Copper Sun Lesson Plans: English I - C. Bolt
REMINDER: DO NOT FORGET THAT AR POINTS ARE DUE BY OCTOBER 22nd!
Monday (9/22)
Bellringer: EDE #1 – Neptune’s Discovery (Everyday Edits – These go into the “EOC Prep” portion of your binder! These daily reviews will help to improve your writing skills! )
Kickoff to the Copper Sun Unit
· View the trailer for the book
· In groups of three, define novel vocabulary terms and research the topics of the Charleston slave market, Cape Coast Castle and rice production in SC. Students may need the use of cell phones that connect to the Internet for this activity.
· Create a research report, based on your findings.
· Switch groups and present your topic to classmates who have different topics.
· Take notes based on your classmates’ presentations.
Tuesday (9/23)
Bellringer: EDE #2 – Desegregation at Central High
AR Time (if possible)
Complete an open note quiz based on Friday’s research presentations.
Read, analyze and evaluate Chapters One – Three of Copper Sun.
o Active reading activity: Complete the character chart as we read the novel.
§ Analyze for character development
§ View the video of someone smashing fufu
o Reading Skills Focus: Exposition, Setting, Tone, Character, Conflict
o Post Reading Activity: Create a plot flow chart of scenes from the novel.
o Answer all reading comprehension questions.
Homework: Study vocabulary words and complete reading comprehension questions. Read your AR novel.
Wednesday (9/24)
Bellringer: EDE #3 – Jim Henson’s Muppets
AR Time (if possible)
· Read, analyze and evaluate Chapters Four – Seven of Copper Sun.
o Active reading activity: complete the character chart as we read the novel.
o Reading Skills Focus: Rising Action, Complications, Setting, Tone, Character, Conflict
o Post Reading Activity: Create a plot flow chart by drawing scenes from the novel.
o Answer all reading comprehension questions.
Homework: Complete reading comprehension questions. Read your AR novel.
Thursday (9/25)
Bellringer: EDE #4 – “Iceman,” the Mummy
AR Time (if possible)
· Vocabulary Test #1.
· Read, analyze and evaluate Chapters Eight and Ten of Copper Sun.
o Active reading activity: complete the character chart as we read the novel.
o Reading Skills Focus: Rising Action, Complications, Setting, Tone, Character, Conflict
o Post Reading Activity: Answer all reading comprehension questions.
Complete the Copper Sun Study Guide
o Character Development, Author’s Purpose, Historical Reference Analysis
Homework: Complete reading comprehension questions. Review all of your notes for your test on Part One. Read your AR novel.
Friday, (9/26)
Bellringer: EDE #5 – Dr. Ballard and the Titanic
AR Time (if possible)
· Read, analyze and evaluate Chapter Eleven of Copper Sun.
o Active reading activity: complete the character chart as we read the novel.
o Reading Skills Focus: Rising Action, Complications, Setting, Tone, Character, Conflict
o Post Reading Activity: Answer all reading comprehension questions.
Complete the Copper Sun Study Guide
o Character Development, Author’s Purpose, Historical Reference Analysis
· Copper Sun, Part One Test. You will read Chapters Eleven - Thirteen and complete the test. You will be allowed to use a novel on the test; however, you will not be permitted to use your binder. While you are testing, Ms. Bolt will assess your notes by completing a notebook check of your reading comprehension questions, character charts and plot chart for Chapters One – Ten.
· After the test, you will add Chapters Twelve – Thirteen to your charts.
Homework: Complete reading comprehension questions. Review all of your notes for your test on Part One. Read your AR novel.
Monday (9/29)
Bellringer: EDE # 6 – Roger Maris
Homework: Complete reading comprehension questions. Read your AR novel.
AR Time (if possible)
Chronological Order Skills and Reading for Details: Complete the Copper Sun Part One Chronological Order Challenge
Begin reading Part Two Polly: Read Chapters Fourteen and Fifteen.
o Active reading activity: complete the character chart as we read the novel.
o Active Reading Skills Focus: Imagery, Dialect, Simile, Idiom, Characterization, Hyperbole
§ List quotes and examples of these terms “in action” while reading
o Answer all reading comprehension questions.
Tuesday (9/30)
Bellringer: EDE #7- The Women in Henry VIII’s Life
AR Time (if possible)
Chapter Sixteen
o Active reading activity: complete the character chart as we read the novel.
o Active Reading Skills Focus: Imagery, Dialect, Simile, Idiom, Characterization, Hyperbole
§ List quotes and examples of these terms “in action” while reading
o Answer all reading comprehension questions.
Homework: Complete reading comprehension questions. Read your AR novel.
Wednesday (10/1)
Bellringer: EDE # 9 – Sarah Childress Polk: First Lady
AR Time (if possible)
Guidance lesson with Mrs. Schaffer
Homework: Read your AR novel.
Thursday (10/2)
Bellringer: EDE # 8 – Labor Day
AR Time (if possible)
· Vocabulary Test #1.
Begin Part Three – Amari.
