LA/SS Lesson Objectives
for
November 16- 20, 2009
The Students will:
1. Analyze the leadership of John Smith and determine the reasons for Jamestown’s survival.
2. Review the lives of the leading individuals who settled the New England
Colonies and discover the reasons Pilgrims and Puritans came to create them.
3. Utilize reading and writing techniques to analyze primary and secondary texts to show mastery of reading comprehension and HOW & WHY CAFÉ writing concepts.
Monday Social Studies/Language Arts
a. FOCUS: Group Scavenger Hunt:
Who is the Leader?
b. SIR (Silent Independent Reading)
. Jamestown Makes It
. 1619 – A Big Year
c. Draft a newspaper article with illustrations
based on SIR, in ISN
d. Complete HOW AND WHY CAFÉ writing graphic
organizer outline in ISN
e. SSR (Silent Sustained Reading) – “Virginia”
. Copy and complete Reading Comprehension Questions in ISN
. Copy and complete two graphic
organizers in ISN
f. Brain Pop – English Grammar –
“Run On Sentences”
Tuesday Social Studies/Language Arts
a. FOCUS: Story Time –Tug Of War –
INDIANS Vs. Colonists
. How, Chief Massasoit (other aliases: Ousamequin, Woosamequin, Asuhmequin, Oosamequen, Osamekin, Owsamequin, Owsamequine, and Ussamequen)!
b. SIR (Silent Independent Reading) and Note-taking
. Massacre in Virginia
. Poverty in England
c. Create an Advertisement to America
d. LEXICON Work
. Words never to use in writing
. Words commonly misspelled
e. Brain Pop – English – “Pre-Writing: Choosing A Topic” (Brainstorming)
Wednesday Social Studies/Language Arts
a. FOCUS: All School Photo / Early Dismissal
b. Hi, Mr. Bradford!
. Mayflower, Pilgrims & Puritans
c. Reading and Writing
. Primary/Secondary Documents
. The Mayflower Compact
d. Brain Pop – English – “Pre-Writing: Organize Your Thoughts”
Thursday Social Studies/Language Arts
a. FOCUS: CARTOGRAPHERS -- ALL
. Mapping the 13 Colonies
b. Hi, Mr. Roger Williams (No! Not that Roger Williams)
c. SIR (Silent Independent Reading)
. Biography - Anne Hutchinson /Roger Williams
. ISN Writing – How Hutchinson
and Williams contributed to the
founding of the colony.
d. Brain Pop – English – “Show Not Tell / Improve Your Writing”
Friday Social Studies/Language Arts
a. FOCUS: Glorious Revolution / What no Blood?
b. Group Activity: Setting the Stage
” You’re a Hooker? Oh, Thomas Hooker!!
c. Brain Pop – English – “Strengthening Sentences –
No Weight Lifting Required.
d. HOW & WHY CAFÉ - ISN Writing Exercise.
COMING NEXT WEEK
. King Philip’s War -
To Fight or Not To Fight ?
That is the Question!!
. Quiz: Jamestown & Plymouth?
. Famine or Feast –
The First Thanksgiving!!
. B E W I T C H E D
Salem Witch Trials:
Journalist’s Conference!!