Holmes High School Lesson Plan

Turnick – English III – Date: 10/25

Standard:

 Locate important details in uncomplicated passages.

Clear Learning Goal:

Students will read an article and annotate the important details located within it.

Students will identify and correct grammatical mistakes in a writing passage.

Congruent Activities Vocabulary

1. Bell work Puritanism
2. Core Content Vocabulary Words Theology
Assigned Hysteria
3. Editor in Chief Exercise Pagan
4. Prior Knowledge Activity Adjective/Adverb
5. Introduce Puritanism and Witch Trials Agreement
with articles in group jigsaw activity. Article
Article Titles: Misplaced Modifier
Historical context-Witchcraft in Verb
Puritan England Apostrophe
The Red Scare and McCarthy Trials Comma
Witchcraft in Salem Village Period
Puritanism and Predestination Proper Noun
6. Guided Notes to be placed in ICN from
the articles read. **5 content words:
Drama
Playwright
Monologue
Dialogue
overture

Check for Understanding: Class discussion, article jigsaw, response in ICN

Assessment: formal assessment at end of unit (mc/orq)

 Holmes High School Lesson Plan

Turnick – English III– Date: 10/26

Standard:

 Locate important details in uncomplicated passages.

Clear Learning Goal:

Students will read an article and annotate the important details located within it.

Congruent Activities Vocabulary

1. Bell Work Puritanism
2. Introduce historical information Theology
related to period of writing The Hysteria
Crucible, guided notes, you tube Pagan
video, pictures, etc.
3. Read Miller’s article on why he
wrote The Crucible
4. Annotate the article for important
information…short response
questions answered in ICN

Check for Understanding: Class discussion, annotation of article, response in ICN

Assessment: formal assessment at end of unit (mc/orq)

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Turnick – English III– Date: 10/27

Standard:

 Understand the overall approach taken by an author or narrator (e.g., point of view, kinds
of evidence used) in uncomplicated passages.
 Identify clear relationships between people, ideas, and so on in uncomplicated passages.

Clear Learning Goal:

Students will identify a character to research/follow within the drama and analyze their
characterization throughout their reading.

Students will make inferences about their chosen characters and determine what evidence,
from the passage, supports their inference.

Congruent Activities Vocabulary

1. Bell Work Dissembling
2. Students will be given a list of Motive
characters and brief bios to put
in ICNs for reference.
3. Students will choose ONE
character to follow throughout
the reading. Students will fill
out a reading journal for their
character daily. (in ICN)
Teacher will give instructions
on this and model for students
on doc camera.
4. Students will begin to look at
the play and start reading ACT
I.

Check for Understanding: Class discussion, ICN work

Assessment: formal assessment at end of unit (mc/orq)

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Turnick – English III – Date: 10/28

Standard:

 Understand the overall approach taken by an author or narrator (e.g., point of view, kinds
of evidence used) in uncomplicated passages.
 Identify clear relationships between people, ideas, and so on in uncomplicated passages.

Clear Learning Goal:

Students will

Congruent Activities Vocabulary

1. Bell work No new vocabulary, review of five weekly
2. Finish reading together Act content words from word wall
I, Betty Parris's bedroom—
the girls, led by Abigail,
form a conspiracy to save
themselves from being
punished for dancing naked
in the woods.
3. ICN graphic organizer in
response to what happened,
making inferences and
predictions
4. ICN response to questions
covering this section of
reading
5. Quick review of vocabulary
for tomorrow’s quiz

Check for Understanding: Class discussion, ICN work and response

Assessment: formal assessment at end of unit (mc/orq)

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Turnick – English III – Date: 10/29

Standard:

Use word parts (prefix, suffix, root) to define new vocabulary.

Define content vocabulary words.

Determine grammatical errors in a piece of writing and discuss how they should be corrected.

Clear Learning Goal:

Students will correctly define their five content vocabulary words for the week.

Students will complete a Greek Roots activity using word parts to determine the meanings of
high level vocabulary words.

Students will

Congruent Activities Vocabulary

1. Core Content Vocabulary five weekly content words from word wall
Quiz (quiz)
2. Greek Roots
3. Quality Core Article and
M/C practice.

Check for Understanding: Quiz, roots work (live score), Teacher will score quality core article
multiple choice questions.

Assessment: formal assessment at end of unit (mc/orq)