MISS MISKIMMIN S LESSON PLANS for WEEKS of 12/02, 12/08, 12/15, and 12/22

MISS MISKIMMIN’S LESSON PLANS FOR WEEKS OF 11/27, 12/04, 12/11, and 12/18:

The following are the standards that will be targeted throughout this unit. 1. Determine a theme or central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text (CC1.3.8.A) 2. Analyze how particular lines of dialogue or incidents in a story or drama propel the action, reveal aspects of a character, or provoke a decision (CC.1.3.8.C) 3. Analyze the influence of the words and phrases in a text including figurative and connotative meanings; and how they shape meaning and tone (CC.1.3.8.F) 4. Analyze the extent to which a filmed or live production of a story or drama stays faithful to or departs from the text or script, evaluating the choices made by directors or actors (CC.1.3.8.G) 5. Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases based on grade-level reading and content, choosing flexibly from a range of strategies and tools. 6. Demonstrate a grade-appropriate command of the conventions of standard English grammar, usage, capitalization, punctuation, and spelling (CC.1.4.8.F)

Monday, 11/27: No School Thanksgiving Break

Tuesday, 11/28: Materials: A Christmas Carol, vocab sheets, reader’s response entries 1. Record obligations for the week 2. Explain A Christmas Carol unit as far as expectations, schedule, and assignments 3. Distribute reader response entries and vocabulary list for this unit 4. Intro to Victorian Era

Wednesday, 11/29: Materials: A Christmas Carol, vocab sheets, reader’s response entries 1. Finish intro to Victorian Era jobs 2. Review of literary elements: characterization, tone, mood, exposition, and setting 3. Charles Dickens research 4. Victorian England research

Thursday, 11/30: Materials: A Christmas Carol, vocab sheets, planner, notebook, reader’s response entries 1. Finish any final discussion pieces from the research component 2. View a brief clip of A Christmas Carol to understand setting and mood of the novel 3. Begin Stave 1: read pages 1-12 (ending top of p. 13) 4. Assignment: a. Begin taking notes for Stave 1 i. Describe the chambers where Scrooge lives. ii. What does Scrooge see in the knocker on the door? iii. Marley’s description. iv. Why does Scrooge “doubt his senses?” v. What is the fate of the spirit? vi. What is the significance of Marley’s chains? vii. What does Marley mean by “business?” viii. Why does Scrooge see the Phantoms? ix. Is there any evidence of change by the end of the first stave? b. Reader’s Response Entry #1 c. Study for Stave 1 Quiz plus vocab on Wednesday, 12/06

Friday, 12/01: Materials: A Christmas Carol, notebook, reader’s response entry 1. Discussion of first part of Stave 1 2. Finish reading Stave 1 3. Assignment: a. Finish reading Stave 1 if not complete. b. Complete Stave 1 notes (see Thursday’s assignments for note guide) c. Reader’s response entry #2 d. Study for Stave 1 Quiz plus vocab on Wednesday, 12/06.

Monday, 12/04: Materials: A Christmas Carol, notebook, reader’s response entry 1. Record obligations for the week 2. Discussion of Stave 1 3. Assignment: Study for Stave 1 Quiz plus vocab on Wednesday, 12/06.

Tuesday, 12/05: Materials: A Christmas Carol, notebook, reader’s response entry 1. Finish discussion of Stave 1 2. Begin Stave 2 3. Assignment: The following assignments are due by Thursday at the beginning of class at the latest: a. Finish reading Stave 2. b. Take notes on the following including page numbers. Some of these may have been completed in class: i. Description of first ghost ii. What do we learn about Scrooge’s home life? iii. Who is Fan? Why is her character significant? iv. Describe Scrooge’s relationship with Fezziwig. v. Compare Fezziwig as an employer to Scrooge. vi. Why did Scrooge’s relationship with Belle fail? vii. List the 5 regrets that Scrooge reveals during Stave 2. c. Reader response entry #3 d. Study for Stave 1 quiz plus vocab.

Wednesday, 12/06: Materials: A Christmas Carol, notebook, response entry, stave 1 quiz 1. Quiz on Stave 1 2. Finish work for Stave 2 3. Assignment: a. Study for Staves 2-3 quiz plus vocab on Wednesday, 12/13. b. Finish any of the assignments from Tuesday if you have not already done so.

