Lesson Plans ELA 3/14

Course/ Subject/Unit: Pre Ap Literature/Composition

Date of Instruction: 03/14/23

Standard(s): 

Standard(s): 

ELAGSE9-10L: Language

• ELAGSE9-10L.VA: Vocabulary Acquisition and Use

• ELAGSE9-10L4: Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases based on grades 9-10 reading and content, choosing flexibly from a range of strategies.

• ELAGSE9-10L4.c: Consult general and specialized reference materials (e.g., dictionaries, glossaries, thesauruses), both print and digital, to find the pronunciation of a word or determine or clarify its precise meaning, its part of speech, or its etymology.

• ELAGSE9-10L6: Acquire and use accurately general academic and domain-specific words and phrases, sufficient for reading, writing, speaking, and listening at the college and career readiness level; demonstrate independence in gathering vocabulary knowledge when considering a word or phrase important to comprehension or expression

Learning Target:

1. Read closely and analyze an article about adoption.

2. Connect the concept of adoption with the novel Silas Marner

Success Criteria:

1. Students will create annotated texts with detailed notes regarding their impressions of adoption.

2. Students will respond to guided text about a prolific foster parent and explore the word “selfless.” 

Activities & Assignments

PP: FFW 

Class will begin with a short summary of an achieve article on fostering. Students will be asked to pre-write on their feelings on foster parents and adoption. Students will then be invited to read the achieve article and write summaries on its contents. 

Once the students are done with the achieve article, the class will discuss whether their attitudes changed. A stretch article regarding the practice of “foundling wheels” will also be provided to give further insight into the time of Silas Marner’s era. 

Class will close with magazine project time.