September 10th
Lesson 1: Touchtones Orientation Lesson
We did this same lesson last year, but we are going to do it again. Meaningful discussion needs some review!
September 17th
Lesson 2: Touchtones Lesson 12: “Truth and Falsehood”
September 24th
Lesson 3: New York Times Poetry Pairings “The Road Not Taken”
1. Review “Three Important Steps of Conducting a Close Reading” from your notebook (this will not be a review for 6th graders and may take extra time).
2. Have students team up with a partner from their appointment clock.
3. Ask students what they know about the poem “The Road Not Taken” or Robert Frost. Have them share with their partner.
4. Have them read the information provided about the poem.
4. Have them read the information provided about the poem.
5. Have them follow along while listening to Robert Frost Reads Poem on youtube.
6. Have them take a few minutes to re-read and annotate the poem.
7. Remind them that poems are stories, and have the students work with their partner to figure out the story in this poem.
8. Pull popsicle sticks and have groups share ideas.
9. Have the same pairs read and annotate “Life Is a Wheel” from your notebook or weblink above.
10. Have the pairs answer the following questions (ticket out the door?)
- Why do you think this poem was paired with this article?
- What do the two have in common?
- Which did you like best: the poem or the article? Why?
11. Facilitate a class discussion based on students’ thoughts about these questions.
October 1st
Lesson 4: Touchtones Lesson 6 “Straight Lines”
See notebook
October 8th
Lesson 5: Touchtones Lesson 7 “How does a Scientist Think”
October 22nd
Lesson 6: New York Times Poetry Pairings “Fairy Tale Logic”
1. Have students team up with a partner from their appointment clock.
2. Have them share with each other what their favorite fairy tale is and why?
3. Have them read the poem “Fairy Tale Logic” and discuss what the poem is about. What’s the story?
4. Share using popsicle sticks.
5. Read aloud “The Better To Entertain You With, My Dear” while the students follow along.
6. Give them a few minutes to annotate the article.
7. Have the pairs answer the following questions (ticket out the door?)
- Why do you think this poem was paired with this article?
- What do the two have in common?
- Which did you like best the poem or the article? Why?
- What does this pairing say about life today?
8. Facilitate a class discussion based on the students’ thoughts about these questions.
October 29th
Lesson 7: Touchtones Lesson 13 “A Speech to the National American Woman
Suffrage Association 1890”
See notebook
November 5th
Lesson 8: Touchtones Lesson 15 “Maxims”
See notebook
November 26th
Lesson 9: New York Times Poetry Pairing “Jabberwocky”
1. Have students team up with a partner from their appointment clock.
2. Have them share with each other what they know about the poem “Jabberwocky.”
3. Share a little background info. Written by Lewis Carroll in 1872 as a part of the book Through the Looking Glass and What Alice Found There.
4. Have them listen to the poem “Jabberwocky" on Youtube: Jabberwocky with Text .
5. Students discuss what the poem was about with their partner. What was the story?
6. Share using popsicle sticks.
7. Have the partners read “ O’Frabjous Day”
8. Give them a few minutes to annotate the article.
9. Have the pairs answer the following questions (ticket out the door?)
- Why do you think this poem was paired with this article?
- What do the two have in common?
- Which did you like best the poem or the article? Why?
- What does this pairing say about life today? Do you think someone looking at it 100 years from now would still get the meaning?
10. Facilitate a class discussion based on the students’ thoughts about these questions.
There may be an addition to this plan, I’m trying to get some copies of Christopher Myer’s book so we can compare his version with the original.