Chapters Seventeen – Twenty
o Active reading activity: complete the character chart as we read the novel.
o Reading Skills Focus: Imagery, Dialect, Simile, Idiom, Characterization, Hyperbole
§ List quotes and examples of these terms “in action” while reading
o Answer all reading comprehension questions.
Homework: Complete reading comprehension questions. Read your AR novel.
Friday (10/3)
Bellringer: EDE #10 – James Forten, Free Black Man
AR Time (if possible)
Begin Part Four – Polly
Read Chapters Twenty One and Twenty Two.
o Active reading activity: complete the character chart as we read the novel.
o Reading Skills Focus: Descriptive Details, Time Sequencing in Plot
o Answer all reading comprehension questions.
Analysis of Literature: Parts One – Four Group Discussion Activity – Symbolism Focus, Quote Support
o Analyze Draper’s references to the sun. List several quotes that discuss the sun throughout the first part of the novel, and analyze the symbolism of the sun according to this story. What do you think Draper is trying to show us about every person being connected, through her use of symbolism with the sun?
Homework: Complete reading comprehension questions. Read your AR novel.
Monday (10/6)
Bellringer: EDE #11 – Tarzan is Born
AR Time (if possible)
Begin Part Five – Amari
Read Chapters Twenty Three and Twenty Four.
o Active reading activity: complete the character chart as we read the novel.
o Reading Skills Focus: Author’s Purpose, Major vs. Minor Characters, Reading for Meaning
o Answer all reading comprehension questions.
Homework: Complete reading comprehension questions. Read your AR novel.
Tuesday (10/7)
Bellringer: EDE #12 – Banned Books Week
AR Time (if possible)
Copper Sun, Parts Two – Five Test: Character Development, Analysis of Literature, Written Analysis
Begin Part Six – Polly: Chapters 25 – 30
o Active reading activity: complete the character chart as we read the novel.
o Reading Skills Focus: Author’s Purpose, Major vs. Minor Characters, Reading for Meaning, Plot Twists
o Answer all reading comprehension questions.
Homework: Complete reading comprehension questions. Read your AR novel.
Wednesday (10/8)
Bellringer: EDE #13 – It’s Football Time
AR Time (if possible)
Copper Sun, Part Six – 25-30
o Active reading activity: complete the character chart as we read the novel.
o Reading Skills Focus: Plot Twists, Rising Action
o Answer all reading comprehension questions.
Homework: Complete reading comprehension questions. Read your AR novel.
Thursday (10/9)
Bellringer: EDE #14 The Gas-Powered Car
AR Time (if possible)
Copper Sun, Part Seven – 31 - 35
o Active reading activity: complete the character chart as we read the novel.
o Reading Skills Focus: Flashback, Foreshadowing, Descriptive Details, Connotations/Denotations
o Video Clip Related To Novel: Bear Grylls (5 minutes)
o Answer all reading comprehension questions.
Homework: Complete reading comprehension questions. Read your AR novel.
Friday (10/10)
Bellringer: EDE #15 – Back to School
AR Time (if possible)
Copper Sun, Part Eight – Chapters 36-37
Part Nine – Chapter 38
o Active reading activity: complete the character chart as we read the novel.
o Reading Skills Focus: Imagery,
o Answer all reading comprehension questions.
Homework: Complete reading comprehension questions. Read your AR novel.
Monday (10/13)
Bellringer: EDE #16 Constitution Day
AR Time (if possible)
Copper Sun, Part Ten – Chapter 38
Part Eleven – Chapters 39-42
o Active reading activity: complete the character chart as we read the novel.
o Reading Skills Focus: Dénouement, Climax, Resolution,
o Answer all reading comprehension questions.
Homework: Complete reading comprehension questions. Read your AR novel.
Tuesday (10/14)
Bellringer: EDE #17 – First Flight Around the World
AR Time (if possible)
Copper Sun Charades and Unit Review
Homework: Complete reading comprehension questions. Read your AR novel.
Wednesday (10/15)
Bellringer: EDE # 18 – A Monument for September 11
AR Time (if possible)
Copper Sun Unit Test
Standards Addressed in this Unit:
Reading Standards for Literature:
Key Ideas and Details: RL1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
Integration of Knowledge and Ideas: RL 7, 9
Range of Reading and Level of Text Complicity: RL 10
Craft and Structure: RL 4, 5, 6
Integration of Knowledge and Ideas: RL7
Reading Standards for Informational Texts:
Key Ideas and Details: RI 1, 2, 3
Craft and Structure: RI 4, 5, 6
Integration of Knowledge and Ideas: RI 7, 9
Writing Standards:
Text Types and Purposes: W1 (a, b, c, d, e), W2 (a, b, c, d, e) W3 (d)
Production and Distribution of Writing: W4, W5
Research to Build and Present Knowledge: W 7, 8, 9
Range of Writing: W 10
Speaking and Listening Standards:
Comprehension and Collaboration: S1 (a, b, c, d), S2, S4, S6
Language Standards
Conventions of Standard English: L1 (a, b), L2 (a, b, c)
Knowledge of Language: L3(a)
Vocabulary Acquisition and Use: L4 (a, b, c, d), L5 (a, b), L6