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Lesson Plans – Week 11
Lesson Plan for: October 24-28, 2011
English 7 /Mrs. Scales
Monday— No School (Fall Break)
Tuesday—
- Quick Write – What God or Goddess am I most like?
- Sharing
- Book Talks
- Olympians vs. Titans / Our First Myth.
- Taking Notes
- Meet with new groups and begin Mythology research.
- Homework – Pronouns
Wednesday— Book Store Field Trip
- Quick Write – Identify a contemporary hero and explain what makes that person a hero to you.
- Review & Grade Pronoun Homework
- Acuity Study Day (Independent Assignment Completion)
- Bring AR book to class.
Thursday—
- Reading Time – 10 Minutes (Taking Notes)
- Root word – hydr, hydra, hydro / Corbin / Alex / Levi/ Kaleb
- Root word – morph / Zach / Zach / Regan/Taylor
- Myth lesson continuation.
- Homework: Reading Comprehension
Friday—
- Reading Time – 10 Minutes (Taking Notes)
- Root word – helio / Clarrissa / Jeremy / Noel / Alyssa
- Writer’s Workshop
- 2nd Grading
Period Writing Expectations (Prewriting, Draft, Revision, Edit, Publish) - 1 Expository Writing Assignment
- 2 Free Choice (Can be any form of writing you pick)
- Poetry (Must include a selection of at least 5 poems)
- Memoir
- Short Story
- Myth / Faire Tale / Fable
- News Article / Journalism
- Letter (Friendly or Business)
- Book Review
- Essay