Lesson: # 69 Monday, December 1, 2014

Grade: English 7

Title: Summary and Book Talk

Desired Outcome:

Students will revise and edit summary of their book using a model and grading rubric provided.

Students will practice reading their summary to their classmates.

Homework for Independent Study and Due Dates:

Summary is to be uploaded to turnitin.com by Tonight.

Present summaries to class tomorrow.

5 minutes - Practice Prior Skills (Warm-up)

Review Word of the Week at mrscaple.com.

Revise the sentence below for the following: Use of comma after day and year in a date, Correct use of indefinite article, Use of subordinating conjunction to combine sentences

1. Shakespeare was born on April 23 1564 in an small town called Stratford-on-Avon.

2. Shakespeare is very famous today. He was not so well known in his day.

10 Minutes: Classroom Instruction:

1. Revise and edit summary against the grading rubric and model.

2. Use the resources at mrscaple.com to revise and edit your summary.

3. Practice presenting to your cooperative learning group.

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Book Talk

For the summary use this narrative frame by answers to the following questions in your sum-mary. DO NOT GIVE AWAY THE ENDING.

The Narrative Frame1. Who are the main characters and what distinguishes them from others?2. When and where did the story take place? What were the circumstances?3. What prompted the action in the story?4. How did the characters express their feeling?5. What did the main characters decide to do? Did they set a goal, and, if so, whatwas it?6. How did the main characters try to accomplish their goals?7. What were the consequences?

For the grabber, you may use all the ones provided at mrscaple.com, but you may also open with a question. You may want to consider using the grabber from your literary analysis essay.

The hook is similar to a clincher. It is how you will hook the audience into wanting to read your book.

The following is an example of a book talk:

John Quincy Adams once said, “Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish,” that proves to be true metaphorically speaking in this book. A Single Shard, by Linda Sue Park is a historical fiction novel that takes place in 12th century Korea. An orphan, named Tree-ear is taken-in and taught important honorable life lessons by Crane-man, who is somewhat homeless himself because he lives under a bridge. Crane-man demonstrates perseverance as he provides for Tree-ear in creative ways since he only has one leg and not employable. Tree-ear becomes obsessed with watching Min craft his pottery because his pottery is the finest of all in his village. Tree-ear desperately wants to work under Min and finally has the opportunity when he accidentally breaks a piece of his pottery. Min hires him to pay off the damage. However, Tree-ear learns patience as he continues to work for free although Min’s wife gives Tree-ear meals in return. Representatives of the Royal Emissary come to the village looking for the best potter to commission pottery for the Royal fam-ily. In order for them to approve Min’s work, Tree-ear must persevere and travel a long and treacherous journey to the city of Songdo with two of Min’s vases. He encounters thieves and vicious events along the way. To find out if Tree-ear completes his journey to the city and to see if Min’s work is approved then read this book, A Single Shard by Linda Sue Park.

The grading rubric is on the following page.

Book Talk Rubric

4 3 2 1

Presentation Frequent Glances at audience

Several Glances at audience

Attempts a glance at the audience

Does not glance at the audience

Thoroughly en-gaged the audi-ence with reading skills.

Somewhat en-gaged the audi-ence with reading skills.

Attempts to en-gage the audience with reading skills.

Does not engage the audience with reading skills.

Content Opens with an ef-fective grabber

Opens with a somewhat effec-tive grabber

Opens with a grab-ber

Does not open with a grabber

Provides a thor-ough summary of book.

Provides a some-what thorough summary of book.

Attempts to Pro-vide a summary of book.

Does not Provide a summary of book.

Closes with an ef-fective hook.

Closes with a somewhat effect hook.

Attempts to close with a hook.

Does not close with a hook.

30 minutes - classroom practice:

Write summary for book talk using the model above.

Lesson: # 70 Tuesday, December 2, 2014

Grade: English 7

Title: Book Talk

Desired Outcome:

Students will present book talk (read summary) to their classmates.

