Lesson Plans for English 4

Mrs. Nancy Dent

Lesson Plans for English 4

March 30 – April 3, 2015

Monday - Tuesday

Bell Ringer: Vocabulary 12

Activities:

Break down Don Juan, Canto II

·  Discuss the literal and connotative meanings in the poem

·  Define “ottava rima” and identify how it is used in the poem

·  Identify rhetorical elements in the poem(similes, metaphors, allusions, irony, satire witty couplets, etc…)

·  Identify tone and diction and find examples of each

·  Discuss how does this poem fit the rationale for romanticism

·  Answer comprehension questions about the selection

·  Complete writing assignment about the poem (metacognition)

Objectives:

·  Read and interpret the poem

·  Determine the author’s purpose

·  Identify the use of ottava rima

·  Monitor comprehension

·  Express understanding through critical writing

Wednesday

Bell Ringer: Voc. 12

Activity:

1.  Give background into Percy Shelley’s personal life

2.  Define “apostrophe”

3. Read Shelley’s Ozymandias

4. In pairs, analyze the poem using the rhetorical pyramid

5. Complete questions for this poem

Objectives:

·  To read and interpret to the poem

·  Identify use of apostrophe

·  Interpret symbols with in the poem

·  Identify the speaker, audience, message, tone, diction, and rhetorical elements

Thursday

Bell Ringer: Twelfth Night Mischief Grammar Correction

Activities:

1.  Read the biographical information about Keats. Discuss how the events in his life shaped his poetry.

2.  Read and interpret the meaning of “On First Looking at Chapman’s Homer”

3.  In pairs, complete a TPCASTT for the poem.

4.  Identify qualities of an Italian sonnet from the poem

Objectives:

·  To read and interpret a poem

·  To analyze sonnet form

·  To understand inverted text

·  To paraphrase the poem, identify rhetorical elements, tone, shifts, and themes

Friday

Bell Ringer: Spelling Test 12

Activities:

1.  Quick Write: If you knew your time on earth was short, what would you most regret not being able to experience?

2.  Read and analyze Keats’ “When I Have Fears”

3.  Complete TPCASTT of the poem

4.  Identify events from Keats’s background that lead to his writing the poem.

5.  Watch selected scenes from Keats’ movie Bright Star (2009)

Objectives:

·  To read and interpret poem

·  To view and discuss how the historical events affected the writing of the poem

·  To paraphrase the poem, identify rhetorical elements, tone, shifts, and themes