Senior Lessons for Weeks 8-13-12, 8-20-12, 8-27-12

Teacher: Racquel O’Connor-Mesa	Class: Senior English		Dates: Week of August 13, 2012- Week of August 20, 2012- Week of August 27, 2012
Learning Development:	Performance Objective:  UW.G12.3R.C2.PO1 Analyze how patterns of organization, hierarchical structures, repetition of key ideas, syntax, and word choice influence the clarity and understandability of functional text. Learning Objective: Identify, analyze, and apply knowledge of the purpose, structures, clarity, and relevancy of functional text. Kid-Friendly Language: I can examine how the six traits influence the understandability of functional text. Key Terms: Organization, Structure, Repetition, Ideas, Syntax, Word choice, Clarity, Understandability, Functional text Essential Questions: 1. What is organization? How does the author apply organizational technique to produce clarity within functional text? 2. What is a hierarchical structure? How does the author apply different types of hierarchical structures techniques to produce clarity within functional text? 3. What is repetition of key ideas? How does the author apply repetition techniques to produce clarity within functional text? 4. What is syntax? How does the author apply syntax technique to produce clarity within functional text? 5. What is word choice? How does the author apply word choice techniques to produce clarity within functional text?
Bloom’s Level	Low  Knowledge  Comprehension	Middle  Application		High  Analysis  Synthesis x Evaluation
Anticipatory Set ·         Congruent ·         Active ·         Past Experience	Write down a time when you have ever seen an instruction manual, diagram, or application and been confused by its directive? Explain why it was so confusing in a paragraph utilizing as many details as you can recall.  If this has happened to you on more than one occasion, select one to describe in detail, but list the others underneath your paragraph.
Instructional Strategies	Student-Led x Identifying Similarities & Differences x Summarizing x Project-Based  Nonlinguistic Representation x Setting Objectives x Peer Feedback  Generating/Testing Hypothesis		Teacher-Led x Lecture x Discussion x Homework x Practice x Cooperative Learning x Instructor Feedback x Questions, Cues, Advanced Organizers
Learning Activities & Modeling the H.O.T.S.	Week of 8-13-12 Students will take interactive notes on PowerPoint presentation reviewing the six traits of writing and functional text.  The teacher will lead a class discussion regarding why certain traits are essential to understanding the functionality of functional text. Students will break into cooperative groups and analyze 4 different types of functional text and score each utilizing a 6-trait rubric, noting the most effective and ineffective trait on each sample. Students will then create an effective piece of functional text and present it to their classmates, who will then evaluate the functional text utilizing a 6 trait rubric. Week of 8-20-12 Students will complete various applications Monday-Wednesday, and then break into cooperative groups to discuss its overall effectiveness based on their prior knowledge of the 6-traits. Week of 8-27-12 Students will be placed in cooperative groups and will be the opportunity to look at various cookbooks and the techniques utilized to increase effectiveness based on the 6-traits.  Students will then design their own recipe in a cookbook utilizing the most effective strategies they have previously evaluated.
Guided Practice	Teacher will model how to use a rubric when evaluating functional text.  The teacher will also give example through class-led discussion in the most effective techniques authors of functional text utilize. The teacher will complete the first day application with the students to decrease confusion.
Comprehension Check	The students’ comprehension will be assessed through the successful completion of interactive notes, cooperative group rubric evaluations, application evaluations, and recipe presentation.
Active Participation ·         All Students ·         All the Time	All students will be active learners and have a role in the successful mastery of this skill through individual note taking, discussion, observing teacher modeling, processing rubric attributes, application completion, and project presentation.				Covert   Overt x  Combination
Assessment	Selected Response                                                     Extended Written Response x Performance Assessment                                          x Personal Communication
Closure ·         Congruent ·         Active ·         Past Experience ·         Student Summary	Students will summarize the importance of promoting the functionality of functional text through the 6-traits.  Students will recall the initial functional text evaluations noting effective and ineffective strategies.  Students will celebrate their learning by bringing in the recipe they created for the class cookbook to share with their classmates.
Independent Practice	Students will take interactive notes, complete applications, and evaluate functional text utilizing a rubric.