Objective/TLW CPQ/TTT TEKS/ ELPS/ CCRS Cognitive Strategy Routine Materials/ Resources Lesson Strategies Student Activity/ Assessment Week 3 TLW: learn about literary elements; Make connections with and create mental images using the 5 senses. Language Objective: -When faced with a word or phrase that is difficult to say, the learner will ask for help, use hands or pictures, use a word that is similar to the intended word, or explain/describe what he/she is trying to say. CPQ: How can creating mental images help me understand the text? Think-Turn-Talk Questions: What are different kinds of ways to describe an object/person/place? -How can "labels" help us organize things in our everyday life? -What kinds of patterns do you notice in everyday life? Movies? TV shows? etc. TEKS: 7.17Ai, 7.17Aii ELPS: 1D, 2I CCRS: Making Connections Making Inferences & Predictions Creating Mental Images Asking Questions Determining Importance & Summarizing Monitoring and Clarifying Text PP# Text Name: Workbook PP# Teacher Master PP# Audio/Video Equip Teacher Notes Advanced Tech : Other Lesson Focus/ Readiness Group Discussion Media/Tech Presentation Guided Practice Check for Understanding Inquiry Method Independent Practice Teacher Modeling Manipulatives Cooperative Learning Question/Answer Discovery Learning The students will learn literary elements through multisensory approaches and through the use of "identifying and labeling" "writing examples", and using "color code patterns"
Week 4 TLW: -Use multi sensory exercises to learn grammar concepts; -Identify literary elements -Read poetry passages for comprehension and in order to make connections with previous texts and with personal experiences. Language Objective: -Use visuals and context to understand people who are using complex language when they speak. -When narrating, describing, or explaining, the learner will use formal language more and more. -Improve reading comprehension by practicing inferencins skills such as: predicting, making connections, making inferences, drawing conclusions, and finding text evidence. CPQ: How do the ideas/experiences described by Dickinson, Zolotow, and Cruz compare with your experiences? Questions: -How can severe weather impact the lives of those who must endure it? -Name two examples of severe weather occurences and describe their impact. -How does a landscape appear before, during, and after a severe TEKS: 7.10D, 7.13A, 7.8A ELPS: 2E, 3H, 4J CCRS: Making Connections Making Inferences & Predictions Creating Mental Images Asking Questions Determining Importance & Summarizing Monitoring and Clarifying Text PP# p. 316 (red book) Text Name: Workbook PP# Teacher Master PP# Equip Teacher Notes Advanced Tech : Other Lesson Readiness Group Discussion Media/Tech Presentation Guided Practice Check for Understanding Inquiry Method Independent Practice Teacher Modeling Manipulatives Cooperative Learning Question/Answer Discovery Learning Multi Sensory Grammar exercises: Color code nouns, verbs, adjectives, prepositions, prepositional phrases (understanding movement). Identify literary elements within a narrative. Read: "Nature" from Emily Dickinson; "Change" from Charlotte Zolotow; and "Problem with Hurricanes" from Victor Hernandez Cruz --Reading for commprehension "Noticing what you notice" and to make connnections/make mental images with previous and personal experience.
Week 6 TLW: a prepositional poem. Language Objective: -Edit writing to fix grammar, punctuation, capitalization, and spelling. -Use a variety of sentence patterns, sentence lengths, and connecting that combine phrases, clauses, and sentences. CPQ: What kinds of words help us understand "where" we are and "when" things are occuring? Think-Turn-Talk Questions: -What are the differences between adjectives and prepositions? -In what types of situations would we use prepositions and prepositional phrases? -Describe where you are in relation to surrounding objects, people, and places using prepositions. TEKS: 7.14A, B, C, D ELPS: 5D, 5F CCRS: Making Connections Making Inferences & Predictions Creating Mental Images Asking Questions Determining Importance & Summarizing Monitoring and Clarifying Text PP# Text Name: Workbook PP# Teacher Master PP# Audio/Video Equip Teacher Advanced Tech : Other handouts Lesson Focus/ Readiness Group Discussion Media/Tech Presentation Guided Practice Check for Understanding Inquiry Method Independent Practice Teacher Modeling Manipulatives Cooperative Learning Question/Answer Discovery Learning The students will learn about the use of prepositional phrases in text and in their own writing. The students will compose a poem using prepositional phrases and utilizing ideas from the texts which they have been studying.