Pre-AP English 9 Lesson Plan March 9 March 13

Course Title: Pre-AP English 9

Teacher: Kever, Londa
Instructional Focus: Assessment---State Tests
Performance Indicators
In-class Procedures
Students will do the following tasks:
*Demonstrate knowledge of
Monday
technology to submit/share
State-mandated tests: PARCC Tests
documents with one another and
Tuesday
with the instructor.
State-mandated tests: PARCC Tests
*Exhibit 21st century skill of focus
Wednesday
on bellwork.
*Submit Reading Logs for Week # (Sunday, March 1, 2015 Saturda
*Exhibit 21st century skill of selfMarch 7,
awareness in monitoring reading
2015) via technology (link on PRHS Website/ Mrs. Kevers Weebly
goals.
site.)
*Manage their independent reading
*Update Reading Record (as needed) via technology
by monitoring their progress
*Student-led library visits as determined by students
throughout the week, documenting
*PBL Unit: Test reading from To Kill a Mockingbird
their results, and reflecting on
Thursday
their level of achievement of the
PBL Unit: Students write questions re To Kill a Mockingbird.
goals.
To Kill a Mockingbird Discussion
*Access prior knowledge and use
Friday
as a foundation for new content
PBL Unit: Students select collaborative teams and select a scene from
knowledge.
To Kill a Mockingbird to film in the upcoming week.
*Apply new and prior knowledge
Students write summary of their scene.
to write argumentation.
Student teams decide how and when they will film scene.
*Be respectful, responsible, and
Students analyze scene and decide who will play parts and what props
reach rigorous standards.
they will need.
Optional Workshop: How to film with Chromebooks.
NOTE:
*PBL Unit: Students are reading 1 chapter EVERY DAY in the
novel To Kill a Mockingbird.
Instructional Strategies
*Students should read their assigned 225 pages from a self-selected hig
X independent reading
school appropriate book that is 200 or more pages.
X technology-based activity
*Each student should accurately document the pages he or she reads
X collaborative learning: PBL
daily.
X optional learning workshop
PARENTS, students should have finished AT LEAST 15 books FIRST
____ other ____________
SEMESTER, and at least 23 books by the end of this quarter (15 first
semester plus 8 this quarter for 23 total). If your student did not then the
Common Core Standards Applied
are behind. Please, be sure that you are monitoring your students
RI.9.10 Students will . . . read and
progress!!!!
comprehend literary nonfiction in the
grades 9-10 text complexity band
Each student should be finishing a book --200 or more pages--every 7proficiently, with scaffolding as
days to meet his/her goals.
needed at the high end of the range.
W.9. 8 Students will gather relevant Your student must have COMPLETED Book
information from multiple

authoritative print and digital

sources, using advanced searches
effectively . . .
W.9.2a Students will . . . organize
complex ideas, concepts, and
information to make important
connections . . .
W.9.2c Students will use appropriate
. . . transitions to link the major
sections of the text . . .
W.9.2f Students will provide a
concluding statement or section . . .
LP.9.1 Students will demonstrate
command of the conventions of
standard English grammar and usage
when writing . . .
LP.9.2 Students will demonstrate
command of the conventions of
standard English capitalization,
punctuation, and spelling when
writing.
LP.9.2a Students will use a
semicolon (and perhaps a
conjunctive adverb) to link two or
more closely related independent
clauses.
LP.9.2.c Students will spell correctly.
LP9.3.1f Students will ensure
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 runons and fragments.
LP9.4.1g Students will correctly
use frequently confused words (too,
to, two; their, there; etc.)
LP9.5.1d Students will recognize
and correct inappropriate shifts in
verb tense.
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.

#23 by this WEDNESDAY, MARCH 11.

(Quarter ends Friday, March 13.)

PARCC Math (standardized high-stakes

testing) next week. Algebra next Monday,
March 16 and Geometry next Tuesday, Marc
17.