Lesson Plan Teacher:_Leae Brown__ Content:_ _ Date(s) _____

AIM & OBJECTIVE:

Preview and learn vocabulary for the book The Outsiders by S. E. Hinton
Increase their reading comprehension for this book.

Overarching Aim: Knowledge of Language

Objective: 7.L.4 c. Consult general and specialized reference materials (e.g., dictionaries,
glossaries, thesauruses), both print and digital, to find the pronunciation of a word or
determine or clarify its precise meaning or its part of speech.
d. Verify the preliminary determination of the meaning of a word or phrase.
7.L.6 gather vocabulary knowledge when considering a word or phrase important to
comprehension or expression.

ASSESSMENT:
SW look up the definitions in the dictionary
SW construct a mind map for one word
SW play vocab quiz game

KEY VOCABULARY
Acquire, Acquitted, Appeal, Apprehensive, Bewildered, Bleak, Defiance, Delinquent, Elude,
Ember, Exploit, Gallant, Gingerly, Incredulous, Indignant, Impact, Leery, Liable, Ornery,
Premonition, Reckon, Reputation, Savvy, Scarce, Sophisticated, Stupor, Sympathetic,
Unfathomable,

OPENING & INTRODUCTION TO NEW MATERIALS:

SWN computers, paper, pencil
TWN timer, program queued up
Sign into Kahoots together as a class.

GUIDED PRACTICE
I DO Part 1: Mind map for a word.
Must include synonym, antonym character/famous people, uses- sentence, part of speech
WE DO: Mind map, include all parts

I Do Game sign into programs and explain how to play

WE DO: sign in,

STUDENT PRACTICE-GROUP WORK

YOU DO: create mind map include all parts
 Hang up Mind Maps on the walls.
Students silently (with music?) walk around reading and taking notes on all mind maps
YOU DO: Play vocab game quiz

CLOSING: Quiz game

DIFFERENTIATION:
Students should include all parts:
Part of speech
1-3 Synonyms
1-3 Antonyms
1-3 Uses for the word-like a sentence
1-3 Characters or famous people/places

REFLECTION
What are all these words together making you think about? What kind of story might we be
reading next? What things might happen in it? What might the characters be like?

MATERIALS:
Legal paper for mind map (poster)
Colored pencils or markers
Pencils
Note page
Dictionary
Thesaurus
Computer

45 minute lesson

Step 1:
I DO Mind Map 3min

WE DO mind map 5 min

YOU DO mind map 10 min

Silent tour 15 minutes take notes on tour.

Assessment- Play the Kahoots vocab game as a quiz like assessment 10-
12 min to set up and sign onto computers and play.
Acquire, win something through one's efforts

He was famous for shoplifting and his black-handled

switchblade (which he couldn’t have acquired without his first
talent), and he was always smarting off to the cops.

Acquitted, declared not guilty of a specific offense or crime

Then he said I was acquitted and the whole case was closed.

Appeal, be attractive to

Two-Bit or Steve or even Soda would have gone right along

with him, just to see if they could embarrass the girls, but that
kind of kicks just doesn’t appeal to me.

Apprehensive, in fear or dread of possible evil or harm

He was pretty well crocked, which made me apprehensive.

Bewildered, perplexed by many conflicting situations or statements

His eyes were closed, but when the door shut behind me he
opened them, and I suddenly wondered if my own eyes looked as
feverish and bewildered as his.

Bleak, offering little or no hope

Soda was awake by then, and although he looked stony-faced,

as if he hadn’t heard a word the doctor had said, his eyes were
bleak and stunned.

Defiance, a hostile challenge

Yet in his hard face there was character, pride, and a savage
defiance of the world.
Delinquent, a young offender

On the front page of the second section was the headline:

JUVENILE DELINQUENTS TURN HEROES.

Elude, escape, either physically or mentally

I was trying to find the meaning the poet had in mind, but it
eluded me.

Ember, a hot, smoldering fragment of wood left from a fire

The cinders and embers began falling on us, stinging and

smarting like ants.

Exploit, a notable achievement

“. . . anyway, I was walking around downtown and started to

take this short cut through an alley”—Two-Bit was telling me
about one of his many exploits while we did the dishes.

"Exploit" is used here to describe more of an adventure than a

notable achievement. It also has a humorous tone, since Two-Bit's
story is notable for what didn't happen rather than for anything
he did.

Gallant, unflinching in battle or action

“I bet they were cool ol’ guys,” he said, his eyes glowing, after I
had read the part about them riding into sure death because they
were gallant.

Gingerly, with extreme care or delicacy

 “The first stop’ll be Windrixville,” Johnny said, laying the gun
down gingerly.

Incredulous, not disposed or willing to believe; unbelieving

She gave him an incredulous look; and then she threw her Coke
in his face.

Indignant, angered at something unjust or wrong

Johnny was so indignant he nearly squeaked.

Impact, the striking of one body against another

He was jerked half around by the impact of the bullets, then

slowly crumpled with a look of grim triumph on his face.

"Impact" also means "strong effect"--Dally chose to face the

impact of the bullets because he couldn't handle the impact of
Johnny's death.

Leery, openly distrustful and unwilling to confide

We mostly stuck with our own outfits, so I was a little leery of

going over to him, but I shrugged.

Liable, at risk of experiencing something usually unpleasant

If the judge decides Darry isn’t a good guardian or something,

I’m liable to get stuck in a home somewhere.

Ornery, having a difficult and contrary disposition

Dally was his usual mean, ornery self.

Premonition, a feeling of evil to come

 But this church gave me a kind of creepy feeling. What do you
call it? Premonition?

Reckon, expect, believe, or suppose

I reckon it never occurred to you that your brothers might be

worrying their heads off and afraid to call the police because
something like that could get you two thrown in a boys’ home so
quick it’d make your head spin.

Reputation, the state of being held in high esteem and honor

“We could have hurt her reputation.”

Savvy, get the meaning of something

“Listen, kiddo, when Darry hollers at you ... he don’t mean

nothin’. He’s just got more worries than somebody his age ought
to. Don’t take him serious ... you dig, Pony? Don’t let him bug you.
He’s really proud of you ’cause you’re so brainy. It’s just because
you’re the baby—I mean, he loves you a lot. Savvy?”

Scarce, deficient in quantity or number compared with the demand

You’re a nice kid, Ponyboy. Do you realize how scarce nice kids
are nowadays?

Sophisticated, having worldly knowledge and refinement

You greasers have a different set of values. You’re more

emotional. We’re sophisticated—cool to the point of not feeling
anything.

Stupor, marginal consciousness

 I walked down the hall in a daze. Dally had taken the car and I
started the long walk home in a stupor.

Sympathetic, expressing compassion or friendly fellow feelings

His eyes are dark brown—lively, dancing, recklessly laughing

eyes that can be gentle and sympathetic one moment and blazing
with anger the next.

Unfathomable, impossible to come to understand

He liked fights, blondes, and for some unfathomable reason,

school.

Co-teaching log

Glow: paced well, engaging lesson, made adjustments didn’t go well

Grow: made adjust for time, more thorough and concise directions, and
clarify more. When instructing the We Do section have the students
copy my board on the back of the paper

Intern next step: Plan the character chart for The Outsiders by H.E.
Hinton

Lead Next step: Model guided instruction with concise directions.