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Lesson Plans
Week 29
Teacher(s): Lovie Heilig
Class: 7th Language Arts
NCSCS
Goals
Objectives
WarmUp/Review
Monday
6.01, 5.01, 1.01, 1.02
Students will identify
adverbs and explore
mythology through
poetry.
Adverb warm-up
Tuesday
1.01, 1.02, 5.01,
5.02
Students will
identify elements of
an origin myth.
EOG practice p.
845
Wednesday
1.01, 1.02, 2.01,
2.02, 5.01, 5.02
Compare and
contrast different
versions of a
mythical character.
Journal: Read
history of the
Olympics article and
identify character
traits of the original
Greek Olympians.
Instruction
Read Prometheus
Fire Poem
Write an original Ode
to a Hero poem
Read Demeter and
Persephone
Notes on origin
myths
Read two versions
of a myth:
Perseus/Percy-us
NSP
Methods
Scaffolding, writing
to learn
Scaffolding,
questioning,
writing to learn
Writing to learn,
scaffolding,
questioning, class
talk
Assessment
Ode Poem
Write an original
origin myth
Perseus reflection
questions
Thursday
2.02, 6.02, 1.02
Analyze media
techniques in the
portrayal of Greek
mythical
characters.
Discover how
modern culture
presents mythical
characters.
Review how to
create work
cited/bibliography
Friday
1.01, 1.02, 1.04, 2.01,
5.01, 5.02
Students will
collaborate to create a
mythical magazine or
puppet show to
creatively
demonstrate
comprehension of
mythology.
Warm-Up:
Greek/Roman
sculpture
transparency
Sample census for
character of
Perseus
View Jim
Hensesn’s Perseus
video to compare
and contrast
representations of
mythical
characters.
Writing to learn,
scaffolding
-mythology
research project
-Perseus analysis
Work in literary
groups to develop
magazines and
puppet shows
-Literacy
circles/collaborative
groups
-scaffolding
-writing to learn
-classroom talk
Mythology group
projects due: 3/31