English Sample Lesson Plans
English Enhanced Scope and Sequence (ESS) Sample Lesson Plans help teachers align instruction with the 2010 English Standards of Learning (SOL) by providing examples of how the knowledge, skills and processes found in the SOL and curriculum framework can be presented to students in the classroom.
The lesson plans by grade band are accessible through a drop-down menu.
In addition to the ESS Sample Lesson Plans, the Standards of Learning Progression Charts for Reading, Writing, Grammar and Research (PDF files) identify the grade level at which specific skills are formally introduced in the 2010 English Standards of Learning. The progression charts provide a visual representation of the grade level at which a student should have formal instruction on specific skills. Not all skills in the English Standards of Learning are represented in these charts nor are the skill progression charts a replacement for the English Standards of Learning or the English Standards of Learning Curriculum Framework.
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Sample Lesson Plans for the 2010 English SOL
Oral Language
Blending and segmenting multisyllabic words (PDF) / (Word) K.4
Manipulating phonemes to make rhyming words (PDF) / (Word) K.4 1.42.4
Identifying synonyms (PDF) / (Word) 2.22.7
Identifying antonyms (PDF) / (Word) 2.22.7
Story retelling using creative dramatics (PDF) / (Word) K.1K.91.1 1.92.12.8
Summarizing story events (PDF) / (Word) K.1K.9K.12 1.1 1.9 1.132.32.82.12
Communication: Speaking, Listening, Media Literacy
- Grades 3-5
- Grades 6-8
- Grades 9-12
Grades 3-5 Lesson Skills
Media Literacy analyzed (PDF) / (Word) 4.35.3
Media Literacy applied (PDF) / (Word) 4.2 4.3 5.2 5.3
Grades 6-8 Lesson Skills
Differentiate between formal and informal language (PDF) / (Word) 8.2
Media literacy in presentations (PDF) / (Word) 6.26.37.1 7.3 8.2 8.3
Research project embedded with media literacy (PDF) / (Word) 6.36.9 7.3 7.9 8.3 8.9 9.2 9.8 10.2 10.8 11.2 11.8 12.2 12.8
Grades 9-12 Lesson Skills
Research project embedded with media literacy (PDF) / (Word) 6.36.9 7.3 7.9 8.3 8.9 9.2 9.8 10.2 10.8 11.2 11.8 12.2 12.8
Creating a research project with embedded media literacy (PDF) / (Word) 9.2 9.8 10.2 10.8 11.2 11.8
Media literacy with focus of strategies for collaboration (PDF) / (Word) 9.19.2 9.4 10.1 10.2 10.4 11.1 11.2 11.412.1 12.2 12.4
Research product with embedded media literacy (PDF) / (Word) 9.29.8 10.2 10.8 11.2 11.8
Determining audience and purpose (PDF) / (Word) 9.2 9.5 10.2 10.5 11.2 11.5 12.2 11.5
Media literacy and persuasive writing (PDF) / (Word) 9.2 9.6 10.2 10.6 11.2 11.6 12.2 12.6
Identifying persuasion in media literacy (PDF) / (Word) 9.2 9.6 10.2 10.6 11.2 11.6 12.2 12.6
Persuasive writing and speaking (PDF) / (Word) 9.29.6 9.7 10.2 10.6 10.7 11.2 11.6 11.7 12.2 12.6 12.7
Reading
Reading Skills Progression by Grade (PDF)
