Lesson PlansWeek 4

M. UnserEnglish Grade 7

September 22-26, 2014

Monday Warm-Up

• Use your device or a dictionary to define the following words:– jaunt– sidled– pilfering

Monday, September 15

• Warm-Up/ Housekeeping/ Roll Call7.1 TSW participate in and contribute to group discussions

• 7.4TSW read to determine the meaning of unfamiliar words: identify and analyze figurative language• 7.5 TSW identify the elements of narrative structure: analyze use of literary device (foreshadowing)

• Smartboard Lesson: Figurative Language

• Novel: A Long Way from Chicago– Read pages 21-26.– Discuss examples of figurative language used

by Richard Peck

Tuesday Warm-Up

The Latin prefix “uni” means “having or consisting of only one. Make a list of words that begin with that prefix

• Hyperbole: exaggeration

• Simile: comparison using words “like” or “as”

• Metaphor: comparison

• Idiom: phrase that means different from literal interpretation of words

Tuesday, September 16, 2014

• Warm-Up/ Housekeeping/ Roll Call7.1 TSW participate in and contribute to group discussions7.4 TSW read to determine meaning of unfamiliar words: identify and analyze figurative language

• 7.5 TSW describe elements of fictional text: make, confirm, revise predictions; describe narrative structure; use prior and background knowledge; use reading strategies to monitor comprehension

• Brain Pops: Figurative Language• Novel: A Long Way from Chicago

– Read and Discuss pages 26-31.– Fill in reciprocal teaching chart

• Predictions, connections, questions, summaries

Wednesday Warm-Up

Simile or Metaphor?1. Because I studied for several nights, the quiz

was a breeze.

2. The winter night was so quiet that every sound was as clear as a bell.

3. Ivan’s dog is the sunshine of his life.

4. A ghost of a moon shone over the fields.

5. I slept like a dog last night.

Wednesday September 17, 2014

• Warm-Up/ Housekeeping/ Roll Call7.1 TSW participate in and contribute to group discussions7.4 TSW read to determine meaning of unfamiliar words: identify and analyze figurative language

7.5 TSW describe elements of fictional text: make, confirm, revise predictions; describe narrative structure; use prior and background knowledge; use reading strategies to monitor comprehension

• Figurative Language Cut and Paste• Novel: A Long Way from Chicago

– Read and Discuss pages 31-36– Fill out reciprocal teaching chart

Thursday Warm-Up!Simile, Metaphor, or Idiom?

1.The friends were two peas in a pod.

2.Mrs. Hulsey understands students so well, she reads them like a book.

3.Mrs. Young was as happy as a lark.

4.Her hair was a cloud of snowy white.

5.Mrs. Unser was as mad as a hornet

Thursday, September 18, 2014• Warm-Up/ Housekeeping/ Roll Call

7.1 TSW participate in and contribute to group discussions 7.7 TSW write in a variety of forms with an emphasis on exposition,

narration, and persuasion

• Writer’s Workshop– Writer’s Heart– Unpack a piece of the heart (model writing)– Unpacking

• Visit the library– check out books– Read!

Friday Warm-Up

Name five things that you remember from Chapter 2: “A Mouse in the Milk”

Friday, September 12, 2014

• Warm-Up/ Housekeeping/ Roll Call7.1 TSW participate in and contribute to group discussions7.4 TSW read to determine meaning of unfamiliar words7.5 TSW read and demonstrate comprehension of fictional texts

• Review of Chapter 2• Quiz on Chapter 2• Silent Reading or ISOs