Composition Daily Lesson Plans (Spring 2015)
*due to life, all lesson plans are subject to change.
Composition Daily Lesson Plans (2014)
Composition Daily Lesson Plans (2012)
Composition Daily Lesson Plans (2014)
Composition Daily Lesson Plans (2012)
MondayJan. 19
Goal: To understand class expectations. Read and discuss "10 Things Teenage Writers Should Know About Writing." Hand out syllabus. Website and Tii.com information. Assignment: "A Writer's Profile" and Tii.com due Tuesday. |
TuesdayJan. 20
Goal: To understand your own personal writing qualities. Seating chart. Discuss "A Writer's Profile." "What is Good Writing?" activity. Assignment: Finish "What is Good Writing?" activity and Tii.com due Thursday. |
WednesdayJan. 21
Practice ACT. No class. |
ThursdayJan. 22
Goal: To understand writing expectations. Discuss "What is Good Writing?" and "10 Things..." Review the basics of paragraph writing. Read article. Assignment: Write a formal body paragraph about the article and Tii.com due Friday. |
FridayJan. 23
Goal: To understand writing expectations. "How to Say Nothing in 500 Words." Assignment: finish reading the article and summarize the main points due Monday. |
Jan. 26
Goal: To understand writing expectations. Qualities of a Paragraph activity. |
Jan. 27
Goal: To understand writing expectations. Qualities of a Paragraph activity. |
Jan. 28
Goal: To understand and properly use phrases. Start phrase review. Prepositional and appositive phrases notes. Assignment: wkst due Thursday. |
Jan. 29
Goal: To understand and properly use phrases. Correct wkst. Infinitive phrases notes. |
Jan. 30
Goal: To understand and properly use phrases. Participial and gerund phrases notes. Phrase review activities. |
Feb. 2
Goal: To understand and properly use phrases. Phrase review activity. View "Gillmore Girls." |
Feb. 3
Goal: To understand the purpose and structure of the college application. Phrases quiz. College application notes. Assignment: brainstorm wkst due Wednesday. |
Feb. 4
Freshman Open House PM. Goal: To understand the purpose and structure of the college application. Finish application notes. Discuss application questions. Read and discuss the Bruke essay. |
Feb. 5
Goal: To understand the good and bad qualities of a college application essay. Look at application examples. Hand out application essay rubric. |
Feb. 6
Goal: To write a college application essay. Meet in the English Computer Lab. Start writing the essay. |
Feb. 9
Goal: To write a quality application essay. Meet in the English Lab. Write application essay. |
Feb. 10
Goal: To write a quality application essay. Meet in the English Lab. Write application essay. |
Feb. 11
Goal: To write a quality application essay. Meet in the English Lab. Write application essay. |
Feb. 12
Goal: To write a quality application essay. Meet in the English Lab. Write application essay. |
Feb. 13
Goal: To identify and use clauses. College application essays due. Clause notes. |
Feb. 16
Goal: To identify and use clauses AND to re-write ideas. Finish clause notes. Hand back and discuss application essays. Assignment: Re-write the application essays due on Friday. |
Feb. 17
Diversity training. Goal: To re-write ideas. Meet in the English Lab. Re-write application essay. |
Feb. 18
Late start. Goal: To identify types of sentence structures AND to re-write ideas. Meet in the English Lab. Types of sentence structure notes. Re-write application essays. |
Feb. 19
Diversity training. Goal: To re-write ideas. Meet in the English Lab. Re-write application essays. |
Feb. 20
Diversity training. Goal: To write using different sentence structures. Meet in the English Lab. Re-write portions of the application essay with different sentence structures. Review sentence structure notes. Essays due at the end of the day. |
Feb. 23
Goal: To identify and properly use different sentence structures. Review sentence structure notes. |
Feb. 24
Goal: To re-write ideas. Meet in the English Lab. Return application essays. Re-write application essays. |
Feb. 25
Goal: To re-write ideas. Meet in the English Lab. Return sentence variation paragraphs. Incorporate re-written ideas into the application essay. |
Feb. 26
Goal: To re-write ideas. Meet in the English Lab. Finish re-writing application essays. Essays due at the end of the day. |
Feb. 27
No school. District In-service. |
Mar. 2
Goal: To understand the structure of a lit. analysis. Literary analysis notes. |
Mar. 3
No class. ACT testing. |
Mar. 4
Goal: To understand the structure of a lit. analysis. No class during 5a - Work Keys testing. Open note clause quiz. |
Mar. 5
Parent/Teacher Conferences: 3:30-7:30. Goal: To identify the parts of a literary analysis. Hand out and analyze example essay. Hand out and start reading short stories. Assignment: read short stories at least three times due Monday. |
Mar. 6
No school. Parent/Teacher Conferences: 8-10 |
Mar. 9
Goal: To find examples of lit. elements. Close read stories for specific lit. elements. |
Mar. 10
Goal: To organize examples, select a theme, and write a thesis statement. Hand out frames to organize examples. Select a theme. Write a thesis statement. |
Mar. 11