Thursday, 12/07: Materials: A Christmas Carol, notebook, response entry 1. Discussion of Stave 2 2. Assignment: a. Study for Staves 2-3 quiz plus vocab on Wednesday, 12/13. Friday, 12/08: Materials: A Christmas Carol, notebook, response entry 1. Finish discussion of Stave 2 2. Begin reading and taking notes on Stave 3 (p.51-68 finishing at the top of page 69). 3. Assignment: b. Read pgs. 51-68 (finishing at the top of p. 69) in Stave 3. The following assignments will be checked on Tuesday, 12/12: c. Take notes on the following including page numbers. Some of these may have been completed in class: i. Description of second ghost ii. Description of Tiny Tim iii. How do Mr. and Mrs. Cratchit respond to “The Founder of the Feast,” Scrooge? iv. What conclusions can you draw about the Cratchit family? v. Compare Bob Cratchit and Scrooge’s nephew, Fred. vi. How does Scrooge feel after seeing his nephew’s Christmas festivities? vii. What is the significance of the two children the Spirit reveals? viii. Is Scrooge changing yet? What proof do we have? d. Reader response entry #4 e. Study for Staves 2-3 quiz plus vocab on Wednesday, 12/13.

Monday, 12/11: Materials: A Christmas Carol, notebook, response entry 1. Record weekly obligations 2. Finish reading Stave 3, take notes, and complete Reader Response #4 3. Assignment: a. Study for Staves 2-3 quiz plus vocab on Wednesday, 12/13. b. Finish any of the assignments for Stave 3 and Reader Response #4.

Tuesday, 12/12: Materials: A Christmas Carol, notebook, reader response entry 1. Discussion of Stave 3 2. Assignment: a. Study for Staves 2-3 quiz plus vocab. Wednesday, 12/13: Materials: A Christmas Carol, notebook, response entry, Stave 2-3 quiz 1. Quiz on Staves 2-3 2. Begin reading Stave 4 3. Assignment: a. Finish reading Stave 4 b. Take notes on the following including page numbers. Some of these may have been completed in class: i. Describe the 3rd Spirit ii. When the scene opens, whose funeral is it? iii. p. 90 (p.659 col. B-orange lit book) analyze this quote: “We’re not going to pick holes in each other’s coats, I suppose.” iv. p. 94 (p. 661 col. A-orange lit book): What is Dickens saying in this paragraph about the power of death? “Oh, cold, cold, rigid, dreadful Death…to sow the world with life immortal.” v. How do the Cratchit’s react to the death of Tiny Tim? vi. What does the 3rd Spirit reveal to Scrooge about Tiny Tim? vii. What is Scrooge’s promise at the end of Stave 4?

Thursday, 12/14: Materials: A Christmas Carol, notebook, response entry 1. Discussion of Stave 4 2. Assignment: a. Reader response entry #5 b. Study for Staves 4-5 quiz plus vocab on Wednesday, 12/20.

Friday, 12/15: Materials: A Christmas Carol, notebook, response entry 1. Finish discussion of Stave 4. 2. Read Stave 5; finish the play and take notes 3. Assignment: a. Study for Staves 4-5 quiz plus vocab on Wednesday, 12/20.

Monday, 12/18: Materials: A Christmas Carol, notebook, response entry 1. Record obligations for the week 2. Discuss Stave 5 3. Reader response #6 (answer in class) 4. Assignment: a. Dress appropriately for the theater. b. Study for Staves 4-5 quiz plus vocab. Wednesday, 12/20.

Tuesday, 12/19: Materials: appropriate dress for the theater *Students will travel to the Byham Theater in Pittsburgh to see A Musical Christmas Carol.* 1. Assignment: a. Study for Staves 4-5 quiz plus vocab.

Wednesday, 12/20: Materials: A Christmas Carol, notebook, response entry, staves 4-5 quiz 1. Quiz on Staves 4-5 2. If there is time, begin discussion of dramatic license and critique

Thursday, 12/21: Materials: A Christmas Carol, notebook, response entry 1. Discuss dramatic license and critique. 2. Discuss similarities and differences from the play and the text. 3. Students will work on a formal critique for the written text versus the play version.

Friday, 12/22: Materials: A Christmas Carol, notebook, response entry, critiques 1. Finish critique 2. Discuss differing opinions based on the two versions of the play

HAVE A WONDERFUL WINTER BREAK!!