2015

WEEKLY LESSON PLANS

MP Everist Language Arts
Reading Focus: LAFS 8.RL.1.2; 2.5 Analyze Fiction Narrator Reliability, Irony, Imagery, Elements of Suspense

SpringBoard: The Cask of Amontillado; Fire and Ice; The Poison Tree Florida Collections: The Tell-Tale Heart; The Outsider
Monday 10-26
Content Goal

Language Goal

Accountable
Team Task

Examine the reliability

and credibility of the
narrator in the TellTale Heart.
Evaluate evidence of
the narrators state of
mind and truthfulness.

Tuesday 10-27

COMMON
ASSESSMENT
on
Authors
Point of View

Collaborate on Cornell
note-taking for
Analyzing Text.
*Bell RR#43
*Rev p. 51 1-5
*Common assessment
*Review summaries
from CA #1

Wednesday 10-28

Thursday 10-29
iReady workshop

Analyze text for

narrators tone,
motive, and reliability.

Use SIFT reading

strategy to evaluate
symbolism, imagery,
fig.lang & tone/theme.

Identify context clues

to determine narrators
state of mind.

Locate examples of
word choice that
impact tone of story.

W/group, locate
evidence that captures
the narrators state of
mind.

Discuss your examples

and their impact on
tone with table mates.

* Bell RR#44
*Rev p. 51 6-10
*FC Close Reader 21
*SB pp. 96-97 Fire
and Ice, R. Frost

*Bell RR#45
*Rev p. 52 1-10
*Model: Citing TE
*FC The Outsider
pp. 23-25
*SB Short story 126

Friday 10-30

PROFESSIONAL
DAY

Activities

* Bell RR #42
*Rev- Unit 4 story 47
*Hook video clip
*FC- p. 96 #1-6
*SB Three types of
irony, page 123 (quiz)

Assessments
Modifications
Low-Achieving

Observation of student participation; class work; research, reading & writing practice, quizzes and tests.
For ESOL and ESE: clarify and reduce class work and homework assignments, give added time.
Differentiated learning, small groups, peer study, vocabulary building, home reading programs.