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.

 

Date

Classroom Activities

Assignment Due Dates

January 23

Finish revisions and begin final drafts.

January 24

Final Drafts

 

January 25

Final Drafts

 

January 26

Final drafts finished today.

 

January 27

No School – End of Semester, Teacher Work Day

 

 

 

Date

Classroom Activities

Assignment Due Dates

January 16

No School – MLK Day

January 17

Snow Day

 

January 18

Snow Day

 

January 19

Continue revisions.

 

January 20

Continue revisions an conference with Miss Holter with second draft.

 

 

 

Date

Classroom Activities

Assignment Due Dates

January 9

Begin drafting for prompt 1.

Rough draft due at the

end of class Wednesday,

January 11

January 10

Continue drafting prompt 1.

 

January 11

Finish drafting prompt 1.

 

January 12

Conference with Miss Holter and begin revisions.

 

January 13

Continue revisions.

 

 

 

Date

Classroom Activities

Assignment Due Dates

January 2

No School

 

January 3

Prepare Collection of Evidence binders.

 

January 4

Choose three expository prompts for Collection of Evidence.  Print to include in binders.

 

January 5

Pick your first prompt and begin prewriting.

 

January 6

Finish prewriting and conference with Miss Holter

 

 

 

Date

Classroom Activities

Assignment Due Dates

November 28

Add another paragraph to your essay.

 

November 29

Finish your essay rough draft and start typing.

 

November 30

Typing essays

 

December 1

Typing essays – finished and printed by the end of class today.

 

December 2

Essay revisions

 

 

 

Date

Classroom Activities

Assignment Due Dates

November 22

Finish writing introductions and begin your body paragraphs.

 

November 23

Continue writing body paragraphs.

 

November 24

No School – Thanksgiving Break

 

November 25

No School – Thanksgiving Break

 

November 26

No School – Thanksgiving Break

 

 

 

Date

Classroom Activities

Assignment Due Dates

November 14

Read pages 201-216 and complete a double entry journal

 

November 15

Discuss pages 188-216.

Share journals.

What did you think of the end of the book?

 

November 16

Essay assignment – either character analysis or theme analysis.

Choose one topic – prewriting: three elements and ÒI know this becauseÓ

 

November 17

Find two quotes that support each of your essay elements

 

November 18

Finish your quotes and begin writing your introduction.

 

 

 

Date

Classroom Activities

Assignment Due Dates

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?

 

November 8

Read pages 153-171 and complete a double entry journal.

 

November 9

Discuss pages 153-171.

Share journals

Read pages 172-187 and complete a double entry journal.

 

November 10

Discuss pages 172-187

Share journals.

Read pages 188-200 and complete a double entry journal.

 

November 11

No School – VeteranÕs Day

 

 

 

Date

Classroom Activities

Assignment Due Dates

October 31

Read pages 98-114 and complete a double entry journal.

 

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.

 

November 2

Read pages 115-129 and complete a double entry journal.

 

November 3

Discuss pages 115-129. 

Will Melissa really stay out of ChanceÕs business?

Share journals.

 

November 4

Read the beginning of section 3, pages 133-152, and complete a double entry journal.

 

 

 

Date

Classroom Activities

Assignment Due Dates

October 24

Highlight and revise paragraphs, type final drafts.

 

October 25

Finish final draft and read pages 60 to 82 in ÒRunnerÓ with double entry journal

 

October 26

Discuss pages 60 to 82.  Share journals

 

October 27

Read pages 82-97 and complete double entry journal.

 

October 28

Discuss 82-97.  Share journals.

 

 

Date

Classroom Activities

Assignment Due Dates

October 17

Begin reading ÒRunnerÓ – Pages 3-17.

Complete a double entry journal.

 

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

 

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.

 

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.

 

October 21

Discuss reading and share journals.

Paragraph assignment – did chance make the right decision about the job?

 

 

 

Date

Classroom Activities

Assignment Due Dates

October 10

Free read day

 

October 11

 

October 12

 

October 13

 

October 14

No School – State Inservice

 

 

 

Date

Classroom Activities

Assignment Due Dates

October 3

Finish Rough Draft

 

October 4

Highlight rough draft for essay elements.

 

October 5

Type rough draft

 

October 6

Finish typing rough draft.

 

October 7

Highlight second draft for essay elements.  Peer editing.

 

 

 

Date

Classroom Activities

Assignment Due Dates

September 26

Read the story ÒLamb to the SlaughterÓ and complete a double entry journal.

 

September 27

Discuss ÒLamb to the SlaughterÓ

Think sheet for character analysis of Mary.

 

September 28

Add commentary to your concrete detail on your think sheet.

Check your thesis with Ms. Holter

 

September 29

Begin writing your rough draft

 

September 30

Continue writing rough draft

 

 

 

Date

Classroom Activities

Assignment Due Dates

September 19

Concrete detail and commentary – T chart.

 

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.

 

September 21

Finish your paragraph.

Free read

 

September 22

Highlight paragraph for topic sentence, concrete detail and commentary.

Write a final draft.

Turn in.

 

September 23

Hand back paragraphs and evaluate.

Go over last yearÕs HSPE scores with Miss Holter

Free read.

 

 

 

Date

Classroom Activities

Assignment Due Dates

September 12

Review thesis statements.

Identify thesis statement examples

Free read – 20 minutes.

 

September 13

Pre-writing strategies: bubble diagrams and webbing.

Free read – 15 minutes.

 

September 14

Pre-writing strategies - outlines

 

September 15

Pre-writing strategies – lists and columns

 

September 16

Free read

 

 

 

Date

Classroom Activities

Assignment Due Dates

September 5

No School – Labor Day

 

September 6

To the library to check out free read book.  Reading time.

 

September 7

10 minute free read.

Definitions for writing process and elements of an essay.

 

September 8

10 minute free read.

Complete definitions.

 

September 9

Practice writing thesis statements.

 

 

 

Date

Classroom Activities

Assignment Due Dates

 

 

 

 

 

 

August 31

Q & A with Miss Holter

What is HSPE about?

Freewrite – What do I need to know about you?

Policies and expectations

 

September 1

Writing Pre-assessment:  On demand expository prompt in class

 

September 2

Writing Pre-assessment:  On demand expository prompt due at the end of class today