Goal: To create a formal outline. Meet in CWL. Outline notes. Create an outline. Hand out process sheet. |
Mar. 12
Goal: To write a literary analysis. Meet in CWL. Start writing body paragraphs. |
Mar. 13
Goal: To write a literary analysis. Meet in CWL. Write body paragraphs. |
Mar. 16
Goal: To write a literary analysis. Meet in CWL. Work on body paragraphs. |
Mar. 17
Goal: To write a literary analysis. Meet in CWL. Write introduction paragraph and attention-getter. |
Mar. 18
Late start. Goal: To write a literary analysis. First two paragraphs due at the end of the day. Meet in CWL. Prep and polish the first two paragraphs. |
Mar. 19
Goal: To write a literary analysis Meet in CWL. Re-work the introduction paragraphs. |
Mar. 20
End of 3rd quarter. Early release. Goal: To proofread. Meet in CWL. Polish and finish essay. Assignment: completed essay rough draft, typed and printed, due Monday. |
Mar. 23
Goal: To improve the basics of a literary analysis. Meet in CWL. Hand back and discuss basic critiques of lit. analysis paragraphs. |
Mar. 24
Goal: To write a literary analysis. Unexpected no internet access day... :( View and discuss TED ED videos instead. |
Mar. 25
Goal: To proofread a literary analysis. Meet in CWL. Hand out Proofreading Guide. Print, proofread, re-write essays. |
Mar. 26
Goal: To proofread a literary analysis. Literary analysis due at midnight. Meet in CWL. Polish and finish essay. |
Mar. 27
Goal: To write a research paper. Research paper notes. |
Mar. 30
Goal: To organize and write a research paper. Finish research paper notes. Hand out and discuss research paper contracts. Hand out example essay. Assignment: read example essay. |
Mar. 31
Goal: To organize and write a research paper. Quiz on example essay. |
Apr. 1
Goal: To select a quality persuasive research topic. Select topic and start brainstorming reasons. |
Apr. 2
Goal: To select a quality persuasive research topic. Select topic and start brainstorming reasons. |
Apr. 3
Spring break. |
Apr. 6
Spring break. |
Apr. 7
Spring break. |
Apr. 8
Spring break. |
Apr. 9
Spring break. |
Apr. 10
Spring break. |
Apr. 13
Goal: To gather research. Meet in CWL. Research topic on SIRS. |
Apr. 14
Goal: To gather research. Meet in the Library. Research topic in the library. |
Apr. 15
Late start. Goal: To gather research. Meet in the Library. Research topic. |
Apr. 16
Goal: To gather research. Meet in the CWL. Research topic. |
Apr. 17
Goal: To take notes using note cards. Meet in the CWL. How to take note cards, how to take source cards, and how to make basic Works Cited entries notes. Assignment: 15 note cards due on Monday. |
Apr. 20
Goal: To take notes. 15 note cards due at the beginning of class. Take notes. |
Apr. 21
Goal: To take notes. Take notes. |
Apr. 22
Goal: To take notes. Take notes. |
Apr. 23
Goal: To take notes. Take notes. |
Apr. 24
Goal: To organize notes into a formal outline. 50 note cards due. Formal outline notes. Make an outline from current research. Assignment: Complete outline due Monday. |
Apr. 27
Goal: To write a persuasive research paper. Write paper. |
Apr. 28
Goal: To write a persuasive research paper. How to paraphrase day. Write paper. |
Apr. 29
Goal: To write a persuasive research paper. Write paper. |
Apr. 30
Goal: To write a persuasive research paper. Write paper. |
May 1
Goal: To write a persuasive research paper. Write paper. Two pages of body paragraphs due at midnight. |
May 4
Goal: To write a persuasive research paper. Write paper. |
May 5
Goal: To write a persuasive research paper. Write paper. |
May 6
Goal: To write a persuasive research paper. Write paper. |
May 7
Goal: To write a persuasive research paper. Write paper. |
May 8
Goal: To write a persuasive research paper. Write paper. First six pages of research paper due by the end of class. |
May 11
Goal: To create an MLA Works Cited page. Create Works Cited page. Write paper. Assignment: Completed research paper rough draft due Tuesday. |
May 12
Goal: To edit and polish a persuasive research paper. Works Cited page due. Edit rough draft. |
May 13
Goal: To edit and polish a persuasive research paper. Edit rough draft. |
May 14
Goal: To edit and polish a persuasive research paper. Edit rough draft. |
May 15
Prom weekend. Goal: To edit and polish a persuasive research paper. Edit rough draft. Research paper due at midnight. |
May 18
Goal: To recover. Watch Finding Forrester. |
May 19
Goal: To recover. Watch Finding Forrester. |
May 20
Late start. Goal: To recover. Watch Finding Forrester. |
May 21
Goal: To write a compare/contrast essay. Start compare/contrast essay. |
May 22
Early release. Goal: To write a compare/contrast essay. Compare/contrast essay. |
May 25
No school. Memorial Day. |
May 26
Goal: To write a compare/contrast essay. College discussion day. |
May 27
Goal: To write a compare/contrast essay. Meet in English lab. Write essay. |
May 28
Goal: To write a compare/contrast essay. Meet in English lab. Write essay. |
May 29
Goal: To write a compare/contrast essay. Meet in English lab. Write essay. |
June 1
Goal: To review for final exam. Compare/contrast essays due. Review for exam. |
June 2
Exams. |
June 3
Exams. 5th hour exam: 9:05-10:35. Meet in English lab. |
June 4
Exams. |
June 5
Teacher in-service. |