SSK Unit 4.2 Planning Guide

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Instructional Strategies / ActivitiesHISD PLANNING GUIDEEnglish Language Arts Grade 8SUMMER SCHOOLInstructional Accommodations for Diverse Learners ELLs need to see this modeled by the teacher or a peer tutor. Allow ELLs to work collaboratively toscaffold independence.Homework and PracticeGraphic Organizers- Sound DevicesThis strategy encourages students to review excerpts from famous poets and analyze the effects of sound devices:alliteration, assonance, consonance, onomatopoeia, rhyme, rhyme scheme, rhythm. Encourage students to record theirthinking in the form of a Dialectical Journal.Sound DeviceEffectSee Resources for a Sound Device Dialectical Journal and Laying the Foundation: A Resource and Planning Guide inResources.Setting Objectives and Providing FeedbackStrategies for Interpreting PoetryExplicitly model how to interpret poetry. Provide students with directions for making meaning of a poem. The followingsteps are adapted from Laying the Foundation.1. Read the poem at least twice (once silently, once orally).2. Notice the title and connect the title to the poem.3. Identify the speaker.4. Paraphrase what happens in the poem, step by step. Paraphrase by sentences, not lines.5. Identify the subject of the poem and the author’s attitude toward the subject (tone).6. Identify evidence to support your idea of the author’s tone.7. Think about how the poem related to you. Complete the sentence “This poem tells the reader _____________ aboutlife.”See Laying the Foundation: A Resource and Planning Guide in Resources.WritingSetting Objectives and Providing FeedbackChecklistHave students complete a final checklist independently. This checklist should contain any last minute CUPS andformatting guidelines. See Resources for Final Checklist.Setting Objectives and Providing FeedbackReflectionsEncourage students to reflect on their writing and any difficulties or successes they had. Reflective questions mayinclude:1. How well do I understand organizational patterns?2. What area of this writing project did I find most difficult?3. What more support or instruction do I need to be a better writer?4. How well did the peer review process work for me?ResourcesAdopted Instructional Materials• Laying the Foundation a Resourceand Planning Guide for Pre-APGrade 8. Texas: AdvancedPlacement Strategies, Inc, 2004.• Literature Grade 8. Illinois: HoltMcDougal, 2010.Poetry:Supporting Resources• Common Context Clues• Final Checklist• Poetic Forms Chart• Sound Device Dialectical JournalOnline Resources• Texas Student AssessmentAccommodations information(Website with information onaccommodations specialeducation students are allowed tohave during states testing). - English Language Proficiency Standards (ELPS) - Literacy Leads the Way Best Practices - Aligned to Upcoming State Readiness Standard- State Process Standard R - State Readiness Standard S - State Supporting Standard© Houston ISD Curriculum2013 – 2014Page 5 of 6
Resources Paul Revere’s Ride p. 136 Barbara Frietchie p. 290 John Henry p. 296Skills: Dictionaries p. 89,368, 485 Context Clues p. 19, 37, 134 Appreciating Poetry: Reader’sWorkshop p. 604-609• Resource Manager Grade 8. Illinois:Holt McDougal, 2010 Unit 5: Rhyme scheme, rhythm,and meter.HISD PLANNING GUIDEEnglish Language Arts Grade 8SUMMER SCHOOL - English Language Proficiency Standards (ELPS) - Literacy Leads the Way Best Practices - Aligned to Upcoming State Readiness Standard- State Process Standard R - State Readiness Standard S - State Supporting Standard© Houston ISD Curriculum2013 – 2014Page 6 of 6
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