Name: Amber Seguin
Supervisor: Mrs. Fasick
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Subject/Grade: 9 Pre-AP
School Year: 2012-2013
Date: Day 1
Title of Unit: Writing: Oh the Many Places You Will Go --- And Writing Will Take You There
Lesson Title:
Grammar & Punctuation
Grade Level/Subject Area:
Student Profile:
9th grade Pre-AP
Number of Students: 30 and 28
Number of Students with Special Needs: 1 and 0
Duration:
Second half of class.
Objective: Purpose of the lesson
Students will review and better understand grammar in the form of
capitalization, colons, semi-colons, commas, comma splices, and
sentence fragments.
ELACC9-10L4: Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and
multiple-meaning words and phrases based on grades 9–10 reading
and content, choosing flexibly from a range of strategies.
a. Use context (e.g., the overall meaning of a sentence, paragraph, or
text; a word’s position or function in a sentence) as a clue to the
meaning of a word or phrase.
b. Identify and correctly use patterns of word changes that indicate
different meanings or parts of speech (e.g., analyze, analysis,
analytical; advocate, advocacy).
c. Consult general and specialized reference materials (e.g.,
dictionaries, glossaries, thesauruses), both print and digital, to find
the pronunciation of a word or determine or clarify its precise
meaning, its part of speech, or its etymology.
d. Verify the preliminary determination of the meaning of a word or
phrase (e.g., by checking the inferred meaning in context or in a
dictionary).
ELACC9-10L2: Demonstrate command of the conventions of
standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when
writing.
a. Use a semicolon (and perhaps a conjunctive adverb) to link two
or more closely related independent clauses.
b. Use a colon to introduce a list or quotation.
c. Spell correctly.
d. Produces legible work that shows accurate spelling and correct
use of the conventions of punctuation and capitalization
Standards:
https://www.georgiastandards.or
g/Pages/Default.aspx
Essential Questions:
Anticipatory Set: “Do Now”
1.) How can students better understand grammatical rules in
punctuation?
2.) What ways can students retain grammatical information?
Begin and finish the memorization of Romeo and Juliet oration.
Name: Amber Seguin
Supervisor: Mrs. Fasick
th
Subject/Grade: 9 Pre-AP
School Year: 2012-2013
Date: Day 1
Title of Unit: Writing: Oh the Many Places You Will Go --- And Writing Will Take You There
Prior Knowledge: What will
The basic rules of grammar and punctuation and foundations
students need to know in order to
learned in middle grades.
be successful?
Modeling: How will students
know what is expected?
By in class work in groups and individually.
Check for Understanding: What
techniques will be used to monitor
Random questions and follow up questions the following day.
learning?
Guided Practice: What activities
Students will identify grammatical/ punctuation errors on the smart board,
will be done to provide students
everyone will be given a turn, by random selection.
with an opportunity to practice
what they are learning?
Independent Practice: How will
Students will be given a grammar worksheet and will be required to
learning be reinforced?
turn it in as an exit ticket.
Homework? Exit ticket?
Closing: How will the lesson end? By reviewing the lesson and call and answer response to check for
Refer back to essential questions.
understanding.
1. Students enter classroom.
Detailed Sequence of Activities:
Number/list the lesson procedures.
2. Do Now Activity: finish oration of Romeo and Juliet, students
1.) 2 minutes
given vocabulary words.
2.) 30 minutes
3. Lecture on Grammar- specifically when and how to properly use
3.) 30 minutes
colons, semi-solons, capitalization, and how to avoid comma
4.) 15 minutes
splices and sentence fragments.
5.) Until the end of class
4. Activity: On board identification game. Students will go to the
board and identify grammatical mistakes and must then fix them.
5. Independent: Exit ticket/ grammar worksheet, due at the end of
class.
6. Homework: Work on EOCT grammar worksheet.
Accommodations not needed at this time for any students.
Accommodations/
Modifications: Refer to student
profile.
Materials: What materials are
Writing utensils, paper, worksheets, EOCT books, smart board/ overhead
needed for the lesson? Include any or whiteboard.
helpful URL’s.
Technology Connection: What
I am using a smart board for the lesson and for students to actively
kind of technology are your
participate in enhancing understanding.
incorporating into the lesson?