|
CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS
WEEKLY LESSON PLAN |
||
|
|
Name Michael Kim |
Week of |
|
|
Subject- Language Arts |
Period(s) – 3,4,7,8, |
|
Monday |
SG/CAS/CFS* 4/B/1 |
|
|
Instructional Strategy |
Give students time to look over
persuasive essays for impromptu speeches. Students will individually present
their essays verbally to the class making sure to include thesis and three
reasons of support. |
|
|
Materials |
Persuasive outline and essay |
|
|
Homework |
Handout |
|
|
Tuesday |
SG/CAS/CFS 4/B/1 |
|
|
Instructional Strategy |
Finish up persuasive speeches. Introduce the expository
essay. Have students begin
brainstorming for ideas and organizing their information. |
|
|
Materials |
Elements of Writing textbook |
|
|
Homework |
Brainstorm ideas for next essay |
|
|
Wednesday |
SG/CAS/CFS 2/A/1,2,3,4 |
|
|
Instructional Strategy |
Continue reading practice tests
for reading comprehension. Make sure students are using
testing-taking strategies i.e. context clues, reading questions before
reading passage. |
|
|
Materials |
Practice tests |
|
|
Homework |
Work on expository essay writing process |
|
|
Thursday |
SG/CAS/CFS 3/B/1,2 |
|
|
Instructional Strategy |
Give students in-class time to
work on expository essay. Pass out outline format for
students to organize their ideas. Take students to computer lab or
library to conduct research for essay. |
|
|
Materials |
Outline format |
|
|
Homework |
Work on outline |
|
|
Friday |
SG/CAS/CFS* 2/A/3 |
|
|
Instructional Strategy |
Pass out worksheets
on grammar for students to spend 20 minutes on. Read the poem “Ode
to an Artichoke”/”Oda a la alcachofa”
by Pablo Neruda on p.376 Discuss concept of metaphor and
simile. Find other examples from the
poem and the short stories that students have read. Discuss how themes are expressed through
metaphors/similes. If there is time, have students work
on expository essays. |
|
|
Materials |
The Language of
Literature
textbook |
|
|
Homework |
Find examples of metaphors/similes/comparisons in
common everyday life. |
|
*State Goal (SG)/