English IA College Prep Bellaire High School
Lesson Plan #5 Week #5
Sept.21-25, 2009
Topic: “Two Kinds” by Amy Tan
- Focus on personal narrative, SIFT, irony, characterization, foreshadowing, allusion
Vocabulary Words: #s 61-71 (formica, debut, prelude, staccato, spinet, tutus, disaster, sentimental, curtsy, conspire, betrayal, devastate, discordant, fiasco, indignity, lament, prodigy, ream, reproach, reverie, conspire)
HOMEWORK: Vocabulary – Every Thursday
Grammar assignments, due: Wednesday
Sentences, due: Thursday along with the other 10 vocabulary words
Activities
Monday
1. Quiz #4- “The Scarlet Ibis”, parts of a sentence, vocabulary
2. Read “Two Kinds” by Amy Tan.
3. Distribute grammar and vocabulary homework.
Tuesday
1. Reading check.
2. Close reading: character, characterization, conflict, allusion, theme, simile, plot elements/ SOAPSTONE + T
3. Discuss.
Wednesday
1. Discuss grammar concept: more parts of speech (verbs, adjectives, and adverbs) and sentence.
2. Work on exercises.
Thursday
1. Discuss grammar homework.
2. Write sentences on strips.
Friday
1. Write a diary entry in which the mother explains her hopes, dreams, and expectations for her daughter, as well as her sense of frustration.
2. Review for Monday’s quiz.
