Patrick Collins

The Analytical Essay and To Kill a Mockingbird Weekly Lesson Plan

Week: 4

OVERVIEW / RATIONALE
MONDAY
Students will use the rubric to self evaluate
This is the fourth week in the Unit.
themselves.
This week is designed to provide students an
After students complete the self-evaluation they will
opportunity revise their work and provide each other critical
make necessary revisions.
feedback.
The teacher will continue meeting with students
At the end of the week, students will submit a
individually, as needed.
completed draft.
If students finish early they will work on creative
projects
ENDURING UNDERSTANDINGS
Homework: Get caught up.
Good writers develop and refine their ideas for
thinking, learning, communicating, and aesthetic
TUESDAY
expression.
Students will use the rubric to evaluate their
Good writers use a repertoire of strategies that
classmates writing.
After students fill in the rubric, they will make
enables them to vary form and style, in order to write for
necessary revisions.
different purposes, audiences, and contexts.
The teacher will continue meeting with students
Good writers select a form based on audience and
individually, as needed.
purpose.
If students finish early they will work on creative
Good writers give and receive thoughtful and
projects
supportive critiques
Homework: Get caught up.
GOALS / OBJECTIVES
SWBAT evaluate their essays using the rubric
SWBAT evaluate peer writing

SWBAT revise their essays using peer feedback

SWBAT explain why selected student writing is strong

COMMON CORE STANDARDS FOR ENGLISH LANGUAGE

ARTS
CC.1.4.910.D Organize ideas, concepts, and information to make
important connections and distinctions; use appropriate and varied
transitions to link the major sections of the text; include formatting when
useful to aiding comprehension; provide a concluding statement or

WEDNESDAY
Students will continue evaluating their peers writing
using the rubric.
After students complete the peer evaluation they will
make necessary revisions.
The teacher will continue meeting with students
individually, as needed.
If students finish early they will work on creative
projects
Homework: Get caught up.

section.
CC.1.4.910.F Demonstrate a grade-appropriate command of the
conventions of standard English grammar, usage, capitalization,
punctuation, and spelling.
CC.1.4.910.S Draw evidence from literary or informational texts to
support analysis, reflection, and research, applying grade-level reading
standards for literature and literary nonfiction.
CC.1.4.910.T Develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning,
revising, editing, rewriting, or trying a new approach, focusing on
addressing what is most significant for a specific purpose and audience.
CC.1.4.910.U Use technology, including the Internet, to produce,
publish, and update individual or shared writing products, taking
advantage of technologys capacity to link to other information and to
display information flexibly and dynamically.
CC.1.4.910.X Write routinely over extended time frames (time for
research, reflection, and revision) and shorter time frames (a single
sitting or a day or two) for a range of discipline-specific tasks, purposes,
and audiences.

MATERIALS: Computers, To Kill a Mockingbird texts, Essay

prompt handout, creative project handout, Essay skeleton

THURSDAY
This will be the last day for students to finish
revising and editing their papers.
Essays will be due at the end of the period.
Homework: Get caught up.
FRIDAY
Students will look at exemplary student writing and
explain why the writing is strong.
Homework: NONE