CMS Lesson Plan Teacher: J. Fellows Course/Level: 7th ELA
Week of: March 2-7, 2015 Monday Tuesday
Focused Standard/Element(s) ELACC7R12 ELACC7RI7
After learning about Utopian After learning about Utopian Society, Society, do you believe Utopia do you believe Utopia is possible? Essential Question(s) is possible?
Warm Up: Project a picture of Oneida (Oneida Community Pic in Warm Up: DropBox). Analyze the people, Name one conflict in Harrison Bergeron. Cite Opening (5-10 min) the scenery, the buildings, and evidence and explain your answer. the activities of the people. Does this seem to indicate a type of utopia? Explain your answer in 3 sentences cite evidence.
Take the picture (Oneida Socratic seminar on 2081 (in Community Pic in DropBox) and in Work-Time Activities (40 min) dropbox). one paragraph use sensory Choose 5 - 7 questions from the post descriptive words to explain what viewing review that you think would you saw. Then discuss with your lead to a good class discussion. group your answers. Allow students 5 minutes to think of Compare and contrast and then replies and write down ideas. rewrite your paragraph as a group Students are to add comments to with a final sensory descriptive what last person stated. No paragraph to present to the class to negatives are allowed. compare and contrast.
Written Replies Closure Activity (10 min) Descriptive writing paragraphs Tasks and products designed for multiple intelligences/learning Tasks and products designed for Tasks and products designed for styles. Flexible grouping with multiple intelligences/learning styles. multiple intelligences/learning Differentiation Strategies assigned roles to each group Flexible grouping with assigned roles to styles. (targeting student growth) member. Emphasis on Thinking each group member. Emphasis on skills: giving students the Thinking skills: giving students the opportunity to think aloud, discuss opportunity to think aloud, discuss their their thinking with their peers. thinking with their peers. Thursday Friday Additional Notes
Focused Standard/Element(s) ELACC7RL7 ELACC7RL1
After learning about Utopian After learning about Utopian Society, Society, do you believe Utopia do you believe Utopia is possible? Essential Question(s) is possible?
Warm Up: Warm Up: How would you define the distinct Define in 5 words what an allusion Opening (5-10 min) difference between a Utopian and is. Dystopian Society? Cite evidence from your findings yesterday.
Students will take their Cornell Notes and Writing Topic: In Nazi Germany Work-Time Activities (40 min) Articles from Wed and compose a TChart three million handicapped making comparisons of the two. Groups persons, non-Aryans, and will discuss and make presentation to class gypsies were put to death by with their final answers. Hitler’s troops. Explain why Hitler felt it necessary to eliminate handicapped people. Find evidence to support your argument in the Harrison Bergeron story. Cite your evidence using quotation marks, page, and paragraph. Mini lesson on allusion. Closure Activity (10 min) TCharts Completed writing prompt.
Tasks and products designed for multiple intelligences/learning styles. Flexible Allowing for multiple right Differentiation Strategies grouping with assigned roles to each group answers: open-ended assignments that focus on the process of (Targeting student growth) member. Emphasis on Thinking skills: giving students the opportunity to think solving the problem and/or critical aloud, discuss their thinking with their thinking. peers.