Vocabulary
- Grades K-2
- Grades 3-5
- Grades 6-8
- Grades 9-12
Grades K-2 Lesson Skills
Applying phonetic principles (PDF) / (Word) K.71.62.5
Vocabulary development (PDF) / (Word) K.81.8
Grades 3-5 Lesson Skills
Homophones (PDF) / (Word) 3.4 4.4 5.4
Figurative language – identifying onomatopoeia (PDF) / (Word) 5.4
Context clues (PDF) / (Word) 3.4 4.4 5.4
Roots and affixes (PDF) / (Word) 3.4 4.4 5.4
Word reference materials (PDF) / (Word) 3.4 4.4 5.4
Grades 6-8 Lesson Skills
Using word maps to expand vocabulary (PDF) / (Word) 6.4 7.4 8.4
Understanding and using roots to expand vocabulary (PDF) / (Word) 6.4 7.4 8.4
Understanding and using suffixes to expand vocabulary (PDF) / (Word) 6.4 7.4 8.4
Understanding connotation (PDF) / (Word) 6.4 7.4 8.4
Using context clues (PDF) / (Word) 6.4 7.4 8.4
Learning vocabulary by using reference materials (PDF) / (Word) 6.4 7.4 8.4
Predicting the meaning of unfamiliar words in a text (PDF) / (Word) 6.4 7.4 8.4
Determining meaning of words by taking them apart (PDF) / (Word) 6.4 7.4 8.4
Grades 9-12 Lesson Skills
Making connections, using metaphor (PDF) / (Word) 9.310.311.312.3
Fiction
- Grades K-2
- Grades 3-5
- Grades 6-8
- Grades 9-12
Grades K-2 Lesson Skills
Prior knowledge and purpose (PDF) / (Word) K.91.92.8
Previewing the selection (PDF) / (Word) 1.91.102.82.9
Making predictions (PDF) / (Word) K.91.92.8
Questioning (PDF) / (Word) K.91.92.8
Locating information to answer questions-small group reading (PDF) / (Word) 1.91.102.82.9
Main idea or theme (PDF) / (Word) 1.92.8
Drawing conclusions (PDF) / (Word) 2.83.5
Comprehension of fictional texts I (PDF) / (Word) 1.92.8
Comprehension of fictional texts II (PDF) / (Word) K.91.92.8
Story retelling using creative dramatics (PDF) / (Word) K.1K.91.1 1.9 2.1 2.8
Summarizing story events (PDF) / (Word) K.1K.9K.121.1 1.9 1.132.32.82.12
Grades 3-5 Lesson Skills
Drawing conclusions and simple inference (PDF) / (Word) 3.5 4.5 5.5
Making, confirming, or revising predictions (PDF) / (Word) 3.5 4.5 5.5
Plot development and conflict (PDF) / (Word)4.5 5.5
Prior knowledge (PDF) / (Word) 3.5 4.5 5.5
Summarizing fiction (PDF) / (Word) 3.5 4.5 5.5
Identifying the main idea (PDF) / (Word) 3.5 4.5 5.5
Comparing and contrasting biography and autobiography (PDF) / (Word) 3.6 4.5 5.5
Summarizing fiction (PDF) / (Word) 4.5 5.5 6.5
Differentiate between fiction and nonfiction (PDF) / (Word) 3.5 3.6 4.5 4.6 5.5 5.6
Framing questions about the text (PDF) / (Word) 5.5 5.6 6.5 6.6 7.5 7.6 8.5 8.6
Making connections (PDF) / (Word) 5.5 5.6 6.5 6.6 7.5 7.6 8.5 8.6
Making inferences (PDF) / (Word) 4.54.6 5.5 5.6 6.5 6.6 7.5 7.6 8.5 8.6
Grades 6-8 Lesson Skills
Summarizing fiction (PDF) / (Word) 4.5 5.5 6.5
Identifying elements of plot structure (PDF) / (Word) 6.5 7.5 8.5
Identifying types of conflict (PDF) / (Word) 6.5 7.5 8.5
Identifying internal and external conflict (PDF) / (Word) 6.5 7.5 8.5
