1. 10th Grade Literature ~ LESSON PLANS - SEPTEMBER
Mrs. RuddeR
10th Grade Literature ~ LESSON PLANS - SEPTEMBER

2. List your 3 favorite songs/artists.
Thursday, September 1, 2016
Raider Rev
List your 3 favorite songs/artists.
Standards
ELACC9/10RL4 Determine meanings of words/phases as they are in the text; analyze word choice and how it impacts meaning and tone
ELACC9/10RL5 Analyze how an author’s choices concerning how to structure a text, order events within it, and manipulate time create such effects as mystery, tension, or surprise
Learning Activities
Learning Activites
Raider Rev
Continue working on paraphrasing and summarizing. (I)
Use your text cards to write a summary of each sentence. (I)

3. Friday, September 2, 2016 Learning Activities Raider Rev
Write 3-4 sentences on what your Labor Day plans will be during this 3-day weekend.
Standards
ELACC9/10RL4 Determine meanings of words/phases as they are in the text; analyze word choice and how it impacts meaning and tone
ELACC9/10RL5 Analyze how an author’s choices concerning how to structure a text, order events within it, and manipulate time create such effects as mystery, tension, or surprise
Learning Activities
Learning Activites
Raider Rev
Review academic vocabulary with students and discuss. (FI)
Students will complete a graphic organizer on their academic vocabulary. (I)
Students will come to the teachers desk 1:1 to discuss current grade and what work they have missing.

4. Monday, September 5, 2016
Labor Day!
No School!

5. Tuesday, September 6, 2016 Raider Rev
Why is it important for you to understand lyrics of a song?
Today’s Activities
Raider Rev
Look at and annotate lyrics from Will Smith rap song
Transition in to Emily Dickinson’s poem “We grow accustomed to the Dark”
Explain the importance of understanding lines in a poem, equal to understanding song lyrics.
Pair up students and give an index card to each group.
Students will fill out their graphic organizer on their stanza of the poem
Closing
Standards
ELACC9-10RL4
Determine the meaning of words and phrases

6. Questions you may have Your Stanza from index card Word you don’t know

7. CLOSING
Name 2 things to do to understand the words you read.

8. Wednesday, September 7, 2016 Raider Rev
Today’s Activities
Raider Rev
(FI) Review how to do annotation. Give examples.
(FI) Remind students how to fill out their graphic organizer & discuss and annotate with their partner about their stanza.
(GI) Students will get in their paired groups and interpret and annotate their stanza of Emily Dickinson’s poem.
(FI) (CI) Teacher will go to each paired group, listen to their discussions & see if they are annotating correctly and how they are interpreting their stanzas.
Closing
Raider Rev
Name 2 things you can do to try to undertand stanzas of poems or song lyrics.
Standards
ELACC9-10RL4
Determine the meaning of words and phrases
ELACC9-10SLI
Participate in collaborative discussions with diverse partners

9. CLOSING
Where can you get the meanings of words you don’t know?

10. Thursday, September 8, 2016
Today’s Activities
Raider Rev
(FI) Teacher will give a review of how their interpretations of stanzas should look, and explain what needs to be said in their presentation.
(GI) Students should complete their graphic organizers and prepare to get in their diads and present orally their stanzas.
(FI)(CI) Show the PREZI slide to discuss each stanza AFTER the students present.
Closing
Raider Rev
Name 2 places you can find a way to define words you don’t know.
Standards
ELACC9-10RL4
Determine the meaning of words and phrases
ELACC9-10SLI
Participate in collaborative discussions with diverse partners

