WOODLAND HILLS SECONDARY LESSON PLAN

Name _David Brown______Date 1.26.15 Length of Lesson _2 weeks__ Content Area English 12__

STAGE I – DESIRED RESULTS
LESSON TOPIC (Module, if applicable):
Analysis Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales and Medieval period: socio-historical background
Analysis of indirect/direct characterization in general Wife of Bath’s Tale in The Canterbury Tales
Analysis of social satire, humor, and author purpose (using tale-telling as framework for poem)
Identify internal rhyme and end rhyme
Senior Project: ongoing, argument notes, researching in the library / BIG IDEAS:
(Content standards, assessment anchors, eligible content, objectives, and skill focus)
CC1.2.11-12 CC A,B,G,J-L, 1.3.11-12C-F, H-K
• Comprehension requires and enhances critical thinking and is constructed through the intentional interaction between reader and text
• Writing is a means of documenting thinking
• Writing is a recursive process that conveys ideas, thoughts and feelings
• Purpose, topic and audience guide types of writing
UNDERSTANDING GOALS (CONCEPTS):
Students will understand:
·  Essential content, literary elements and devices inform meaning
·  Textual structure, features and organization inform meaning
·  Acquiring and applying a robust vocabulary assists in constructing meaning / ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS:
• How does interaction with text provoke thinking and response?
• What role does writing play in our lives?
• How do we develop into effective writers?
• To what extent does the writing process contribute to the quality of writing?

VOCABULARY:

Concede
Reprove
Solicitous
Arrogance
Transition
Sr. project:
Notes: direct quote, paraphrase, summary
Works cited page
Thesis
Supporting facts
Transitions

Canterbury Tales--see textbook for literary terms:319-329

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STUDENT OBJECTIVES (COMPETENCIES/OUTCOMES):

Students will be able to:
• Use and cite evidence from texts to make assertions, inferences, generalizations, and to draw conclusions
• Analyze and evaluate author’s/authors’ use of conflict, theme and /or point of view within and among texts
• Summarize, draw conclusions, and make generalizations from a variety of mediums
• Analyze the impact of societal and cultural influences in texts
• Analyze the use of facts and opinions across texts
• Evaluate the presentation of essential and nonessential information in texts, identifying the author’s implicit or explicit bias and assumptions
• Evaluate the characteristics of various genre (e.g. fiction and nonfiction forms of narrative, poetry, drama and essay) to determine how the form relates to purpose.
• Evaluate organizational features of text (e.g. sequence, question/answer, comparison/contrast, cause/effect, problem/solution) as related to content to clarify and enhance meaning
• Articulate connections between and among words based on meaning, content, and context to distinguish nuances or connotations
• Analyze the context of literal, figurative, and idiomatic vocabulary to clarify meaning
• Generalize the use of academic vocabulary across disciplines
STAGE II – ASSESSMENT EVIDENCE
PERFORMANCE TASK:
Students will type works cited page for sr. project notes.
Character analysis, completed in chart.
Text questions answered in packet.
Reading and taking notes
Writing themselves into Prologue
Quiz / FORMATIVE ASSESSMENTS:
Spot check for comprehension
Thumbs up/thumbs down
STAGE III: LEARNING PLAN
INSTRUCTIONAL PROCEDURES:
Do Now:
Content related questions.
Mini Lesson:
How to decide what are the best arguments to utilize in Sr. Proejct.
How do you utilize parenthetical citations in formal writing?
Guided Practice:
Paraphrasing, works cited entries
Independent Practice:
Students will do their own Sr. Project periodically
Summations/Formative Assessments:
Checking for understanding
Reflections: / MATERIALS AND RESOURCES:
GRADE TEST BOOKLETS AND ANSWER SHEETS
Sr project handbooks
Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales : Wife of Bath Tale(Glencoe textbook)
-Youtube videos related to Canterbury Tales
-Week in Rap web video(Fri)
-CNN Student News (Fri) / INTERVENTIONS:
tutoring Tues. and Weds in English Lab
parent contact
English lab / ASSIGNMENTS:
Sr. Project:
Take notes and number according to project format.
Character Analysis Chart
Text Questions Packet
Quiz
Parenthetical Citation Worksheet