Lesson Plan form for  Paul Rombough/
Chateauguay Valley High School  (Tower University Grade 8 Site)
Date:   April 28th, day 1, period 3 and 4
Class:          English
Objective: 
To edit and type an essay, and research key words in Walkabout.  period 1
To compare a film and a novel in a 3 sectioned, paragraphed response.
Materials: 
City essays which had already been typed ready on certain computers, and on disks.
Over head sheets listing options
Opening Motivational Set: 
Review structure of persuasive essay using overhead below
Show sample outline of an FIE that might actually use the city essay in it.
Point to examples of Illustration options.
Procedure:  period 3

1.  Assign computers and students first typed or edit then hand in and check off that their City Essays have been completed

2.  Students doing interviews regarding individual reading books can complete those interviews  in the halls

3. Free time to follow any of the remaining options
__________________________________________

Procedure period 4

1.  Take in questions due today (see  novel-lesson-walk11.htm)

2.  View film and ask students to mark down 10 differences they can find between the film and the video in note form in their journal on the back of a page.

3.  Assign Journal Entry Response Assignment.

  • Give your opinion of three major differences between the film (so far) and the book (so far), in three complete paragraphs (topic sentence, supporting statements, examples)


4.  5 minutes to divide up marks for the sound of thunder reading theatre scripts.
(one person gets the highest, the others can get no less than 10 marks less than teacher's mark)
click for assignment sheet
click for the actual scripts they produced
Followup/ Evaluation: 
Class discussion next day of comparison between film and a novel

Computer Room Options:

1.   Type out and re-check "persuasive" essay on a city.
             (must be handed in and checked off by Rombough today!)
2.   Finish your book interviews.
           (Questions by you,
           and results of your responses by someone else... in and checked off by Rombough today!)
3.   Research your three words  see links below
          found in the book walkabout for the group dictionary project  (Due sometime next week)
4.  Start typing/ research for FIE.
5.  Library work and silent reading is also an option.
 

Elements of a Persuasive Essay
(one example)

Thesis statement: The part of your introduction which states the opinion you will try to prove in your essay.

Paragraph 1:    a general overview of commonly accepted facts
(in our case, obvious good points about that city in a descriptive paragraph)

Paragraph 2:    focus on one fact which you support completely
(in our case, focus on one unique aspect of your city)

Paragraph 3:    anticipates the arguments of others, and counters them with positive examples of how your point is better.
(try meeting with other students and see what they are going to say)
 
 
 
 

FIE Outline

Poems:


Short Story
 


Essay


Illustrations
 


Idea for the Greater Narrative that ties it all together


 
 


Options for Illustrations and Book Art



Links to Sites Helpful for Research on Words