they
subsequently use while
taking vocab test on Friday.
NOTE: Vocabulary test
postponed until Friday due
to state standardized testing.
*Students read 150 or more
pages in a student-selected
book and keep track of the
pages read daily.
Students should have
finished AT LEAST 2
books by Monday,
September 22 (25 school
days/36 days since school
began)
Note: Each student should
be finishing a book 200 or
more pages--every 10-14
days to meet his/her goals.
forms----on screen daily,
in a written form
provided
to English lab teacher,
and in a typed form via
photocopy offered to
students who request.
Possible reading
accommodations:
*Playaways and cds
which read a book
to student.
*Lower weekly
reading goals (<150),
if requested.
*Lower semester book
goals. (< 10 books)
*Books that are < 200
pages to qualify.
Possible vocabulary
accommodations:
(These were discussed
with English Lab
instructor.)
*Student does not
include entire def.
on vocab cards.
*Student types
definitions in
English Lab.
*Student cuts out
definitions and
attaches to cards.
Class accommodation:
*Instructions are
broken into smaller
chunks.
*Instructions are
repeated.
sufficient for reading, writing,
listening, and speaking at the college
and career readiness level . . .
VA 9.4c Students will learn how to
consult general and specialized
reference materials (dictionaries,
glossaries, thesauruses) both print
and digital, to find the pronunciation
of a word or determine or clarify its
precise meaning, its part of speech,
or its etymology.