11. http://prezi. com/oze19cq6inua/

12. CLOSING
List 2 words that you learned the meaning of in other groups presentations.

13. Friday, September 9, 2016 Today’s Activities Raider Rev
What are some things you need to do in order to give a good presentation?
Today’s Activities
Raider Rev
Discuss the project from yesterday, focusing on annotating, our graphic organizers, and how to make a presentation.
(FI) Noticing how previous groups did on presentation yesterday, teacher will give feedback.
(CI) Complete presentations
(I) Have students highlight “eye” words in “Before I got my eye put out” poem.
Discuss with partner words you highlighted.
Standards
ELACC9-10RL4
Determine the meaning of words and phrases
ELACC9-10SLI
Participate in collaborative discussions with diverse partners

14. CLOSING
Why did Emily Dickinson write about vision so much?

15. Eat your donut! Enjoy! Write a descriptive sentence about your donut!
Monday, September 12, 2016
Today’s Activities
Raider Rev
(FI) (GI) Look at the photograph and write descriptive words describing it as if you are in it. (Slide 2)
(FI) Discuss the Power of Language (Slide 3)
(I) The students will take notes on the reasons to have powerful language.
Closing
Raider Rev
Eat your donut! Enjoy! Write a descriptive sentence about your donut!
Standards
RL 4 Determine the meaning of words
and phrases as they are used in a text,
including figurative and connotative
meanings.
L 5, 5a Demonstrate understanding of
figurative language; interpret figures of
speech in context and analyze their role
in the text.

16. For this weeks lessons, go to:
my.hrw.com
10th grade
teacher resources
white board lessons
figurative language lesson

17. CLOSING
Write one sentence about a tornado that uses figurative language.

18. Tuesday, September 13, 2016 Raider Rev Today’s Activities
What is onomatopoeia?
You can use your phone! 
Today’s Activities
Raider Rev
(FI) (GI) Review Figurative Language (slide 2)
(GI) Students will get in pairs and write any descriptive language they can about the given picture. (Slide 4)
After the students finish their list, we will share all of their answers.
(FI) The teacher will discuss the 5 senses.
(See,feel,taste,hear,smell)
(GI) The students will decide which of the five senses their descriptive words match.
(I) The students will pick one item in the picture and fill in the blanks:
The ____, _____,______ towel is _____.
Closing
Standards:
RL 4 Determine the meaning of words
and phrases as they are used in a text,
including figurative and connotative
meanings.
L 5, 5a Demonstrate understanding of
figurative language; interpret figures of
speech in context and analyze their role
in the text

19. CLOSING
Use one sensory phrase to describe your favorite pet.

20. Wednesday, September 14, 2016 Raider Rev Today’s Activities
(FI) Review Sensory language again.
(FI) Using Slide 5, the teacher will read aloud the passage, as students listen.
(GI) Students will use their own copy of the story, and highlight all of the figurative language.
(CI) We will discuss the language together, as students take turns highlighting at the smartboard, while others follow along on their paper.
Closing
Raider Rev
Who knows what a dryer sheet is? What is it used for?
Write one sentence describing a dryer sheet.
Standards
RL 4 Determine the meaning of words
and phrases as they are used in a text,
including figurative and connotative
meanings.
L 5, 5a Demonstrate understanding of
figurative language; interpret figures of
speech in context and analyze their role
in the text

21. Write one sentence describing the dryer sheet.

22. SENSORY LANGUAGE

24. CLOSING
Name 2 words that deal with sight. Name 2 words that deal with hearing.

25. Thursday, September 15, 2016
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26. Friday, September 16, 2016
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27. Write 3 sentences telling me about your weekend.
Monday, September 19, 2016
Today’s Activities
Raider Rev
(FI) Introduce Different Types of Figurative Language (Slide 7)
(FI) Begin with Simile and Metaphor.
(FI) (CI) Students will fill in their graphic organizer as they learn the different types of figurative language.
(FI) Show the video clips of examples of simile and metaphor.
Raider Rev
Write 3 sentences telling me about your weekend.
Standards
RL 4 Determine the meaning of words
and phrases as they are used in a text,
including figurative and connotative
meanings.
L 5, 5a Demonstrate understanding of
figurative language; interpret figures of
speech in context and analyze their role
in the text

28. SIMILE
A simile is a figure of speech that makes a comparison, showing similarities between two different things, using the words “like” or “as”.

