Lesson plans for the Students
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This document contains the weekly lesson plans for an 11th grade English class. It includes objectives, activities, assignments, and book talks for two different weeks. The objectives are to understand how authors use figurative language and literary devices to create mood, and to identify these techniques in parables and apply the understanding to create an original parable. Activities include defining terms, modeling examples, partner work, independent work, and literature circles. Assignments include identifying morals in readings, matching morals to moods, writing morals, and creating a parable. Book talks are provided for two novels.
Lesson plans for the Students
- 1. Week of February 8 - 12 HARMON ELA 11 Objective: You will understand how authors use figurative language and literary devices to create mood. Activator Mini-lesson Student Engagement Wrap Up Lesson Title: Latin Roots easel activity: at least 3 sentences Define it. What is a parable? What is a fable? Model it. Understand how a story gives a moral message in 3 examples. Partner. Share your answers Independent. Identify the moral message in the reading on the worksheet. Book Talk: reading for pleasure “The Boy in the Black Suit” Literature Circles: Active Read “Minister’s Black Veil”. Circle examples of how figurative language creates a mood. THE MORAL OF THE STORY IS… Review:
- 2. Week of February 8 - 12 HARMON ELA 11 Objective: You will identify figurative language and literary devices in a parable and apply understanding by creating your own parable. Activator Mini-lesson Student Engagement Wrap Up Lesson Title: Latin Roots easel activity: at least 3 sentences Define it. The historical use of morals to teach Model it. Think aloud about moral and mood/tone Partner. Match the “moral with the mood” activity. Independent. Write your own moral. Choose a mood that matches with it. Book Talk: reading for pleasure Orbiting Jupiter Literature Circles cont. “Minister’s Black Veil”. Circle examples of how figurative language creates a mood. Worksheet: Create your own mini fable or parable THE MORAL OF THE STORY IS… Review:
- 3. TITLE: The Boy in the Black Suit BOOK TALK #3 Read for Pleasure. Borrow the book. About the book Author: Jason Reynolds fostering a love for reading engaged listening Summary:Matt wears a black suit every day. No, not because his mom died—although she did, and it sucks. But he wears the suit for his gig at the local funeral home, which pays way better than the Cluck Bucket, and he needs the income since his dad can’t handle the bills (or anything, really) on his own. So while Dad’s snagging bottles of whiskey, Matt’s snagging fifteen bucks an hour. Not bad. But everything else? Not good. Then Matt meets Lovey. She’s got a crazy name, and she’s been through more crazy than he can imagine. Yet Lovey never cries. She’s tough. Really tough. Tough in the way Matt wishes he could be. Which is maybe why he’s drawn to her, and definitely why he can’t seem to shake her. Because there’s nothing more hopeful than finding a person who understands your loneliness—and who can maybe even help take it away.” Record 6 notes from the Read Aloud, such as setting, main characters and conflicts: HARMON ELA
- 4. TITLE: Orbiting Jupiter BOOK TALK #3 Read for Pleasure. Borrow the book. About the book Author: Gary D. Schmidt fostering a love for reading engaged listening Summary: Jack, 12, tells the gripping story of Joseph, 14, who joins his family as a foster child. Damaged in prison, Joseph wants nothing more than to find his baby daughter, Jupiter, whom he has never seen. When Joseph has begun to believe he’ll have a future, he is confronted by demons from his past that force a tragic sacrifice. Record 6 notes from the Read Aloud, such as setting, main characters and conflicts: HARMON ELA
- 5. Your name: _______________ Latin Roots Sentences ––––––––––––––––––––––––––– ––––––––––––––––––––––––––– ––––––––––––––––––––––––––– ––––––––––––––––––––––––––– ––––––––––––––––––––––––––– ––––––––––––––––––––––––––– ––––––––––––––––––––––––––– ––––––––––––––––––––––––––– ––––––––––––––––––––––––––– ––––––––––––––––––––––––––– ––––––––––––––––––––––––––– ––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 1 2 3 4 5 6 Directions: Using the die, roll to get a latin root and use it in a sentence meaningfully. Circle the latin root in the word.
- 6. Title:__________________ A FLY bit the bare head of a Bald Man who, endeavoring to destroy it, gave himself a heavy slap. Escaping, the Fly said mockingly,"You who have wished to revenge, even with death, the Prick of a tiny insect, see what you have done to yourself to add insult to injury?' The Bald Man replied, "I can easily make peace with myself, because I know there was no intention to hurt. But you,an ill- favored and contemptible insect who delights in sucking human blood, I wish that I could have killed you even if I had incurred a heavier penalty." Revenge will hurt the avenger. Title:__________________ A CROW perishing with thirst saw a pitcher, and hoping to find water, flew to it with delight. When he reached it, he discovered to his grief that it contained so little water that he could not possibly get at it. He tried everything he could think of to reach the water, but all his efforts were in vain. At last he collected as many stones as he could carry and dropped them one by one with his beak into the pitcher, until he brought the water within his reach and thus saved his life. Necessity is the mother of invention. Title:_______________ One wintry day a Woodman was tramping home from his work when he saw something black lying on the snow. When he came closer he saw it was a Serpent to all appearance dead. But he took it up and put it in his bosom to warm while he hurried home. As soon as he got indoors he put the Serpent down on the hearth before the fire. The children watched it and saw it slowly come to life again. Then one of them stooped down to stroke it, but thc Serpent raised its head and put out its fangs and was about to sting the child to death. So the Woodman seized his axe, and with one stroke cut the Serpent in two. "Ah," said he, No gratitude from the wicked. MAIN IDEA: Write a title that best sums up the fable. MESSAGE/MORAL: Draw a line between the fable and the moral that it exemplifies: Your name: Date: HARMON ELA MORAL 1 2 3
- 7. Writing process: Jot down notes, ideas, and a rough draft: HARMON ELA