This lesson plan outlines a 6th grade English teacher's schedule and objectives for the week of September 8-12. On Monday, students will learn about genres and their similarities and differences. Tuesday through Friday, the objective is for students to understand how a story's plot unfolds through episodes and how characters change in response. Students will visit the library on Wednesday. The teacher will use read-alouds and diagrams to model objectives for students throughout the week.

1. Teacher Name: C. Nesbitt Content: ELA
Grade: 6th Bates Middle School Lesson Plan Template
Dates: 9/8/14 - 9/12/14
Monday: 9/8/14 Tuesday: 9/9/14 Wednesday: 9/10/14 Thursday: 9/11/14 Friday: 9/12/14
(It’s International Literacy
Day)
Objective:
SWBAT explain similarities
and differences between
different forms of genres.
Objective:
SWBAT describe how a story’s
plot unfolds in a series of
episodes as well as how
characters respond or
change as the plot moves
towards a resolution
Objective:
SWBAT navigate and utilize
the library as a resource.
Standard:
RL6.10
By the end of the year; read
and comprehend literature,
including stories, dramas,
and poems in the grades 6-8
text complexity band
proficiently, with scaffolding
as needed at the end of the
range.
LIBRARY DAY!!
HW: Read chapter one of story
selected.
Objective:
SWBAT describe how a
story’s plot unfolds in a
series of episodes as well as
how the characters respond
or change as the plot moves
towards a resolution
Objective:
SWBAT describe how a
story’s plot unfolds in a
series of episodes as well as
how the characters respond
or change as the plot moves
towards a resolution
Standards:
RL.6.9 Compare and contrast
tests in different forms or
genres in terms of their
approaches to similar themes
and topics.
Embedded: L6.4a-b Determine
or clarify the meaning of
unknown and multiple-meaning
words and phrases based on
grade 6 reading and content.
Standards:
RL6.3 Describe how a
particular story’s plot unfolds
in a series of episodes as
well as how the characters
respond or change as the
plot moves towards a
resolution.
Embedded: L6.4a-b Determine
or clarify the meaning of
unknown and multiple-meaning
words and phrases based on
grade 6 reading and content.
Standards:
RL6.3 Describe how a
particular story’s plot unfolds
in a series of episodes as
well as how the characters
respond or change as the
plot moves towards a
resolution.
Embedded: L6.4a-b Determine
or clarify the meaning of
unknown and multiple-meaning
words and phrases based on
grade 6 reading and content.
Standards:
RL6.3 Describe how a
particular story’s plot unfolds
in a series of episodes as well
as how the characters
respond or change as the plot
moves towards a resolution.
Embedded: L6.4a-b Determine
or clarify the meaning of
unknown and multiple-meaning
words and phrases based on
grade 6 reading and content.
Lesson Introduction:
Teacher will use a power
point to introduce weekly
vocabulary.
With student input, teacher
will create a KWL chart on the
board regarding the
characteristics of folk tales,
fables, and myths.
Lesson Introduction:
Quick Write-students will
describe a time when their
thoughts or feelings changed
about something or someone
over a period of time.
Teacher will use a power
point to introduce ‘types of
characters’.
Lesson Introduction:
Students will begin a plot
diagram in their notebook by
identifying the characters
and setting from chapter one
of the story they are reading
from yesterday’s library visit.
Assessment/Success
Criteria:
Students will complete
assessment with 80%
accuracy.
Model:
The read-aloud, In the
Moonlight Mist (A Korean
Tale), will be used to model
characteristics of folk tales
noting specific features while
reading.
Model:
Teacher will use the read-aloud
from last week (The
Little Engine that Could) to
illustrate the plot
development and to
demonstrate how a character
can change over time.
Diagrams will be written on
the board.
Model:
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