Understanding theme (PDF) / (Word) 6.5 7.5 8.5
Identifying and understanding character traits (PDF) / (Word) 6.5 7.5 8.5
Identifying and categorizing character traits (PDF) / (Word) 6.5 7.5 8.5
Identifying and illustrating character traits (PDF) / (Word) 6.5 7.5 8.5
Identifying direct and indirect characterization (PDF) / (Word) 6.5 7.5 8.5
Understanding indirect characterization (PDF) / (Word) 6.5 7.5 8.5
Understanding the impact of cause-effect relationships (PDF) / (Word) 6.5 7.5 8.5
Identifying viewpoint and theme (PDF) / (Word) 6.5 7.5 8.5
Describing the impact of visual imagery and poetic devices (PDF) / (Word) 6.5 7.5 8.5
Selecting evidence to support the main idea (PDF) / (Word) 6.5 7.5 8.5
Summarizing and selecting details to support conclusions (PDF) / (Word) 6.5 7.5 8.5
Summarizing information (PDF) / (Word) 6.5 7.5 8.5
Framing questions about the text (PDF) / (Word) 5.5 5.6 6.5 6.6 7.5 7.6 8.5 8.6
Making connections (PDF) / (Word) 5.5 5.6 6.5 6.6 7.5 7.6 8.5 8.6
Comparing fiction to nonfiction text (PDF) / (Word) 6.5 6.6 7.5 7.6 8.5 8.6
Making inferences (PDF) / (Word) 4.54.6 5.5 5.6 6.5 6.6 7.5 7.6 8.5 8.6
Grades 9-12 Lesson Skills
Recognizing point of view (PDF) / (Word) 9.410.4 11.4 12.4
Making margin notes (PDF) / (Word) 9.4 10.4 11.412.4
Comparing two or more texts (PDF) / (Word) 9.49.5 10.4 10.5 11.4 11.5 12.412.5
Comparing texts to determine how authors shape the intended audience (PDF) / (Word) 9.4 9.5 10.410.5 11.4 11.5 12.412.5
Media literacy with focus of strategies for collaboration (PDF) / (Word) 9.19.2 9.4 10.1 10.2 10.4 11.1 11.2 11.412.1 12.2 12.4
Working with a good sentence (PDF) / (Word) 9.4 9.510.4 10.5 11.4 11.5 12.412.5
Nonfiction
- Grades K-2
- Grades 3-5
- Grades 6-8
- Grades 9-12
Grades K-2 Lesson Skills
Prior knowledge and purpose (PDF) / (Word) 1.102.9
Previewing the selection (PDF) / (Word) 1.91.102.82.9
Comprehending nonfiction – previewing the selection (PDF) / (Word) 1.102.9
Making predictions with nonfiction texts (PDF) / (Word) K.101.102.9
Nonfiction text structure (PDF) / (Word) 1.102.92.10
Locating information to answer questions-small group reading (PDF) / (Word) 1.91.102.82.9
Locating information to answer questions-nonfiction (PDF) / (Word) 1.102.9
Using simple reference materials (PDF) / (Word) 1.112.10
Comprehension of information in reference materials (PDF) / (Word) 2.103.7
Grades 3-5 Lesson Skills
Activating prior knowledge (PDF) / (Word) 3.6 4.6 5.6
Author’s purpose (PDF) / (Word) 3.6 4.6 5.6
Drawing conclusions and making simple inferences (PDF) / (Word) 3.6 4.6 5.6
Main idea (PDF) / (Word) 3.6 4.6 5.6
Understanding what you read (PDF) / (Word) 3.6 4.6 5.6
Nonfiction text features (PDF) / (Word) 3.6 4.6 5.6
Summarizing points in nonfiction (PDF) / (Word) 3.6 4.6 5.6
Summarizing supporting details in nonfiction (PDF) / (Word) 3.6 4.6 5.6
Table of contents, indices, charts, maps, graphs (PDF) / (Word) 3.6 3.7 4.6 5.6 5.9
