Lesson Plans for S. BOERNER

Key: SW=student will ASSN=assignment EV=evaluation method

Standards Italicized, Assessments Highlighted

7^TH GRADE ENGLISH 8^TH GRADE ENGLISH 11^TH GRADE ENGLISH

Tues. Sep. 2 SW: Learn about PEER with our counselor, Mrs. O’Neill. OBJ: Make students more comfortable relating to their peers. ASSN”: Read Chpt. 7 EV: Discussion	Tues. Sep. 2 Standards 8..1 SW: Work through Unit 2 Voc., Syn., Choosing Right Word, Words in context, Completing the sentence ASSN: Read Boy at War Chpt. 8-10 EV: Recitation.	Tues. Sep. 2 Standard 11.3,5 SW: Discuss reasons for exploration, historical narratives, strategies for reading, Cabeza de Vaca’s shipwreck, and encounter with Karankawa Indians. ASSN: Read “Of Plymouth Plantation” (81-88); type character sketch of a grandparent EV: Discussion
Wed. Sep. 3 Standard 7..3 SW: Discuss Chpt. 5-7 in Bridge to Terabithia OBJ: Help students understand plot, characterization, setting, and theme of novel. ASSN: Read Chpt. 8 & 9 EV: Discussion	Wed. Sep. 3 Standards 8..2 SW: Work through The predicate p. 8, Verb Phrase p. 12, Compound Subj & Verb p. 13 Review Vocab. Unit 2 ASSN: Read Boy at War Chpt 11-13 EV: Grammar exercises	Wed. Sep. 3 Standard 11 .3,5 SW: Discuss Safe Arrival at Plymouth, First Encounter, Starving Time, Indian Relations, First Thanksgiving. Compare and contrast Native Americans’ encounters with Cabeza de Vaca, and Pilgrims. ASSN: Read “Olaudah Equiano” 93-98; type character sketch of a grandparent EV: Discussion.
Thurs. Sep. 4 Standards 7..3 SW: Read Scope Magazine Theater Play: “The Taming of the Shrew”, poetry, fiction, and nonfiction, vocabulary OBJ: Increase students’ appreciation for literature ASSN: Read Chpt. 10-11 EV: Discussion.	Thurs. Sep. 4 Standards 8.1,2. SW: Take Voc. Unit 2 Quiz and work through kinds of sentences. Then complete Grammar Chpt. Review, pp. 21-23. ASSN: Read novel Cht. 14-15 EV: Vocab quizzes and Grammar exercises	Thurs. Sep. 4 Standards 11. 3,5 SW: Discuss Slave Trade, Middle Passage, sensory details. Read Traditions Across Time, New Explorers, Author’s Purpose, Organizing Details(100) ASSN: Read “Blue Highways” (101-107); edit character sketch of a grandparent for Fri. EV: Discussion
Fri. Sep. 5 Standard 7.3 SW: Learn about the library from Mrs. Ellis ASSN: Read Chpt.12-13. Study for novel test Tues. EV: Listening and learning	Fri. Sep. 5 Standard 8.2, SW: Begin Chpt. 2: Parts of Speech Overview: N,P,Adj ASSN: Finish novel Chpt.16-17. Study for test Mon. EV: Grammar Exercises	Fri. Sep. 5 Standard 11.3,4,5 SW: Learn how being Indian means being responsible to one’s people; human existence is a series of journeys, and all people need kindness and understanding ASSN: Maya Angelou (109-116) EV: Discussion, character sketches