The weekly block plan outlines daily lessons for an English 9 class focused on the novel The Contender and introducing students to Shakespeare's Globe Theatre, including having students work in groups all week to create character posters about the novel, presenting their projects on Thursday, and completing a virtual tour of the Globe Theatre and answering questions independently on Friday to prepare for their next unit.
The weekly block plan outlines daily lessons for an English 9 class focused on the novel The Contender and introducing students to Shakespeare's Globe Theatre, including having students work in groups all week to create character posters about the novel, presenting their projects on Thursday, and completing a virtual tour of the Globe Theatre and answering questions independently on Friday to prepare for their next unit.
The weekly block plan outlines daily lessons for an English 9 class focused on the novel The Contender and introducing students to Shakespeare's Globe Theatre, including having students work in groups all week to create character posters about the novel, presenting their projects on Thursday, and completing a virtual tour of the Globe Theatre and answering questions independently on Friday to prepare for their next unit.
Name: Madison Martin Dates: 4-17-23/4-21- Class Period or Subject: English 9
23 Topic: The Contender/ intro Grade Level: 9 Co-op initials with date: to Globe Theatre Monday PA Anchor/Standard or CC.1.3.9–10.H Analyze how an author draws on and transforms Eligible Content themes, topics, character types, and/or other text elements from source material in a specific work. Lesson Objectives TSWBAT complete the “Body” project to demonstrate their understanding of the novel. Sequence of activities Students will be given entire class period to work on their assignments. Differentiation Product: Each group will create a different poster about a different character. Process: Each student will complete a different part of the project based on the skills they can offer their group. Assessment Project contains all components listed. Tuesday PA Anchor/Standard or CC.1.3.9–10.H Analyze how an author draws on and transforms Eligible Content themes, topics, character types, and/or other text elements from source material in a specific work. Lesson Objectives TSWBAT complete the “Body” project to demonstrate their understanding of the novel. Sequence of activities Students will be given entire class period to work on their assignments. We will be presenting the completed projects in class on Thursday- they must be done by then! Differentiation Product: Each group will create a different poster about a different character. Process: Each student will complete a different part of the project based on the skills they can offer their group. Assessment Project contains all components listed. Wednesday PA Anchor/Standard or CC.1.3.9–10.H Analyze how an author draws on and transforms Eligible Content themes, topics, character types, and/or other text elements from source material in a specific work. Lesson Objectives TSWBAT complete the “Body” project to demonstrate their understanding of the novel. Sequence of activities Students will be given entire class period to work on their assignments. We will be presenting the completed projects in class on Thursday- they must be done by then! Differentiation Product: Each group will create a different poster about a different character. Process: Each student will complete a different part of the project based on the skills they can offer their group. Assessment Project contains all components listed. Thursday PA Anchor/Standard or CC.1.3.9–10.H Analyze how an author draws on and transforms Eligible Content themes, topics, character types, and/or other text elements from source material in a specific work. Lesson Objectives TSWBAT complete the “Body” project to demonstrate their understanding of the novel. Sequence of activities First 15 minutes of class will be given to finish up projects/discuss the presentation. Last 25 minutes will be spent presenting projects to the class. Must give a thorough explanation of each element of the project. Differentiation Product: Each group will create a different poster about a different character. Process: Each student will complete a different part of the project based on the skills they can offer their group. Assessment: Project contains all components listed. Friday PA Anchor/Standard or CC.1.4.9–10.F Demonstrate a grade-appropriate command of Eligible Content the conventions of standard English grammar, usage, capitalization, punctuation, and spelling Lesson Objectives TSWBAT complete the virtual tour of Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre ad answer the accompanying questions with 80% accuracy, in order to prepare for our next unit. Sequence of activities Assignment is posted on Schoology. Help students find and show how to navigate the Virtual Tour. Try to give as little background info as possible- I want them to figure it out on their own as they answer the questions. Give them the period to complete the assignment- it will be due at the end of class and graded for correctness rather than just completion. Differentiation Process: Students will complete this activity independently on their Chromebooks in whichever order they may choose, rather than together as a class. Assessment Virtual tour questions will be graded for accuracy rather than just completion.
Modification/Accommodation (Generalized across the week):
Redirection to remain on task, printed assignment available upon request. End of the week self-evaluation: