English 10 Lesson Plan October 6 October 10

Course Title: English 10

Teacher: Kever, Londa
Instructional Focus: Reading Comprehension; Language Usage Practice;
Vocabulary Development
Performance Indicators
Students will do the following tasks:
*Demonstrate knowledge of
technology to submit/share
documents with one another and
with the instructor.
*Exhibit 21st century skill of focus
on bellwork.
*Exhibit 21st century skill of self-
awareness in monitoring reading
goals.
*Expand both their general and
domain-specific word base.
*Manage their independent reading
by monitoring their progress
throughout the week, documenting
their results, and reflecting on their
level of achievement of the goals.
*Student articulates errors in
previous work and corrects.
*Be respectful, responsible, and
reach rigorous standards.

Instructional Strategies
X Review and Correct Strategy
X technology-based activity

Common Core Standards Applied
LP.10.2a Students will demonstrate
command of the conventions of
standard English capitalization . . .
when writing [to understand when] to
use a semicolon to link two or more
closely related independent clauses.
LP.10.2a Students will demonstrate
command of the conventions of
standard English capitalization . . .
when writing [to understand when] to
use a colon to introduce a list or
quotation.
LP.10.3.3a Students will choose
In-class Procedures
Monday
*Bellwork
*Submit Reading Log via
technology (link on PRHS
Website/Mrs. Kevers
Weebly)
*Update Reading Record
(as needed) via technology
*Student-led library visits
as determined by students
*Independent Reading
Tuesday
*Bellwork
*Review correct answers to
Quarter 1 TLI Narrative
multiple choice questions
*Students begin selecting
new vocabulary from
Chapter 1 of The
Metamorphosis
*Exit ticket re most difficult
reading question.
Wednesday
*Bell work
*Review correct answers to
TLI Grammar and Writing
Questions 1-4 via
technology
*Continue student-led
collaborative selection of
vocab.
Thursday
*Bell work
*Review correct answers to
TLI Grammar and Writing
Questions 5-8
Quarter 1 via technology
*Students make vocab cards
as time permits

Materials/Resources
X Chromebook
X website
X whiteboard
X projector
X library books

Assessment Strategies
X observation
X reading log
X reading record
X listening skills
X student correction
of TLI test ?s.
____ other
_______________

Adaptations
X verbal prompts
X audio and visual
reinforcement
X modified
expectations
X positive
reinforcement

Additional Support:
Possible reading
accommodations:
*Playaways and cds
which read a book
to student.
*Lower weekly
reading goals (<170),
if requested.
*Books that are < 200
pages to qualify.




words and phrases for effect.
LP.10.4.1f Students will [validate]
complete sentences, recognizing run-
ons and fragments.
LP.10.4.1g Students will correctly
use frequently confused words (too,
to, two; their, there; etc.)
LP.10.5.1d Students will recognize
and correct inappropriate shifts in
tense.
LP.10.6.1c Students will recognize
and correct inappropriate shifts in
pronoun number and person.
LP.10.6.1d Students will recognize
and correct vague pronouns (ones
with unclear or ambiguous
antecedents.)
LP.10.6.1e Students will recognize
variations from standard English . . .
identify and use strategies to improve
expression in conventional language.
LP.10.8.1b Students will . . . use
verbs in the active and passive voice.
LP.10.8.1d Students will recognize
and correct inappropriate shifts in
verb voice and mood.
L.10.5 Students will demonstrate
understanding of figurative language,
word relationships, and nuances in
word meanings.
L.10.5a Students will interpret
figures of speech (similes,
metaphors, idioms, personification,
euphemisms, oxymorons, etc.).
LP.10.6.1e Students will
recognize variations from standard
English in their own and in others
writing . . .
[and] use strategies to improve
expression in conventional language.
RL.10.4 Students will determine the
meanings of words and phrases as
they are used in a text, including
figurative and connotative meanings;
analyze the cumulative impact of
specific word choices on meaning

Friday
*Bell work
*Review correct answers to
TLI Grammar and Writing
Questions 9-12




Students Weekly
Homework:
*Students must correct TLI
grammar and writing
questions

*Students read 175 or more
pages in a student-selected
book and keep track of the
pages read daily.











Possible vocabulary
accommodations:
(These were discussed
with students.)
*Student types
definitions in
English Lab.
*Student cuts out
definitions and
attaches to cards.
Class accommodation:
*Instructions are
broken into smaller
chunks.
*Instructions are
repeated.

and tone.
RL.10.6 Students will analyze a
particular point of view or cultural
experience reflected in a work of
literature from outside the United
States, drawing on a wide reading of
world literature.
RL.10.10 By the end of Grade 10,
students will read and comprehend
literature, including stories, dramas,
and poems, in the grades 9-10 text
complexity band independently and
proficiently.
VA.10.6 Students will acquire and
use accurately general academic and
domain-specific words and phrases,
sufficient for reading, writing,
listening, and speaking at the college
and career readiness level . . .
VA.10.4c Students will learn how to
consult general and specialized
reference materials (dictionaries,
glossaries, thesauruses) both print
and digital, to find the pronunciation
of a word or determine or clarify its
precise meaning, its part of speech,
or its etymology.