Lesson Plan

Grade 10 ELA Module 1: Unit 3, Lesson 9

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Having prepared for an analysis essay about one of the characters from The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan, tenth graders demonstrate their understanding in a mid-unit assessment. They focus on either Jing-Mei or Waverly in an informative writing assignment focusing on the text's central ideas. Additionally, learners begin reading an excerpt from H.G. Bissinger's Friday Night Lights.

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CCSS: Designed
Instructional Ideas
  • Allow learners to write a draft of the essay in class before submitting a final assessment
  • Set up peer editing groups with the attached checklist
Classroom Considerations
  • Designed as an assessment for the first eight lessons in a series of 14
Pros
  • Provides a writing analysis rubric as well as an editing checklist
  • Includes an activity tool for the preface of the reading passage
  • Connects the concepts from the previous lessons and assessment to the next reading assignment
Cons
  • None