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!