Pre-AP English 9 Lesson Plan March 2 March 6

Course Title: Pre-AP English 9

Teacher: Kever, Londa
Instructional Focus: Assessment
Performance
In-class Procedures
Indicators
Monday
Students will do the
*Submit Reading Logs for Week # (Sunday, February
following tasks:
22, 2015 Saturday, February 28,
*Demonstrate
2015) via technology (link on PRHS Website/ Mrs.
knowledge of
Kevers Weebly site.)
technology to
*Update Reading Record (as needed) via technology
submit/share
*Student-led library visits as determined by students
documents with one *Test reading from To Kill a Mockingbird
another and
Tuesday PARCC Preparation
with the instructor.
http://parcc.pearson.com/resources/Practice_Tests/
*Exhibit 21st
Grade_9/PC868726_9ELATB_PT.pdf
century skill of focus Speech to the Association of Los Alamos
on bellwork.
Scientists
*Exhibit 21st
Wednesday PARCC Preparation
century skill of selfhttp://parcc.pearson.com/resources/Practice_Tests/
awareness in
Grade_9/PC868726_9ELATB_PT.pdf
monitoring reading
Petition to the United States of America
goals.
Thursday PARCC Preparation
*Manage their
http://parcc.pearson.com/resources/Practice_Tests/
independent reading Grade_9/PC868726_9ELATB_PT.pdf
by monitoring their The Decision to Drop the Bomb
progress
Friday PARCC Preparation
throughout the
Review and student discussion
week, documenting
NOTE:
their results, and
*Students are reading 1 chapter EVERY DAY in
reflecting on
the novel To Kill a Mockingbird.
their level of
*Students should read their assigned 150 pages from a
achievement of the
self-selected high-school
goals.
appropriate book that is 200 or more pages.
*Access prior
*Each student should accurately document the pages
knowledge and use
he or she reads daily.
as a foundation for
PARENTS, students should have finished AT LEAST
new content
10 books FIRST SEMESTER. If your student did not
knowledge.
then they are behind. Please, be sure that you are
*Apply new and
monitoring your students progress!!!!
prior knowledge
Each student should be finishing a book --200 or more
to write
pages--every 10-14 days to meet his/her goals.
argumentation.
*Be respectful,
responsible, and
Your student must have
reach rigorous

COMPLETED Book #15 by

Materials/R
esources
X
Chromebook
X
websites
X
whiteboard
X
projector
X library
books
Assessment
Strategies
X on-task
in
reading,
writing,
and
grammar
practice
X reading
log
X reading
record
X
listening
skills
X
execution of
keyboarding
skills
(observed
by
instructor)

standards.

Instructional
Strategies
X independent
reading
X technologybased activity
____ other
____________
Common Core
Standards Applied
RI.9.10 Students
will . . . read and
comprehend literary
nonfiction in the
grades 9-10 text
complexity band
proficiently, with
scaffolding as
needed at the high
end of the range.
W.9. 8 Students
will gather relevant
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 . . .

FRIDAY, MARCH 11. (Quarter

ends Friday, March 13.)

Adaptations
X verbal
prompts
X
modified
expectations
X positive
reinforceme
nt
Additional
Support:
*Teacher is
available
to provide
additional
access to
technology
to any
student
requiring
additional
time with
school
resources
Chromebook
s and
Internet.)
*Possible
reading
accommodat
ions:
*Playaways
and cds
which
read a
book to
student.
*Lower
weekly
reading
goals

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 subjectverb and pronounantecedent
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

(<150),
if
requested.
*Lower
semester
book goals.
(< 10
books)
*Books that
are <
200 pages
to
qualify.

Class
accommodat
ion:
*Instructions
are
broken into
smaller
chunks.
*Instructions
are
repeated.

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.