Miss
HolterÕs HSPE English Class
Lesson
Plans
Keep in mind that sometimes things
change, and these plans may be modified.
If you have questions or concerns, please e-mail sheila.holter@lacenterschools.org
2nd semester we will
continue to work on Collections of Evidence, prewriting, drafting, editing,
conferencing with Miss Holter, and making final drafts until we are done with
all eight essays.
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Classroom Activities |
Assignment Due Dates |
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January 23 |
Finish revisions and begin final
drafts. |
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January 24 |
Final
Drafts |
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January 25 |
Final
Drafts |
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January 26 |
Final
drafts finished today. |
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January 27 |
No
School – End of Semester, Teacher Work Day |
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Date |
Classroom Activities |
Assignment Due Dates |
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January 16 |
No School – MLK Day |
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January 17 |
Snow
Day |
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January 18 |
Snow
Day |
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January 19 |
Continue
revisions. |
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January 20 |
Continue
revisions an conference with Miss Holter with second draft. |
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Date |
Classroom Activities |
Assignment Due Dates |
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January 9 |
Begin drafting for prompt 1. |
Rough draft due at the end of class Wednesday, January 11 |
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January 10 |
Continue
drafting prompt 1. |
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January 11 |
Finish
drafting prompt 1. |
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January 12 |
Conference
with Miss Holter and begin revisions. |
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January 13 |
Continue
revisions. |
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Date |
Classroom Activities |
Assignment Due Dates |
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January 2 |
No School |
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January 3 |
Prepare
Collection of Evidence binders. |
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January 4 |
Choose
three expository prompts for Collection of Evidence. Print to include in binders. |
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January 5 |
Pick
your first prompt and begin prewriting. |
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January 6 |
Finish
prewriting and conference with Miss Holter |
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Date |
Classroom Activities |
Assignment Due Dates |
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November 28 |
Add another paragraph to your essay. |
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November 29 |
Finish
your essay rough draft and start typing. |
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November 30 |
Typing
essays |
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December 1 |
Typing
essays – finished and printed by the end of class today. |
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December 2 |
Essay
revisions |
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Date |
Classroom Activities |
Assignment Due Dates |
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November 22 |
Finish writing introductions and
begin your body paragraphs. |
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November 23 |
Continue
writing body paragraphs. |
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November 24 |
No
School – Thanksgiving Break |
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November 25 |
No
School – Thanksgiving Break |
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November 26 |
No
School – Thanksgiving Break |
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Date |
Classroom Activities |
Assignment Due Dates |
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November 14 |
Read pages 201-216 and complete a
double entry journal |
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November 15 |
Discuss
pages 188-216. Share
journals. What
did you think of the end of the book? |
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November 16 |
Essay
assignment – either character analysis or theme analysis. Choose
one topic – prewriting: three elements and ÒI know this becauseÓ |
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November 17 |
Find
two quotes that support each of your essay elements |
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November 18 |
Finish
your quotes and begin writing your introduction. |
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Date |
Classroom Activities |
Assignment Due Dates |
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November 7 |
Discuss pages 133-152 Share journals On the bottom of your journal page
make a prediction; what do you think is going to happen with Chance? |
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November 8 |
Read
pages 153-171 and complete a double entry journal. |
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November 9 |
Discuss
pages 153-171. Share
journals Read
pages 172-187 and complete a double entry journal. |
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November 10 |
Discuss
pages 172-187 Share
journals. Read
pages 188-200 and complete a double entry journal. |
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November 11 |
No
School – VeteranÕs Day |
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Date |
Classroom Activities |
Assignment Due Dates |
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October 31 |
Read pages 98-114 and complete a
double entry journal. |
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November 1 |
Discuss
pages 98-114 On
the bottom of your journal, answer the following question: ÒDid
ChanceÕs dad make the right decision to let him keep working for now?Ó Share
journals. |
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November 2 |
Read
pages 115-129 and complete a double entry journal. |
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November 3 |
Discuss
pages 115-129. Will
Melissa really stay out of ChanceÕs business? Share
journals. |
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November 4 |
Read
