English 70 Lesson Plan 4
1. VARK as a class.
2. Chapter Review.
3. Quiz over six traits—four digits of SID
4. The First Two Traits: Ideas and Content; Organization
5. Favorite Objects story.
• Main idea?
6. Generating Ideas: Broad Topics—Animals or Objects.
• Listing
1. Animals/Objects
1. Pets
2. Wild, Zoo, Farm, Fair, Friends, Relatives
2. Objects:
1. Souvenirs, antiques, hand me downs, hard earned treasures, gifts, symbolic clutter. (Avoid photo albums or boxes full of items. Too broad to write about.)
• Freewriting
3. Animals/Objects
1. Pick one from the list and go for 8 minutes
• Questioning
1. Five W's + How
1. Animals
2. Objects
• Discussion
1. At your tables
• 4 Questions to ask of your topic
1. Does it interest me?
2. Can I say something about it?
3. Is it specific?
4. AND—
1. What is the main point?
7. Write Your Narrowed Topic + Main Point (page 44-45 in RS).
8. Understanding the Basics of Good Writing.
• Read 37-39.
• Read 39-40.
• Do Chapter Review.
9. Skip “Developing Your Paragraph” for now.
10. Writing Your Paragraph (What we don’t get to is homework for Monday—Chapter 6 work will be worth 30 points).
• Read 51-52
• Do Practice 1
• Read 52-53
• Do Practice 2, 3 and 4.
• Do Practice 5 based on Animal or Object story.
• Read 55-56
• Do Practice 6, 7
• Do Practice 8 based on Animal or Object story.
• Read 58
• Do Practice 9
• Read 59
• Do Practice 10 and 11
• Do Chapter Review
11. Homework: Prepare for names quiz and quiz over "Objects" on Monday.
12. Rough Draft Due Wednesday. 2-3 pages double spaced.
