Pre-AP English 9 Lesson Plan February 9 February 13

Course Title: Pre-AP English 9

Teacher: Kever, Londa
Instructional Focus: Vocabulary, Reading, Literature, and Grammar
Performance Indicators
In-class Procedures
Materials/Resources
Students will do the following tasks:
Monday
X Chromebook
*Demonstrate knowledge of
*Submit Reading Logs for
X websites
technology to submit/share
Week #21 (Sunday,
X whiteboard
documents with one another and
February 1, 2015
X projector
with the instructor.
Saturday, February 7,
X library books
*Exhibit 21st century skill of focus
2015) via technology
Assessment
on bellwork.
(link on PRHS Website/
Strategies
*Exhibit 21st century skill of selfMrs. Kevers Weebly
X vocabulary test
awareness in monitoring reading
site.)
X reading log
goals.
*Update Reading Record
*Manage their independent reading
(as needed) via technology X reading record
X listening skills
by monitoring their progress
*Student-led library visits
throughout the week, documenting
as determined by students X WebQuest
their results, and reflecting on
Tuesday
Adaptations
their level of achievement of the
Vocabulary Test #19
X verbal prompts
goals.
(vocab from To Kill a
X modified
*Access prior knowledge and use
Mockingbird)
expectations
as a foundation for new content
Students read aloud and
X
positive
knowledge re U.S. history.
make vocabulary cards for
reinforcement
*Apply new and prior knowledge
Vocabulary #20.
to understand U.S. history.
Wednesday
Additional Support:
*Be respectful, responsible, and
WebQuest The Great
*Teacher is available
reach rigorous standards.
Depression, Jim Crow
to provide
Laws, and discrimination
additional access to
in U.S.
technology to any
Thursday
student requiring
WebQuest The Great
Instructional Strategies
additional time with
Depression, Jim Crow
X independent reading
school resources
Laws, and discrimination
X technology-based activity
Chromebooks and
in U.S.
____ other ____________
Internet.)
Friday
Vocabulary Test
Common Core Standards Applied
*Possible reading
WebQuest The Great
RI.9.10 Students will . . . read and
accommodations:
Depression, Jim Crow
comprehend literary nonfiction in the Laws, and discrimination
*Playaways and cds
grades 9-10 text complexity band
which read a
in U.S.
proficiently, with scaffolding as
book to student.
NOTES:
needed at the high end of the range.
*Lower weekly
Teacher is available
W.9. 8 Students will gather relevant every day after school
reading goals
information from . . . digital
this week to provide
(<150),
sources, . . .
students additional
if requested.
access to Internet
W.9.2a Students will . . . organize
*Lower semester

complex ideas, concepts, and

information to make important
connections . . .
W.9.2c Students will use appropriate
. . . transitions to link the major
sections . . .
W.9.2f Students will provide a
concluding statement . . .
LP.9.1 Students will demonstrate
command of the conventions of
standard English grammar and usage
when writing . . . (reflection)
LP.9.2 Students will demonstrate
command of the conventions of
standard English capitalization,
punctuation, and spelling when
writing.
LP.9.2a Students will use a
semicolon (and perhaps a conjunctive
adverb) to link two or more closely
related independent clauses.
LP.9.2.c Students will spell correctly.
LP9.3.1f Students will ensure
subject-verb and pronoun-antecedent
agreement.
LP9.3.3a Students will choose words
and phrases for effect.
LP9.4.1f Students will produce
complete sentences, recognizing runons and fragments.
LP9.4.1g Students will correctly
use frequently confused words (too,
to, two; their, there; etc.)
LP9.5.1d Students will recognize
and correct inappropriate shifts in
verb tense.
LP9.6.1e Students will recognize
variations from standard English in
their own and in others writing . . .
[and] use strategies to improve
expression in conventional language.

and Chromebooks to
complete TLI essay, to
make up work, or to
take missing tests.

Students should read their

assigned 225 pages from a
self-selected high-school
appropriate book that is
200 or more pages.
*Each student should
accurately document the
pages he or she reads daily.
PARENTS, your student
should have finished Book
#18.
Please, be sure that you are
monitoring your students
progress!!!!
Each student should be
finishing a book --200 or
more pages--every 10-14
days to meet his/her goals.

By the end of this

quarter, your
student must
have
COMPLETED 22
books this school
year----15 or
more first
semester and at
least 7 this
quarter.

book goals.
(< 10 books)
*Books that are <
200 pages to
qualify.
Class accommodation:
*Instructions are
broken into smaller
chunks.
*Instructions are
repeated.