Text features (PDF) / (Word) 3.6 4.6 5.6
Using online resources (PDF) / (Word) 3.6 3.7 4.6 5.6
Who, what, when, where, why, how (PDF) / (Word) 3.6 4.6 5.6
Context clues in nonfiction (PDF) / (Word) 3.6 4.6 5.6
Making, confirming, or revising predictions (PDF) / (Word) 5.6 6.6 7.6 8.6
Differentiate between fiction and nonfiction (PDF) / (Word) 3.5 3.6 4.5 4.6 5.5 5.6
Framing questions about the text (PDF) / (Word) 5.5 5.6 6.5 6.6 7.5 7.6 8.5 8.6
Making connections (PDF) / (Word) 5.5 5.6 6.5 6.6 7.5 7.6 8.5 8.6
Making inferences (PDF) / (Word) 4.54.6 5.5 5.6 6.5 6.6 7.5 7.6 8.5 8.6
Grades 6-8 Lesson Skills
Making, confirming, or revising predictions (PDF) / (Word) 5.6 6.6 7.6 8.6
Framing questions about the text (PDF) / (Word) 6.6 7.6 8.6
Identifying the purpose(s) of texts (PDF) / (Word) 6.6 7.6 8.6
Identifying nonfiction text structure (PDF) / (Word) 6.6 7.6 8.6
Using text structure to determine organizational patterns (PDF) / (Word) 6.6 7.6 8.6
Understanding text features (PDF) / (Word) 6.6 7.6 8.6
Distinguishing fact from opinion (PDF) / (Word) 6.6 7.6 8.6
Differentiate between fiction and nonfiction (PDF) / (Word) 3.5 3.6 4.5 4.6 5.5 5.6
Framing questions about the text (PDF) / (Word) 5.5 5.6 6.5 6.6 7.5 7.6 8.5 8.6
Making connections (PDF) / (Word) 5.5 5.6 6.5 6.6 7.5 7.6 8.5 8.6
Comparing fiction to nonfiction text (PDF) / (Word) 6.5 6.6 7.5 7.6 8.5 8.6
Making inferences (PDF) / (Word) 4.54.6 5.5 5.6 6.5 6.6 7.5 7.6 8.5 8.6
Grades 9-12 Lesson Skills
Recognizing ambiguity, contradiction, paradox, irony, overstatement, understatement (PDF) / (Word) 11.512.5
Identifying false premise in persuasive writing (PDF) / (Word) 11.512.5
Identifying false premise (PDF) / (Word) 11.512.5
Comprehending functional and informational text-applications (PDF) / (Word) 9.5 10.5 11.512.5
Comprehending functional and informational text-college application (PDF) / (Word) 9.5 10.5 11.512.5
Comprehending functional and informational text-consumer information (PDF) / (Word) 9.5 10.5 11.512.5
Comprehending functional and informational text-directions/instructions (PDF) / (Word) 9.5 10.5 11.512.5
Identifying author’s purpose, organization, and word choice in nonfiction (PDF) / (Word) 9.5 10.5 11.512.5
Making predictions about a text (PDF) / (Word) 9.5 10.5 11.512.5
Making predictions and generalizations/ drawing inferences and conclusions (PDF) / (Word) 9.5 10.5 11.512.5
Comparing two or more texts (PDF) / (Word) 9.49.5 10.4 10.5 11.4 11.5 12.412.5
Comparing texts to determine how authors shape the intended audience (PDF) / (Word) 9.4 9.5 10.410.5 11.4 11.5 12.412.5
Determining audience and purpose (PDF) / (Word) 9.2 9.5 10.2 10.5 11.2 11.5 12.2 11.5
Working with a good sentence (PDF) / (Word) 9.4 9.510.4 10.5 11.4 11.5 12.412.5
Writing
Writing Skills Progression by Grade (PDF)
Grammar Skills Progression by Grade (PDF)
- Grades K-2
- Grades 3-5