30. SIMILES

31. SIMILES in music

32. METAPHOR
A metaphor is a figure of speech making a comparison between two things that normally aren’t related.

34. MEtaphor

35. CLOSING
What kind of figurative Language is being used in the following sentence?
The mans eyes were blue like the ocean.

36. Tuesday, September 20, 2016 Raider Rev
Today’s Activities
Raider Rev
(FI) Introduce Different Types of Figurative Language (Slide 7)
(FI) Work on Personification and Oxymoron.
(FI) (CI) Students will fill in their graphic organizer as they learn the different types of figurative language.
(FI) Show the video clips of examples of personification and oxymoron.
QUICK QUIZ for understanding.
Raider Rev
Name the two types of figurative language that we discussed yesterday, with an example of each.
Standards
RL 4 Determine the meaning of words
and phrases as they are used in a text,
including figurative and connotative
meanings.
L 5, 5a Demonstrate understanding of
figurative language; interpret figures of
speech in context and analyze their role
in the text

37. PERSONIFICATION
When human attributes are given to an object, animal or idea.

39. Personification

40. Personification Goldfish – the snack that smiles back

41. OXYMORON
Where opposites are linked in one term or phrase.

43. OXYMORON

44. It’s time for a
QUICK QUIZ

45. CLOSING
What kind of figurative Language is being used in the following sentence?
The old car coughed and spit some smoke, before dying on the side of the road.

46. Wednesday, September 21, 2016 Raider Rev
Today’s Activities
Raider Rev
(FI) Teacher will review the 4 kinds of figurative language we have discussed this week.
(FI) (GI) Students will answer the teacher during review showing they have an understanding.
(GI) (I) Students will move around to different stations in the classroom, and complete the activity at each station.
CLOSING
Raider Rev
Which two words are used in a simile?
Which word is used in a metaphor?
Standards
RL 4 Determine the meaning of words
and phrases as they are used in a text,
including figurative and connotative
meanings.
L 5, 5a Demonstrate understanding of
figurative language; interpret figures of
speech in context and analyze their role
in the text

47. CLOSING Write one sentence using an oxymoron.
Write one sentence using a simile.

48. Define Oxymoron and give an example.
Thursday, September 22, 2016
Today’s Activities
Raider Rev
(FI) Introduce Different Types of Figurative Language (Slide 7)
(FI) Work on Hyperbole.
(FI) (CI) Students will fill in their graphic organizer as they learn the different types of figurative language.
(FI) Show the video clips of examples of hyperbole.
QUICK QUIZ for understanding.
Raider Rev
Define Oxymoron and give an example.
Standards
RL 4 Determine the meaning of words
and phrases as they are used in a text,
including figurative and connotative
meanings.
L 5, 5a Demonstrate understanding of
figurative language; interpret figures of
speech in context and analyze their role
in the text

49. HYPERBOLE
an extreme exaggeration used to make a point.

51. HYPERBOLE

52. It’s time for a
QUICK QUIZ

53. CLOSING Write one sentence using personification.
Write on sentence using hyperbole

54. Define Hyperbole. Give an example.
Friday, September 23, 2016
Today’s Activities
Raider Rev
RECOVERY DAY!
The teacher will give all students any assignment they have not turned in, or made a low grade on.
Students will complete all assignments they have not turned in, or made a low grade on. This time will be spent to ensure the students are given an opportunity to increase their grade.
CLOSING
Raider Rev
Define Hyperbole. Give an example.
Standards
RL 4 Determine the meaning of words
and phrases as they are used in a text,
including figurative and connotative
meanings.
L 5, 5a Demonstrate understanding of
figurative language; interpret figures of
speech in context and analyze their role
in the text

55. CLOSING
Each student will bring the teacher their completed work, and let her check it off.