Teacher
Erika Lopez
Lesson Plans
Subject: Top Kids Writing Camp Topic: Making Inferences about The Pearl by
Steinbeck
Day: 1 Week 1 (6/22/23)
Standards: 5th grade: Key Ideas and Details: 1,3 Craft and structure: 4 Fluency: 4 Text types and Purposes: 1,2,4,5,9
Comprehension and Collaboration: 2
Conventions of Standard English: 1,2,4 6th- 8th grades: Key Ideas and Details: 1,2,3 Craft and structure: 4,5,6 Integration of Knowledge and Ideas: 9
Key Ideas and Details:1-6
Fluency: 4 Text types and Purposes: 1,2,4,5,6,9
Comprehension and Collaboration: 1,3,4
Conventions of Standard English: 1,4,5
Objectives:
* To begin to define literary terms that illuminate meaning * Define and analyze the use of inference when analyzing a literary work * Define other vocabulary terms * Utilize quotes from the book that supports an argument concerning the work’s theme.
Anticipatory Set: (10 minutes) 1. Define parables and scaffold eventual analysis of The Pearl. 2. Ask the students to provide some examples of parables that they have heard. Foreshadow what the students think The Pearl, may be about.
Teacher Preparation: 1. Class discussion (10 minutes): a. Briefly discuss the goals of the writing camp and introduce the students to what they need to be prepared for in class and in their upcoming year.
Guided Practice: (60 minutes)
1. Active reading of The Pearl while the students fill out handouts concerning the new vocabulary, defining inferences, and using quotations to support individual analysis of The Pearl.
2. Introduce packets in which students will build on their reading comprehension and identifying key aspects of any work.
3. Students will then actively read an interesting short story and answer questions about them.
Closure: (20 minutes) 1. Students will take a short quiz on The Pearl. 2. Students will begin their homework.
Independent Practice: (20 minutes) 1. Students will be
Lesson Plans
Subject: Top Kids Writing Camp Topic: Making Inferences about The Pearl by
Steinbeck
Day: 1 Week 1 (6/22/23)
Standards: 5th grade: Key Ideas and Details: 1,3 Craft and structure: 4 Fluency: 4 Text types and Purposes: 1,2,4,5,9
Comprehension and Collaboration: 2
Conventions of Standard English: 1,2,4 6th- 8th grades: Key Ideas and Details: 1,2,3 Craft and structure: 4,5,6 Integration of Knowledge and Ideas: 9
Key Ideas and Details:1-6
Fluency: 4 Text types and Purposes: 1,2,4,5,6,9
Comprehension and Collaboration: 1,3,4
Conventions of Standard English: 1,4,5
Objectives:
* To begin to define literary terms that illuminate meaning * Define and analyze the use of inference when analyzing a literary work * Define other vocabulary terms * Utilize quotes from the book that supports an argument concerning the work’s theme.
Anticipatory Set: (10 minutes) 1. Define parables and scaffold eventual analysis of The Pearl. 2. Ask the students to provide some examples of parables that they have heard. Foreshadow what the students think The Pearl, may be about.
Teacher Preparation: 1. Class discussion (10 minutes): a. Briefly discuss the goals of the writing camp and introduce the students to what they need to be prepared for in class and in their upcoming year.
Guided Practice: (60 minutes)
1. Active reading of The Pearl while the students fill out handouts concerning the new vocabulary, defining inferences, and using quotations to support individual analysis of The Pearl.
2. Introduce packets in which students will build on their reading comprehension and identifying key aspects of any work.
3. Students will then actively read an interesting short story and answer questions about them.
Closure: (20 minutes) 1. Students will take a short quiz on The Pearl. 2. Students will begin their homework.
Independent Practice: (20 minutes) 1. Students will be