- Grades 6-8
- Grades 9-12
Grades K-2 Lesson Skills
Prewriting, using pictures (PDF) / (Word) 1.132.12
Writing to a specific topic (PDF) / (Word) K.9K.10K.12 1.91.101.132.82.92.12
Writing process – expository writing (PDF) / (Word) 1.132.12
Writing process – narrative writing (PDF) / (Word) 1.132.12
Adding descriptive detail (PDF) / (Word) 1.132.12
Revision (PDF) / (Word) 1.132.12
Summarizing story events (PDF) / (Word) K.1K.9K.121.1 1.9 1.132.32.82.12
Grades 3-5 Lesson Skills
Prewriting strategies (PDF) / (Word) 3.9 4.7 5.7
The writing process-prewriting using collaboration (PDF) / (Word) 3.9 4.7 5.7
Developing a central idea in narrative writing (PDF) / (Word) 3.9
Elaborating the main idea, using supporting details (PDF) / (Word) 3.9 4.7 5.7
Informative/expository writing (PDF) / (Word) 3.9 4.7 5.7
Narrative writing vs. explanatory writing (PDF) / (Word) 3.9 4.7 5.7
Narrative writing (PDF) / (Word) 3.9 4.7 5.7
Organizing writing to convey a central idea (PDF) / (Word)4.7 5.7
Persuasive writing (PDF) / (Word)4.7 5.7
Strategies for organization and elaboration of personal narrative (PDF) / (Word) 3.9 4.7 5.7
The writing process-revision with collaboration (PDF) / (Word)3.9 3.10 4.7 4.85.7 5.8
Tone and voice (PDF) / (Word) 5.7
Transition words in writing (PDF) / (Word) 3.9 3.10 4.7 4.8 5.7 5.8
Writing choice and sentence variety (PDF) / (Word) 4.7 5.7
Writing a topic sentence (PDF) / (Word) 3.6 3.9 4.6 4.7 5.6 5.7
Grades 6-8 Lesson Skills
Asking questions to gather information needed for writing (PDF) / (Word) 6.7 7.7 8.7
Identifying audience and purpose (PDF) / (Word) 6.7 7.7 8.7
Determining purpose and audience (PDF) / (Word) 6.7 7.7 8.7
Deciding the mode (PDF) / (Word) 6.7 7.7 8.7
Developing and recognizing the features of written expression/composition (PDF) / (Word) 6.7 7.7 8.7
Elaborating with showing, not telling (PDF) / (Word) 6.7 6.8 7.7 7.8 8.7 8.8
Using graphic organizers and effective hooks (PDF) / (Word) 6.7 7.7 8.7
Maintain consistent point of view (PDF) / (Word) 6.8 7.8 8.8
Maintaining organization, clarity, central idea, and unity (PDF) / (Word) 6.7 7.7 8.7
Using the RAFTS strategy to unpack the prompt (PDF) / (Word) 6.7 7.7 8.7
Analyzing and planning persuasive writing (PDF) / (Word) 6.7 7.7 8.7
The writing process for expository writing (PDF) / (Word) 6.7 6.8 7.7 7.8 8.7 8.8
The writing process for persuasive writing (PDF) / (Word) 6.7 6.8 7.7 7.8 8.7 8.8
Revising writing (PDF) / (Word) 6.7 6.8 7.7 7.8 8.7 8.8
Creating thesis statements (PDF) / (Word) 6.7 7.7 8.7
Using subject-verb agreement with intervening phrases and clauses (PDF) / (Word) 6.8 7.8 8.8
Using specific vocabulary and elaboration (PDF) / (Word) 6.7 6.8 7.7 7.8 8.7 8.8
Writing effective dialogue (PDF) / (Word) 6.7 6.8 7.7 7.8 8.7 8.8
Developing fluency, using drop-in words in a story (PDF) / (Word) 6.7 7.7 8.7
Combining ideas into an effective sentence (PDF) / (Word) 6.7 6.8 7.7 7.8 8.7 8.8