the beginning of section 3, pages 133-152, and complete a double entry
journal. |
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Date |
Classroom Activities |
Assignment Due Dates |
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October 24 |
Highlight and revise paragraphs, type
final drafts. |
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October 25 |
Finish
final draft and read pages 60 to 82 in ÒRunnerÓ with double entry journal |
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October 26 |
Discuss
pages 60 to 82. Share journals |
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October 27 |
Read
pages 82-97 and complete double entry journal. |
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October 28 |
Discuss
82-97. Share journals. |
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Date |
Classroom Activities |
Assignment Due Dates |
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October 17 |
Begin reading ÒRunnerÓ – Pages
3-17. Complete a double entry journal. |
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October 18 |
Share
journal entries and discuss reading. On
the bottom of the journal page, answer the question ÒWhat kind of person is
Chance?Ó Read
pages 18-34 and complete a double entry journal |
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October 19 |
Discuss
reading and share journals. Question
– ÒWhat do you think of ChanceÕs mom?Ó Read
pages 35-55 and complete a double entry journal. |
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October 20 |
Discuss
reading and share journals. Discuss
ChanceÕs comment in class about poverty and the military, and the incident
with the homeless man. Read
to the end of section 1 and complete a double entry journal. |
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October 21 |
Discuss
reading and share journals. Paragraph
assignment – did chance make the right decision about the job? |
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Date |
Classroom Activities |
Assignment Due Dates |
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October 10 |
Free read day |
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October 11 |
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October 12 |
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October 13 |
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October 14 |
No
School – State Inservice |
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Date |
Classroom Activities |
Assignment Due Dates |
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October 3 |
Finish Rough Draft |
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October 4 |
Highlight
rough draft for essay elements. |
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October 5 |
Type
rough draft |
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October 6 |
Finish
typing rough draft. |
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October 7 |
Highlight
second draft for essay elements.
Peer editing. |
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Date |
Classroom Activities |
Assignment Due Dates |
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September 26 |
Read the story ÒLamb to the
SlaughterÓ and complete a double entry journal. |
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September 27 |
Discuss
ÒLamb to the SlaughterÓ Think
sheet for character analysis of Mary. |
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September 28 |
Add
commentary to your concrete detail on your think sheet. Check
your thesis with Ms. Holter |
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September 29 |
Begin
writing your rough draft |
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September 30 |
Continue
writing rough draft |
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Date |
Classroom Activities |
Assignment Due Dates |
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September 19 |
Concrete detail and commentary
– T chart. |
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September 20 |
Turn
your concrete detail and commentary into a paragraph. Make
sure your paragraph has a topic sentence, concrete detail and commentary,
and a closing sentence. |
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September 21 |
Finish
your paragraph. Free
read |
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September 22 |
Highlight
paragraph for topic sentence, concrete detail and commentary. Write
a final draft. Turn
in. |
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September 23 |
Hand
back paragraphs and evaluate. Go
over last yearÕs HSPE scores with Miss Holter Free
read. |
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Date |
Classroom Activities |
Assignment Due Dates |
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September 12 |
Review thesis statements. Identify thesis statement examples Free read – 20 minutes. |
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September 13 |
Pre-writing strategies: bubble
diagrams and webbing. Free read – 15 minutes. |
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September 14 |
Pre-writing
strategies - outlines |
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September 15 |
Pre-writing
strategies – lists and columns |
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September 16 |
Free
read |
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Date |
Classroom Activities |
Assignment Due Dates |
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September 5 |
No School – Labor Day |
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September 6 |
To the library to check out free read
book. Reading time. |
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September 7 |
10 minute free read. Definitions for writing process and
elements of an essay. |
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September 8 |
10
minute free read. Complete
definitions. |
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September 9 |
Practice
writing thesis statements. |
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Classroom Activities |
Assignment Due Dates |
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August 31 |
Q & A with Miss Holter What is HSPE about? Freewrite – What do I need to know about you? Policies and expectations |
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September 1 |
Writing
Pre-assessment: On demand
expository prompt in class |
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September 2 |
Writing
Pre-assessment: On demand
expository prompt due at the end of class today |
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