<p> Language Arts Lesson Plans</p><p>August 21-25, 2017</p><p>Standards:</p><p>RL.7.2 theme, central idea, genre, characters, plot, literary devices, inferences, summary</p><p>RL.7.3 rising action, setting, dialogue</p><p>RL.7.4 figurative language, context clues, affixes</p><p>RL.7.5 poem structure</p><p>RL.7.6 point of view</p><p>RI.7.3 main idea, summary</p><p>RI.7.6 author’s purpose, point of view</p><p>W.7.3a, W.7.3b writing a narrative</p><p>Terms to focus on: convey, analyze, interact, foreshadow, unfold, ALL plot terms, tone, mood, ALL figurative language terms, 1st person, omniscient, 3rd person, point of view, author’s style, develop, pacing, flow, stanza, rhyme, rhythm, author’s purpose</p><p>Homework: Newsela quiz due Friday.</p><p>Assessments: vocabulary quiz, reading response, grammar quiz August 21</p><p>Bell work: Word of the Day</p><p>Mini-lesson: close reading strategies/decoding test questions</p><p>Activities:</p><p>The students will</p><p>1. Read the NASA article and annotate. </p><p>2. Read “All Summer in a Day” and annotate</p><p>3. Decode test questions from Newsela.</p><p>Materials: NASA article, “All Summer in a Day” August 22</p><p>Bell work: Word of the Day</p><p>Maya Angelou quiz</p><p>The students will:</p><p>1. Read the lyrics of the song, “Smile.” (To whom do you believe the author is writing this poem?)</p><p>2. Listen to the lyrics of the song. </p><p>3. Discuss the meaning of the song and how the author conveys the meaning through poetic devices.</p><p>4. Review poetic devices using the power point attached.</p><p>5. Read “Still I Rise” by Maya Angelou.</p><p>6. In pairs, annotate the poem by pointing out poetic devices and figurative language.</p><p>7. Reading response (independent)</p><p>8. Read The Outsiders.</p><p>Materials: “Smile” “Still I Rise” Power point</p><p>Reading Response question: You have read, “Still I Rise” by Maya Angelou. Explain the theme of the poem. Explain how the author uses poetic devices to convey the theme of the poem. Use specific examples from the poem to support your claim. August 23</p><p>Bell work: Word of the Day</p><p>Mini-lesson: review quiz</p><p>Activities </p><p>The students will </p><p>1. Read “Nothing Gold Can Stay.” </p><p>2. Write a thematic statement for the poem.</p><p>3. Begin a model poem to place in Poetry Portfolio.</p><p>Materials: “Nothing Gold Can Stay” August 24</p><p>Bell work: Word of the Day (study)</p><p>Fresh Text Test August 25</p><p>Bell work: Study for vocabulary test. </p><p>Assessments: vocabulary quiz</p><p>Activities: The students will</p><p>1. Complete the model poem and share.</p><p>2. Read The Outsiders. </p><p>3. Review test.</p>