Adding specific vocabulary (PDF) / (Word) 6.7 6.8 7.7 7.8 8.7 8.8
Planning persuasive writing (PDF) / (Word) 8.69.6 10.6 11.612.6
Developing an essay: Using specific nouns, strong verbs, and vivid adjectives (PDF) / (Word) 6.76.87.77.8 8.78.89.6 9.7 10.610.7 11.6 11.7 12.6 12.7
Grades 9-12 Lesson Skills
Persuasive writing (PDF) / (Word) 9.6 10.611.6 12.6
Writing business and postsecondary correspondence (PDF) / (Word) 11.6 12.6
Writing for workplace or postsecondary use (PDF) / (Word) 11.6 12.6
Writing counterarguments (PDF) / (Word) 11.6 12.6
Counterarguments (PDF) / (Word) 11.6 12.6
Brainstorming to write a persuasive essay on demand (PDF) / (Word) 9.6 10.6 11.6 12.6
Planning persuasive writing (PDF) / (Word) 8.69.6 10.6 11.612.6
Editing and proofreading (PDF) / (Word) 9.7 10.7 11.7 12.7
Developing an essay: Using specific nouns, strong verbs, and vivid adjectives (PDF) / (Word) 6.76.87.77.8 8.78.89.6 9.7 10.610.7 11.6 11.7 12.6 12.7
Developing an essay: word choice (PDF) / (Word) 9.6 9.7 10.6 10.7 11.6 11.7 12.6 12.7
Media literacy and persuasive writing (PDF) / (Word) 9.2 9.6 10.2 10.6 11.2 11.6 12.2 12.6
Identifying persuasion in media literacy (PDF) / (Word) 9.2 9.6 10.2 10.6 11.2 11.6 12.2 12.6
Persuasive writing and speaking (PDF) / (Word) 9.29.6 9.7 10.2 10.6 10.7 11.2 11.6 11.7 12.2 12.6 12.7
Synthesizing to support a thesis – big picture emphasis (PDF) / (Word) 9.6 9.8 10.6 10.8 11.6 11.8 12.6 12.8
Writing and research using counterclaims (PDF) / (Word) 9.6 9.8 10.6 10.8 11.6 11.8 12.6 12.8
Research
Research Skills Progression by Grade (PDF)
- Grades 3-5
- Grades 6-8
- Grades 9-12
Grades 3-5 Lesson Skills
Organizing information into short reports (PDF) / (Word) 3.11 4.9 5.9
Plagiarism and crediting sources (PDF) / (Word) 3.11 4.9 5.9
Reference materials (PDF) / (Word) 3.7 3.11 4.9 5.9
Research using technology (PDF) / (Word) 4.9 5.9
Table of contents, indices, charts, maps, graphs (PDF) / (Word) 3.6 3.7 4.6 5.6 5.9
Locating information quickly in a variety of resources (PDF) / (Word) 5.9 6.9 7.9 8.9
Grades 6-8 Lesson Skills
Locating information quickly in a variety of resources (PDF) / (Word) 5.9 6.9 7.9 8.9
Developing topic ideas to begin the research process (PDF) / (Word) 6.9 7.9 8.9
Researching and narrowing topics (PDF) / (Word) 6.9 7.9 8.9
Researching information on the Internet (PDF) / (Word) 6.9 7.9 8.9
Researching information (PDF) / (Word) 6.9 7.9 8.9
Grades 9-12 Lesson Skills
Creating a research project with embedded media literacy (PDF) / (Word) 9.2 9.8 10.2 10.8 11.2 11.8
Research product with embedded media literacy (PDF) / (Word) 9.29.8 10.2 10.8 11.2 11.8
Synthesizing to support a thesis – big picture emphasis (PDF) / (Word) 9.6 9.8 10.6 10.8 11.6 11.8 12.6 12.8
Writing and research using counterclaims (PDF) / (Word) 9.6 9.8 10.6 10.8 11.6 11.8 12.6 12.8
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