English 9 Lesson Plan October 20 October 24

Course Title: English 9

Teacher: Kever, Londa
Instructional Focus: Reading Comprehension; World Literature; Vocabulary
Development
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.
*Employ listening skills to
comprehend new knowledge.
*Be respectful, responsible, and
reach rigorous standards.

Instructional Strategies
X Video
X Matching Game (kinesthetic)
X technology-based activity

Common Core Standards Applied
RL 9.5 Students will analyze how an
authors choice concerning how to
structure a text, how to order events
within it . . . , and how to manipulate
time . . . create such effects as
mystery, tension, or surprise.
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.
In-class Procedures
Monday
*Bellwork
*Submit Reading Log via
technology (link on PRHS
Website/Mrs. Kevers
Weebly)
*Update Reading Record
(as needed) via technology
*Student-led library visits
as determined by students
*Independent Reading
Tuesday
*Bellwork
* Video Greek literature.
*Make half vocabulary
cards.
Wednesday
*Bell work
* Elements of Epics
Matching Game.
*Make half vocabulary
cards.
*Turn and talk re elements.
Thursday
*Bell work
*Vocabulary assessment via
technology
*Students read when they
finish vocabulary test.
Friday
*No instruction
HOMECOMING
ACTIVITIES**
Students who are missing
major assignments----
for instance, students
who did not read at least
5 books first quarter---
will go to remediation
Friday a.m. instead of
Materials/Resources
X Chromebook
X website
X whiteboard
X projector
X library books

Assessment Strategies
X observation
X reading log
X reading record
X listening skills
X exit tickets
X vocabulary test
____ other
_______________

Adaptations
X verbal prompts
X audio and visual
reinforcement
X positive
reinforcement
Additional Support:
Instructor provides
students additional time
for bellwork during AGS.
Possible reading
accommodations:
*Playaways and cds
which read a book
to a student.
*Students may be
approved to read
books > 200 pages.
*Students may be
approved to have
lower weekly page
goal.


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,
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.
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.

partying.

Students Weekly
Homework:
*Students read 150 or more
pages in a student-selected
book and keep track of the
pages read daily.
Note: Each student should
be finishing a book 200 or
more pages--every 10-14
days to meet his/her goals.
Students must completed 5
books this quarter to meet
semester goal of 10 books.

*Students who do not finish
vocab cards during class
time Tuesday and
Wednesday must complete at
home.











Class accommodation:
*Instructions are
broken into smaller
chunks.
*Instructions are
repeated.