Westside High School Lesson Plan

Teacher Name:

M. Chapman Unit Name and #: Unit 5

Course: Linked Learning English I Prep/PAP

Dates: 3/23-3/27/2015

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What are we learning? Daily Objective:

SWBAT:

Unpack a STAAR expository essay prompt

Appropriately organize a STAAR expository essay

Provide an example using the HELPS acronym to support thesis statement TEKS/AP/Standards:

Ⓡ ELA.9.13B Structure ideas in a sustained and persuasive (logical) way (e.g., using outlines, note taking, graphic organizers, lists) and develop drafts in timed and open-ended situations that include transitions and the rhetorical devices used to convey meaning.

Ⓡ ELA.9.15A.i Write an analytical essay of sufficient length that includes effective introductory and concluding paragraphs and a variety of sentence structures.

How will we learn it? Learning Activities:

Unpacking the Prompt

Class Rough Draft of STAAR Essay

How will we tell if we’re learning it correctly? Assessment Methods:

Thesis Statement appropriately addresses the prompt

Checks for Understanding:

Cold Call: reasons from brainstorming web

Highlight: thesis statement in the first paragraph

What do I need to be successful? Materials:

2013 English II Released STAAR Exam

What do I need to before next class? Follow Up/HW: Write an essay that addresses the 2013 English II Release STAAR Exam

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What are we learning? Daily Objective: SWBAT:

evaluate a peer’s essay using the STAAR expository rubric

effectively revise and edit a peer’s essay

explain answers to multiple choice questions from the revising/editing portion of Released STAAR exam

TEKS/AP/Standards:

Ⓡ ELA.9.13C Revise drafts to improve style, word choice, figurative language, sentence variety, and subtlety of meaning after rethinking how well questions of purpose, audience, and genre have been addressed.

Ⓡ ELA.9.13D Edit drafts for grammar, mechanics, and spelling.

How will we learn it? Learning Activities:

Peer Editing Workshop-Ratiocination

Essay Evaluation

Revising/Editing Practice (Multiple Choice)

How will we tell if we’re learning it correctly? Assessment Methods:

STAAR Expository Rubric

Ratiocination Guide Checks for Understanding:

Student Reasoning for assigned score

Student reasoning for MC answer choices

What do I need to be successful? Materials:

2013 English II Released STAAR Exam/Rubric

Ratiocination Guide

What do I need to before next class? Follow Up/HW:

Revising/Editing Practice

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What are we learning? Daily Objective: SWBAT:

Accurately answer and support Short Answer Response (SAR) Questions

Appropriately annotate a short story and support reasoning behind multiple choice answer choices TEKS/AP/Standards:

Ⓡ ELA.9.Fig19B Make complex inferences about text and use textual evidence to support understanding.

How will we learn it? Learning Activities:

SAR Practice (includes crossover SAR with a poem)

Supporting MC answers

How will we tell if we’re learning it correctly? Assessment Methods:

• Short Answer Questions Responses graded using STAAR rubric Checks for Understanding:

Fist to five

MC answer reasoning

What do I need to be successful? Materials:

Released STAAR Exam

What do I need to before next class? Follow Up/HW:

• SAR Review-Released STAAR Exam

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What are we learning? Daily Objective: SWBAT:

Support answers selected on revising/editing quiz

Evaluate student responses to STAAR Expository essay and SAR questions TEKS/AP/Standards:

Ⓡ ELA.9.Fig19B Make complex inferences about text and use textual evidence to support understanding.

Ⓡ ELA.9.13C Revise drafts to improve style, word choice, figurative language, sentence variety, and subtlety of meaning after rethinking how well questions of purpose, audience, and genre have been addressed.

Ⓡ ELA.9.13D Edit drafts for grammar, mechanics, and spelling.

How will we learn it? Learning Activities:

Revising/editing practice

STAAR Essay/SAR evaluation

How will we tell if we’re learning it correctly? Assessment Methods:

STAAR Rubric Checks for Understanding:

Student Reasoning

What do I need to be successful? Materials:

Released STAAR Exam w/ student examples

What do I need to before next class? Follow Up/HW: • STAAR Review