
MR. SALSICH’S LESSON PLAN
Date: Monday, September 29
Class: 9th grade
*Refreshments and casual quiet reading (7) …
*SET TIMER …
*GET DAILY CLASS NOTES READY ...
*LOD (1): What happened when the English teacher's dictionary was stolen??…
*POD (1) …
* Homework assignment (2) …
* Stickers to the TA (1) …
*RETURN ESSAYS (3) ….
*Reminder: saying thanks …
*NEW job assignments (2) …
*Poem by Emily (3)
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LESSON FOR THE DAY (26): making connections: finding one author's story in another's ...
1) SOMETHING STRANGE (TO GET YOU INTERESTED): making a surprise connection ... in a strange way
2) OBJECTIVE OF THE LESSON: to help you see that great stories often share great similarities
3) REASON FOR THE LESSON: because "looking for connections" will be a theme in our reading all year…
4) CONNECTION TO EARLIER LESSONS OR TO LIFE IN GENERAL: actually, aren't connections found almost everywhere, and in the strangest ways?
5) DIRECT INSTRUCTION: we will review a famous passage from "Sonny's Blues", and then start reading another story.
6) CLOSURE:
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ASSIGNMENT
Thanks to one and all!
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ASSIGNMENT
Thanks to one and all!