Lesson Plan for Writing:
-Room for improvement: vocabulary,
grammar pronunciation and reading
comprehension (especially for periods and
commas)
-goal: enhance vocabulary, pronunciation
and grammar
methods- greetings, conversation and
practice reading and writing
 Vocabulary (for 10th grader)
sources for topic: grammarbank.com
 Guessing the Meaning of New Words
https://www.foresttrailacademy.com/
seventh-grade-english-curriculum.html
 Grammar
1- Introduction
Welcome
Course Description
Plagiarism
Plagiarism Discussion
Pretest
Assignment: Pretest
MLA Formatting
MLA Citation
MLA Incorporating Sources
MLA Citation Updates
Course Novels
2- Context Clues, Grammar, Archetypes,
The Hobbit, Writing Styles
 Quiz: Chapter 1 Vocabulary
 Quiz: Guess the Meaning of the Word
 Handout: Chapter 1 Grammar
Presentation
 Worksheet: Subject & Verb
 Quiz: Simple Sentences
 Worksheet: Writing Simple Sentences
 Quiz: Subject-Verb Agreement
 Worksheet: Fragments (sentence
fragments)
 Essay: Fragments
 Worksheet: Writing Compound
Sentences
 Essay: Combining Sentences
 Quiz: Compound, Complex or Simple
 The Hero’s Journey Archetypal Pattern
 Handout: Heroic Archetypes
 The Hobbit
 Handout: Reading Plan
 Handout: Hobbit Questions Part I
 Handout: Hobbit Questions Part II
 Assignment: Hobbit Map
 Assignment: Hobbit Questions Part 1
 Assignment: Hobbit Questions Part II
 Assignment: Hobbit Projects
 Writing Styles: Levels of Language
3-Nouns, Of Mice and Men, Theme,
Writing Process
 Vocabulary
  Handout: Chapter 2 Vocabulary  Themes in “Of Mice and Men”  Handout: Verbs: Action or Linking?

 Assignment: Chapter 2 Vocabulary  Handout: Themes Organizer  Assignment: Verbs: Action or Linking?

 Nouns  Assignment: Of Mice & Men Theme  Worksheet: Using Action Verbs

 Handout: Common or Proper Nouns Organizer  Worksheet: Helping Verbs

 Essay: Of Mice and Men Theme Essay

 Handout: Spot the Nouns  Verb Tenses
 Writing Process
 Assignment: Common or Proper Nouns  Forming Past Tense
 Assignment: Favorite Place
 Assignment: Spot the Nouns  Handout: Time of an Action
Brainstorming
 Plural Nouns  Assignment: Time of an Action
 Essay: Favorite Place Rough Draft
 Worksheet: Plural Nouns  Worksheet: Time of an Action Part 2
 Essay: Favorite Place Final Draft
 Possessive Nouns  Worksheet: Past Tense
4- Word Parts, Verbs, The Time Machine
 Worksheet: Possessive Nouns  Point of View
 Vocabulary
 Of Mice and Men  Characterization
 Worksheet: Chapter 3 Vocabulary
 Handout: Migrant Workers Article  Essay: Characterization
 Using Word Parts to Define New
 Handout: Of Mice and Men Reading  The Time Machine

Questions Words
 Handout: The Time Machine Chapter

 Assignment: Migrant Workers Timeline  Quiz: Using Word Parts to Understand Questions
Words
 Assignment: Of Mice and Men Reading  Assignment: The Time Machine Study

Questions  Word Parts Questions

 Essay: Book Review  Assignment: Word Parts  Assignment: The Time Machine

 Themes and Morals  Action Verbs Comparison Project

 5- Adjectives, Pronouns, Adverbs, Short  Assignment: Comparative &  Essay: Short Story – Final
Stories, Tone and Mood
Superlative 6- Figurative Language, Imagery,
 Vocabulary  Assignment: Comparing Adverbs Grammar, Poetry

 Handout: Chapter 4 Vocabulary  Tone and Mood  Vocabulary

 Assignment: Chapter 4 Vocabulary  Short Stories  Quiz: Chapter 5 Vocabulary

 Pronouns  Short Stories (Continued)  Parts of the Whole

 Worksheet: Pronouns  Handout: All Summer In A Day  Quiz: Parts of the Whole (Chapter 5)

 Adjectives  Handout: Rikki  Prepositions

 Handout: Chapter 4 Grammar  Handout: Seventh Grade  Handout: Preopositional Phrases

Presentation  Handout: The Ransom of Red Chief  Handout: One Too Many

 Handout: Comparing Adjectives

 Handout: Short Story Blog Organizer  Assignment: Prepositional Phrases

 Worksheet: Using Adjectives

 Assignment: Short Story Blog  Worksheet: Using Prepositional

 Quiz: Adjective Comparisons Organizers (3 Choices) Phrases

 Assignment: Comparing Adjectives  Assignment: Short Story Blog  Assignment: One Too Many

 Adverbs Organizers (4 Required)  Conjunctions and Interjections

 Assignment: Short Story Blog
 Handout: Comparative & Superlative  Handout: Chapter 5 Grammar

 Writing Short Stories – Setting and Presentation

 Handout: Comparing Adverbs

Characters  Handout: Eight Parts of Speech

 Worksheet: Adverbs

 Assignment: Short Story Setting  Worksheet: Writing Conjunctions

 Quiz: Adverb or Adjective?

