Teacher: Mrs.

Neal Mentor:

Subject: English Campus/District:

Grade Level: 11 Date: 10/28/13

Overall Goal of Lesson: For students to use new vocabulary in their everyday writing. Instructional Objectives: The student will be able to use new vocabulary in their 500 word essay over suicide relating to The Awakening. Texas Essential Knowledge & Skills (TEKS) & ELPS: (typed out completely)
(TEKS) 1(B) Analyze textual context (within a sentence and in larger sections of text) to draw conclusions about the nuance in the word meaning. (ELPS) 1(E) to use and reuse new academic language 1(C) use techniques to learn new vocabulary 2(B) recognize English sound system in new vocabulary 3(A) practice speaking using English sound system in New vocabulary 3(B) use new vocabulary in oral and written communication 4(C) develop sight vocabulary and language structures 5(B) write using newly acquired vocabulary 5(C) spell familiar English words

Key Vocabulary: Suffused, Supercilious, Sardonically, Indisposed, Ineffectual, Insolent, Pretentious, Grotesque

Higher Order Questions: Can students analyze the meaning of the words to determine the proper context in relationship to The Awakening. Student Activities: (Keep in mind the following: Scaffolding, Independent or Cooperative activities, Groupings,
Reading, Writing, Listening, Hands-On/Minds-On, Connections to previous knowledge, etc)

The students will independently find the key vocabulary in the provided chapters and use context clues to define them.

Modifications Anticipatory Activity for Lesson: Struggling Learners: These students will The students will listen to a complex story with higher have their vocabulary split up into parts vocabulary, which they will not understand if they do not rather than being assigned all the vocab at have higher vocabulary skills. once. GT: My advanced kids will not have a multiple choice test.. These students will have to write the whole definition of the word rather than matching them to the definition. ELL: These students will receive the vocabulary words along with pictures in order to help understand the meaning of the word better. Time Teacher Input/Lesson Activity: I will introduce the lesson. I will review the objectives and expectations. I will hand 8:05am out the vocabulary. I will make sure that the students have the passage and a copy of The Awakening. I will be available for extra help while monitoring the students.

Modeling: I will find a word, define the word in context, and explain how I figured out the meaning of word using context clues. 8:10 Guided Practice: All the students will define #2 vocabulary and will use context clues to find the meaning, once all students are done we will discuss as a class. 8:15 8:50 8:55 Lesson Closure: Today we have defined 10 vocabulary words. Tomorrow we will use what we did today to begin a writing project. Assessment Methods/Strategies: Out the door ticket. Did you understand what we did today? Did you finish the assignment? Resources (supplies, equipment, software, etc.): The Awakening and a list of vocabulary words. Reflection: For my upper level kids this is a lower level assignment. There will be extensions for them. For my lower level kids, time will be of the essence. Independent Practice: The students will do 3-10 on their own.