# of Days 1

Students’ Prior Lessons on using adjectives to write vivid descriptions for

Knowledge stories.
Lesson Objective(s) SWBAT use their lecture notes to recall important ideas for
study and assessment, identify and explain the three
character aspects and how to identify them within a story, and
use google classroom for reflection and remediation.
Formative Several whole class discussions and a Quizlet review.
Assessment
Standards CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.9-10.3.D
Use precise words and phrases, telling details, and sensory
language to convey a vivid picture of the experiences,
events, setting, and/or characters.
Materials Needed Writer’s notebooks, writing utensil, technology to connect to
internet, link to PowerPoint.

Time Learning Task Methods or Procedures

20 Bellwork Greet students and answer questions
while class responds to bellwork
prompt in their writer’s notebooks. Ask
students to unmute or write in the chat
to share their favorite sentence from
their bellwork and discuss the language
used. Participation points and
attendance are gathered during this
time as well.
10 Brain challenge and learning Using the question on the PowerPoint,
objectives give students time to figure out the
brain challenge and respond in the chat.
Discuss the answer as a whole class and
explain the parts of speech included in
the question.

Review the learning objectives for the

day to familiarize students with the
information they will be learning.
30 Characterization lesson Asking students to take notes in the
lecture section of their writer’s
notebooks, thoroughly explain
characterization and the three aspects
of characterization. Students should
have four definitions, as well as their
own examples, written down. Ask
 students to type their own examples of
each aspect in the chat box to conduct a
whole class discussion.
20 Quizlet Students will follow the link to their
usual Quizlet classroom where their
vocabulary words are. Students will
write down the words if they haven’t
done so already, and then play the
Match and Gravity games until they
have a score they are satisfied with.
Scores will be recorded only to see
where students are at, but will not be
added into the gradebook.
15 Individual grade check/work Students will be put into
time individual/small group breakout rooms
to allow for grade checks (teachers will
jump into every room to check in and
see if students have questions about
grades) and give students time to work
on their assignments.
10 Exit ticket and assignment on Students will log into CommonLit to
CommonLit. find their reading assignment that they
will have for homework. They will be
instructed to take detailed notes.

Students will complete an exit ticket,

which is typing in their two favorite
sentences from the bellwork into the
chat.