MISS MISKIMMIN’S LESSON PLANS FOR WEEKS OF 11/29, 12/05, 12/12, and 12/19:
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, 11/28:
No School
Thanksgiving Break
Tuesday, 11/29:
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. Review of literary elements: characterization, tone, mood, exposition, and setting
5. Intro Victorian Era
Wednesday, 11/30:
Materials: A Christmas Carol, vocab sheets, reader’s response entries
1. Charles Dickens research
2. Victorian England research
Thursday, 12/01:
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
4. Assignment:
- Reader’s Response Entry #1: In your notebook, record a thorough description of Scrooge including one quote with a page number. This needs to be completed on a separate sheet of paper. Define words as necessary.
- Study for Stave 1 Quiz plus vocab on Wednesday, 12/07
Friday, 12/02:
Materials: A Christmas Carol, notebook, reader’s response entry
1. Return to p. 5 (p. 622-orange lit book) and reread the discussion between Scrooge and his nephew. Reader response entry #2. Students will analyze this scene for homework.
2. Continue/finish reading Stave 1
3. Assignment:
- Reader’s response entry #2 (min. 1 quote w/ pg. #). Finish reading Stave 1 if not complete.
- Study for Stave 1 Quiz plus vocab on Wednesday, 12/07.
Monday, 12/05:
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, 12/07.
Tuesday, 12/06:
Materials: A Christmas Carol, notebook, reader’s response entry
1. Begin Stave 2
2. Assignment:
- Finish reading Stave 2 for homework
- Take notes on the following including page numbers (or use post-its). Some of these may have been completed in class:
- Description of first ghost
- What do we learn about Scrooge’s home life?
- Who is Fan? Why is her character significant?
- Describe Scrooge’s relationship with Fezziwig.
- Compare Fezziwig as an employer to Scrooge.
- Why did Scrooge’s relationship with Belle fail?
- List the 5 regrets that Scrooge reveals during Stave 2.
- Reader response entry #3: In a small paragraph, react to Scrooge’s travel into his own past with the ghost. Do you feel more sympathy for him? (min. 1 quote w/ pg. #)
- Study for Stave 1 quiz plus vocab.
Wednesday, 12/07:
Materials: A Christmas Carol, notebook, response entry, stave 1 quiz
1. Quiz on Stave 1
2. begin discussion on Stave 2
3. Assignment: Study for Staves 2-3 quiz plus vocab on Tuesday, 12/13.
Thursday, 12/08:
Materials: A Christmas Carol, notebook, response entry
1. Finish discussion on Stave 2
2. Begin Stave 3 if there is time
3. Assignment:
- Study for Staves 2-3 quiz plus vocab on Tuesday, 12/13.
- If there was time to begin Stave 3, please look at the guided note list under Friday’s heading and complete the ones you can this evening.
Friday, 12/09:
Materials: A Christmas Carol, notebook, response entry
1. Begin reading and taking notes on Stave 3
2. Assignment:
- Finish reading Stave 3.
- Take notes on the following including page numbers (or use post-its). Some of these may have been completed in class:
- Description of second ghost
- Description of Tiny Tim
- How do Mr. and Mrs. Cratchit respond to “The Founder of the Feast,” Scrooge?
- What conclusions can you draw about the Cratchit family?
- Compare Bob Cratchit and Scrooge’s nephew, Fred.
- How does Scrooge feel after seeing his nephew’s Christmas festivities?
- What is the significance of the two children the Spirit reveals?
- Is Scrooge changing yet? What proof do we have?
- Reader response entry #4 (min. 1 quote w/ pg. #).
- Study for Staves 2-3 quiz plus vocab on Tuesday, 12/13.
Monday, 12/12:
Materials: A Christmas Carol, notebook, response entry
1. Record weekly obligations
2. Discussion of Stave 3
3. Assignment:
- Study for Staves 2-3 quiz plus vocab.
Tuesday, 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:
- Finish reading Stave 4
- Take notes on the following including page numbers (or use post-its). Some of these may have been completed in class:
- Describe the 3rd Spirit
- When the scene opens, whose funeral is it?
- 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.”
- 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.”
- How do the Cratchit’s react to the death of Tiny Tim?
- What does the 3rd Spirit reveal to Scrooge about Tiny Tim?
- What is Scrooge’s promise at the end of Stave 4?
- Reader response entry #5
Wednesday, 12/14:
Materials: A Christmas Carol, notebook, response entry
1. Discussion of Stave 4
2. Assignment:
- Study for Staves 4-5 quiz plus vocab on Monday, 12/19.
Thursday, 12/15:
Materials: A Christmas Carol, notebook, response entry
1. Finish discussion of Stave 4.
2. Read Stave 5; finish the play.
3. Discuss Stave 5.
4. Assignment:
- Study for Staves 4-5 quiz plus vocab on Monday, 12/19.
Friday, 12/16:
Materials: A Christmas Carol, notebook, response entry
1. Finish any final discussion points from Stave 5.
2. Reader response #6: In a minimum of two paragraphs, write your thoughts in reaction to our essential question: At what point does an individual become responsible for his/her actions? Have your thoughts on this changed at all as a result of reading the novel? Why or why not?
3. Assignment: Study for Staves 4-5 quiz plus vocab Monday, 12/19.
Monday, 12/19:
Materials: A Christmas Carol, notebook, response entry, staves 4-5 quiz
1. Record obligations for the week
2. Quiz on Staves 4-5
3. If there is time, begin discussion of dramatic license and critique
4. Assignment:
- Dress appropriately for the theater tomorrow!
Tuesday, 12/20:
Materials: appropriate dress for the theater
*Students will travel to the Byham Theater in Pittsburgh to see A Musical Christmas Carol.*
Wednesday, 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.
Thursday, 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
Friday, 12/23:
No School
Winter Break
HAVE A WONDERFUL WINTER BREAK!!