HUMACAO REGION LAS PIEDRAS SCHOOL DISTRICT JUAN PONCE DE LEĂ“N SCHOOL Date: 3/24/2015to
Teacher: Megan L Garcia Santa Grade: 9th Unit: 9.5: Making Connections Days of the Week
PRCS
Monday
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Week: #1 Wednesday
Thursday
9.L.1.a
9.R.4
9.S.5
Ask relevant questions that elicit elaboration and respond
Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a literary text, including figurative and connotative meanings; analyze the impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone, including analogies or allusions to other texts.
to others’ questions and comments with relevant O
observations that build the 9.S.2
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A SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES
WEEK
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Theme/Skills: Folklore/ Meaningful Sentences
Tuesday
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3/27/2015
Respond orally to closed and open-ended questions
Demonstrate how to adjust language choices according to the context, purpose, task, and audience.
Friday
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9.W.7 Draw evidence from literary or informational texts to support
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analysis, reflection, and research.
Level 1
Level 1
Learning 2
Recall
Recall
Skill/Concept
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Students will recognize terms from Folklore in a handout exercise and will label characteristics of Folklore.
Students repeat the new vocabulary orally and memorize the pronunciation.
Students will construct meaningful sentences.
After discussing Folklore as a genre, students will orally identify and nine of its components and characteristics.
After having discussed the eleven vocabulary words, students will apply them by composing a series of sentences.
Having practiced the composition of meaningful sentences, students will construct a series of sentences by using the vocabulary words.
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LEARNING ACTIVITIES
LEARNING ACTIVITIES
LEARNING ACTIVITIES
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Level of Thinking
Level of Thinking
Level of Thinking
HUMACAO REGION LAS PIEDRAS SCHOOL DISTRICT JUAN PONCE DE LEÓN SCHOOL Procedural
Procedural
Memory
ECA: Exploration
ECA: Exploration
ECA: Application
Reading-Writing: Before
Reading-Writing: During
Reading-Writing: After
Initial:
Initial:
Initial:
Attendance
Attendance
Attendance
Greetings
Greetings
Greetings
Reminder of homework they have due*
Pickup their HW*
Pickup their HW*
ACADEMIC STRATEGY Motivational The teacher will present a space for critical thinking. The students will discuss their idea or version of a “Happily Ever After” and what it means to them. The teacher will ask the students to be creative.
Motivational
Motivational
Students will be given the name of a famous folk tale. They are to state what they would change about the folk tale in order to adapt it to our culture. (5 min)
Students will be given a series of words which they will match with either a synonym, an antonym or the meaning.
Developmental: -The teacher will begin presenting the new material with a brainstorming activity regarding “Folk tales”
Developmental: Developmental: The teacher will write the new vocabulary words on the board.
The teacher will present the students with a guide to
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HUMACAO REGION LAS PIEDRAS SCHOOL DISTRICT JUAN PONCE DE LEÓN SCHOOL -The teacher will asked the students what they know about such genre and if they are familiar with it. They will also ask to express what comes to mind when they hear the word “folk tale”.
-The teacher will give a PPT to the students which will contain the material of Folk Tales, their origins, the structure, the type of folk tales there are, etc. The presentation will include examples for students to assimilate the information and also a short film (2min) that will be presented if there is enough time.
Closing:
The students will be given a handout* which will have a series of questions regarding the new material. The students will answer it and discuss it orally with the class.
This vocabulary will be taken from the Chinese version of the story of Cinderella, “Yeh-Shen”.
The teacher will explain to the students the pronunciation of the words and have them repeat it a few times with the teacher. This will be done by dividing the group in three parts and each side will be asked to repeat it. The idea is to get them to be competitive and therefore interested in the material.
Closing:
constructing meaningful sentences. This guide will include a brief discussion of grammar and on how to draw information from context clues to create meaning.
Closing: The students will use the vocabulary words in context by creatively constructing meaningful sentences. The students will present this by writing on the board and by proofreading it with the other students. During this closing activity, the teacher will provide feedback.
The students will look for the definition of the 11 vocabulary words. They will define them and then construct sentences containing two of the new vocabulary words.
During this exercise the teacher will ask/ dare the groups to find the words quickly. This will be done for time efficiency and to encourage the students to work.
*For this activity the student will be asked to be creative
HUMACAO REGION LAS PIEDRAS SCHOOL DISTRICT JUAN PONCE DE LEĂ“N SCHOOL *This will be done in pairs where there will be one leader. The leader will be given
They will discuss their sentences 10 minutes before class ends.
DIFFERENTIATE D INSTRUCTION STRATEGY (S. ED., LSP, SECTION 504, & GIFTED STU. ACCOMODATIO NS):
Gestures
Gestures
Gestures
By using gestures the students are more focused in what is being discussed.
By using gestures the students are more focused in what is being discussed.
By using gestures the students are more focused in what is being discussed.
Seating Arrangements
Seating Arrangements
Because if they are given the
This will help keep the
HUMACAO REGION LAS PIEDRAS SCHOOL DISTRICT JUAN PONCE DE LEĂ“N SCHOOL opportunity of choosing seating independently, they tend to get distracted.
CONCEPTS AND SKILLS
Folk Tales/ Reading Comprehension
INTEGRATION WITH TRANSVERSAL THEMES:
Cultural Identity
4 Core Dispositions
Folk Tales/ Reading Comprehension/ Vocabulary
Education for Work
students organized, and to those who get distracted stay focused.
Folk Tales/ Constructing meaningful sentences
Cultural Identity
Diversity
Leadership/ Creativity
Creativity
Students will explore the concept of diversity and see it in the context of the class by discussing the composition of our Folklore (in Puerto Rico) and the many elements that compose it.
Students will be asked to choose a leader for each pairing. The leader will be the one responsible of organizing team work inside the pairing and also responsible for picking up the materials (Dictionaries and Thesaurus)
The students will use creativity as a base for writing meaningful sentences.
Students will be asked to be creative and fun when creating their sentences.
HUMACAO REGION LAS PIEDRAS SCHOOL DISTRICT JUAN PONCE DE LEĂ“N SCHOOL Days of the Week MATERIALS OR
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Handouts White Board
Whiteboard Sentence Strips
White Board Sentence Strips Dictionaries
Projector Laptop No Homework
No technology will be used*
No technology will be used*
*Those who do not finish finding the definitions of the vocabulary words in the classroom, will do them at home.
No Homework
Friday
RECOURCES Technology
HOMEWORK
REFORM STRATEGIES:
COMPLEMENTARY STRATEGIES
INTEGRATION:
Social Studies Reading Comprehension
Cooperative Learning
VALUES
Sharing Equality
Spanish
Courage Loyalty
Courtesy