 Essay: Short Story – Draft  Worksheet: And, Or, But

  Worksheet: Using Interjections  Essay: Poetry Comparison Essay  Non-Fiction Book

 History of Poetry  Assignment: Write Your Own Poems  Handout: Sample Book Review

 A Poem about Poems 7- Parallel Words, Sentence Variety,  Essay: Non-Fiction Book Review –
Nonfiction Reading/Writing
 Assignment: Poetry About Poems Draft

 Vocabulary  Essay: Non-Fiction Book Review –

 Poetic Devices
 Handout: Chapter 6 Vocabulary Final
 The Sound of Poetry
 Types of Writing
 Assignment: Chapter 6 Vocabulary
 Figurative Language
 Citing Your Sources
 Make Parts Parallel
 Figurative Language Continued
 Travel Diary Project
 Handout: Write Better Sentences
 Assignment: Kid’s Poetry Page
 Handout: Travel Diary Sources
 Assignment: Write Better Sentences
 Metaphor and Simile
 Assignment: Travel Diary Topic (step 1)
 Avoid Wrong Position of Words
 Poetry Analysis
 Assignment: Travel Diary Sources (step
 Worksheet: Avoid “Danglers”
 Handout: Poetry Reading Strategies
2)
 Essay: Television
 Handout: Fire & Ice
 Assignment: Travel Diary Project (final
 Use A Variety of Patterns
 Handout: TPCAST Blank step)
 Assignment: Variety In Sentences
 Assignment: Poetry Project Slideshow  Midtest
 Re-Write Run-On Sentences
 Assignment: Poetry Project TPCAST  Assignment: Midtest

Organizers  Worksheet: Put an End to Run-Ons

8- Punctuation, Drama, Play Writing
 Poetry Part II  Worksheet: Write Better Sentences,
 Vocabulary
 Handout: Poem Comparison Chart Part 2
 Handout: Chapter 7 Vocabulary
 Non-Fiction Structure
  Assignment: Chapter 7 Vocabulary  Assignment: The Play of The Diary of  Assignment: 100 Basic Words

 Using Word Parts Anne Frank Questions  Spelling Rules

 Essay: Word Parts
 Punctuation Marks
 Quiz: Ending Punctuation
 Worksheet: Correct Punctuation Marks
 Writing Your Own Play Script
– Questions and Answers
 Punctuation Marks Inside a Sentence
 Using the Comma
 Worksheet: Make Sense With Commas
 Using the Semicolon
 Worksheet: Inside Punctuation
 Vocabulary
 Assignment: The Play of the Diary of
 Worksheet: Using Rules I & II
Anne Frank Essay Outline
 How to Spell With No Mistakes
 Essay: The Play of the Diary of Anne
 Handout: Spelling Exercises
Frank Character Analysis Essay
 Assignment: Spelling Exercises
 Fact or Opinion?
 Handout: How to Write a Playscript
 Handout: Fact or Opinion
 Handout: Writing a Playscript Part 2
 Assignment: Fact or Opinion
 Assignment: Play Script
 Writing to Persuade
9- Capitalization, Spelling, Persuasive
Writing  Writing: Brainstorm Your Topic
 Assignment: Persuasive Essay Topic

 Worksheet: Commas & Semicolons

 Handout: Chapter 8 Vocabulary  Reliability of Websites
 Essay: Punctuate Correctly
 Assignment: Chapter 8 Vocabulary  Handout: Persuasive Essay Source

 Drama -The Play of the Diary of Anne Organizer

 Word Parts
Frank  Assignment: Persuasive Essay
 Assignment: Word Parts
 Handout: The Play of The Diary of Sources Organizer
 Capitalization
Anne Frank Questions  Counterarguments
 Spelling
 Handout: The Diary Of Anne Frank  Handout: Counterarguments
 Handout: 100 Basic Words
Essay Outline  Assignment: Counterarguments
 Persuasive Essay Format
 Handout: Persuasive Essay Planning
Guide
 Assignment: Persuasive Essay
Planning Guide
 Quoting or Paraphrasing
 Writing Your
 Essay: Drafting, Revising and Editing
 Assignment: Persuasive Essay
10- Synonyms, Antonyms, Bridge to
Terabithia, Compare and Contrast
 Vocabulary
 Quiz: Chapter 9 Vocabulary
 Word Parts
 Assignment: Word Parts
 Synonyms
 Antonyms
 Assignment: Synonyms and Antonyms
 Words From People, Places & Things
 Quiz: Person, Place or Thing?
 Bridge to Terabithia
 Handout: Bridge to Terabithia
Questions Part 1
 Handout: Bridge to Terabithia
Questions Part 2
 Assignment: Bridge to Terabithia
Questions Part 1
 Assignment: Bridge to Terabithia
Questions Part 2
 Compare and Contrast
 Compare and Contrast the Novel and
Film
 Handout: Bridge to Terabithia Compare
and Contrast
 Essay: Bridge to Terabithia
Compare/Contrast
11- Informative Writing, Making Decisions,
Independent Novel
 Vocabulary
 Worksheet: Chapter 10 Vocabulary
 Word Parts
 Assignment: Crossword Puzzle
 Informative Writing
 Making Decisions
 Essay: Making Decisions
 A Life That Makes A Difference
 Essay: A Life that Makes a Difference
 Choose a Novel
 Handout: Character Sketch
 Assignment: Novel Summary
 Assignment: Character Sketch
12- Narratives, Dialogue, Setting
 Vocabulary
 Quiz: Chapter 11 Vocabulary
 Word Parts
 Assignment: Word Parts Crossword
Puzzle
 Writing Dialogue
 Handout: Dialogue
 Handout: Practicing Dialogue
  Assignment: Practicing Dialogue

 Narrative Writing

 Setting: It Was a Dark & Stormy Night

 Essay: Narrative

 Making Mistakes

 Essay: Making Mistakes

 Post-test

 Assignment: Post-test