5 minutes - Practice Prior Skills (Warm-up)

Revise the sentence below for the following: Correct use of apostrophe to show pos-session, Correction of commonly misspelled word, Elimination of double neg-ative

1. Scholars think that Shakespeares father was a businessman who also served in the local goverment.

2. We know hardly nothing about Shakespeare’s life.

Review Word of the Week at mrscaple.com.

5 Minutes: Classroom Instruction:

1. Students are to give undivided attention to the person speaking. They are to smile and clap when the presenter is finished.

30 minutes - classroom practice:

Students read summaries to class.

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Lesson: # 71 Wednesday, December 3, 2014

Grade: English 7

Title: Introduce Poetry

Desired Outcome:

Students will define and apply Form in Poetry.

Students will compare three literary works of poetry.

Students will define relevant vocabulary

Students will apply the reading strategy: Reading According to Punctuation.

5 minutes - Practice Prior Skills (Warm-up)

Revise the sentence below for the following: Capitalization of important words in a title, Use of quotation marks with title of a poem, Correct use of parentheses

1. Edgar Allan Poe is the author of the poem annabel lee.

2. Poe 1809–1849 was born in Boston and had a hard life.

Diagram the following:

Hopefully, the rain will stop soon, so you can go outside and play.

Review Word of the Week at mrscaple.com.

20 Minutes: Classroom Instruction:

1. The following poems are about the poets’ inspiration from nature or animals. Identify the setting in which you live and describe its most outstanding natural characteristics.

2. Now, think about a place you have visited that has struck you as particularly beautiful or stunning. Provide adjectives to describe it.

3. Haiku, originally called hokku, originated in sixteenth-century Japan. A Haiku is a type of poetry that can be written on many themes, from love to nature.

4. Define form, stanza, concrete poem, and Haiku (page 719).

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3. Provide four questions for students to think about while reading poems (page 719)

4. Teach students how poets use punctuation (719).

5. Define and apply swerve, utter, pasture, and totters (719).

6. Read all three poems out loud.

10 Minutes - Classroom Practice

Students will answer the prior four questions now.

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Lesson # 72 Thursday, December 4, 2014

Grade: English 7

Title: Analyze Poetry

Desired Outcome:

Students will apply Form in Poetry.

Students will compare three literary works of poetry.

Students will practice using relevant vocabulary

Students will practice applying the reading strategy: Reading According to Punctua-tion.

Homework for Independent Study and Due Dates:

Review and assess is due to tomorrow.

5 minutes - Practice Prior Skills (Warm-up)

Revise the sentence below for the following: Use of relative clause to combine sen-tences, Capitalization of names of languages, Use of comma after introductory subordinate clause

1. Shakespeare was probably educated at the Stratford Grammar School. He was taught latin and greek.

2. Although we don’t know much about Shakespeare’s life we do know he was married and had three children.

Review Word of the Week at mrscaple.com.

20 Minutes: Classroom Instruction:

Students will review the poems and assess their understanding by answering the Review and Assess questions at the end of each poem.

10 Minutes - Classroom Practice

Students will analyze the poems independently by answering the Questions 1-9 on the Re-view and Assess page.

Lesson: # 73 Friday, December 5, 2014

Lesson #73 Week 16

Grade: English 7

Title: Review and Assess Grammar Development

Desired Outcome:

Students will apply Form in Poetry.

Students will compare three literary works of poetry.

Students will practice using relevant vocabulary

Students will practice applying the reading strategy: Reading According to Punctua-tion.

Homework for Independent Study and Due Dates:

Grammar Development is due Monday, December 8, 2014.

5 minutes - Practice Prior Skills (Warm-up)

Revise the sentence below for the following:Use of comma after introductory prepo-sitional phrase, Correct spelling of plural noun, Use of commas with inter-rupter

1. By 1594 Shakespeare was part owner of one of the most successful theater companys in London.

2. By that time however Shakespeare already had a reputation as an actor and play-wright.

Review Word of the Week at mrscaple.com.

20 Minutes: Classroom Instruction:

Students will assess their understanding of the Review and Assess by evaluating (grading) their work in class.

10 Minutes - Classroom Practice

Students will apply understanding of grammar and vocabulary by answering the Grammar Development questions at the end of the chapter.