Daily Lesson Planning Template

Department: ELA Course: English II ACA Date: 2/1/17 Unit Title: ALWG
Ch. 15

Power Standards -> TEKS: (6) Reading/Comprehension of Literary Text/Literary Nonfiction. Students understand, make
inferences and draw conclusions about the varied structural patterns and features of literary nonfiction and provide
evidence from text to support their understanding. Students are expected to evaluate the role of syntax and diction and the
effect of voice, tone, and imagery on a speech, literary essay, or other forms of literary nonfiction.

Student Learning Objective: Students will be able to connect devices to make meaning of the text’s theme. Students will revise
their essays and build stronger introductions.

Approx. Instructional Activity/Advice for Questions Resource(s)/Tec Grouping

Time Strategy Instruction What are you wanting them to hnology Paired strategy,
Include Teacher and Student learn address? Materials whole class,
Actions/ Meat & Potatoes Essential Questions/ Objectives groups, individuals,
pairs
5 mins Check-In Students will be getting Do you have your materials 4th 6 Weeks Individual
organized for their prepared? skills test essay
socratic seminar and will
turn their essay into the Are your quotes marked in the
teacher. book?

30 mins Mini Socratic Students will have 30 How have these devices built ALWG books Whole Group
minutes to go through
Seminar their mini socratic the theme?
seminar. Teacher will Socratic notes
monitor the roster to Do you recognize the
ensure everyone is
talking and being characterization in these
respectful? chapters?
Here are the rules of the What quotes did you find to
seminar that will be on
 the board for students: further analyze your question?
Refer to the text when
needed during the
discussion. To get full
credit, you need a direct
quote.
Don't raise hands; take
turns speaking. But
please don’t interrupt
one another.
Listen carefully.
Speak up so that all can
hear you.
Talk to each other, not
just to the teacher.
To get a “100” or an “A”
you need to connect
literary devices to a
deeper meaning. You
need to go beyond a
literal meaning and
connect to the theme.
27 mins Audiobook Students will be reading How did Beah react to UNICEF Audible Individual
Reading Ch. 15 of A Long Way taking them away from the program
Gone and will take notes war?
of significant quotes and ALWG books
thematic elements of the Was this reaction what you
text while listening to the expected from him?
audio recording.
~20 mins Essay Revision We are going to introduce In your essays, what makes a 4th 6-weeks Whole Group
Workshop the essay revision good introduction? Essay
workshop starting with
students introductions. Did you make your thesis clear Powerpoint
 in the introduction?
On the powerpoint,
Did you connect your
teacher will show
students examples of paragraphs back to the thesis?
sample essays that
received a 4 on the
STAAR. As a class, we will
look over the reasons they
received a 4.