Lander University Teacher Education Lesson Plan Template

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Teacher Candidate: Trikia Spaulding Lesson # 4 Subject/Grade: ELA/6th-8th Date and Time of Lesson: Learning Objective: Student will be able to actively listen to a short story read aloud and make predictions based off of their critical listening skills, prior knowledge, and discussion questions. Alignment with Standards: SC-ALT Extended Standard 1-1.2: Use pictures and words to make and revise predictions about a given literary text. SC-ALT Extended Standard 1-1.7: Use relevant details in summarizing stories read aloud. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.2.2 Recount or describe key ideas or details from a text read aloud or information presented orally or through other media. Developmental Appropriateness or Cross-curricular connections: This lesson is appropriate for these students because they are able to identify the key elements of short stories with prompts. Students do struggle with the more abstract concepts, such as predictions but have been previously exposed to this concept. This lesson will allow students to make predictions using picture clues and form predictions off of textual clues with the help of prompts. Assessment(s) of the Objectives: Lesson Objective(s) Objective 1 Students will be able to predict and give reasoning out loud, when a text is read out loud with 80% accuracy. Assessment(s) of the Objective(s) Assessment for Objective 1 Pre- Response to discussion questions. Mid- Participation of predictions and reasoning when prompted. Post- Prediction sentence and drawing.

Accommodations: Students will be given prompts when needed. Student will also be given extended time to view pictures and make predictions. One-on-one help will be given to students as specified on IEP. Materials: Rons Big Mission by Rose Blue and Corinne J. Naden worksheet pencil Highlighter Promethean board Procedures: 1. Quick assessment of students understanding of predictions by asking questions and giving examples a. Can anyone tell me what a prediction is? Response: b. Example: seeing clouds in the sky we can predict it might rain. c. Can anyone give me an example of a prediction? 2. Introduce text and state purpose of listeners as text is read aloud. a. The story we are reading today is called Rons Big Mission. Now your purpose as a listener, while I am reading, is to try and figure out what is Rons big mission. Lets make a few predictions, based off the cover, as to what we think Rons big mission is. b. Responses and reasoning: Ron wants to fly a plane because he is looking up into the sky where

Lander University Teacher Education Lesson Plan Template

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there is a plane flying. Ron wants to go to the library because there is a library behind him in the picture. 3. All good predictions, lets read and see if want to change our predictions or keep them. 4. Begin reading text until reaching first critical action point and prompt for prediction and summary. a. So have we discovered Rons big mission so far? What has happened so far? Where do you think Ron is rushing to? Does anyone want to change their prediction or make a new one? Responses and reasoning: No; Ron is in a rush to get somewhere so much so that he didnt eat breakfast, have a doughnut Mr. Douglas offered, or play basketball with his friend carl; Ron could be rushing to the library because of the picture on the cover of book, to see a plane show because he said he wanted to be a pilot; I dont think Rons big mission is to fly a plane because he says even though he wants to be a pilot that isnt on his mind today. Good predictions, lets see if you are right! 5. Continue text to check predictions. a. Have we discovered where Ron was rushing to? Does this match any of our predictions? What do you think Ron is going to do at the library? Response: Yes, Library; Yes we predicted Ron was rushing to get to the library because of the picture on library on cover of book; Read, check out a book. 6. Continue reading text until reaching second critical action point and prompt for prediction and summary. a. So did we discover what Ron wanted to do at the library? Why do you think Ron is feeling nervous? Why did Mrs. Fielding offer to check out Rons books? What do you think Ron will do since the desk clerk isnt paying him any attention? Responses: Ron wants to check out books; He has never checked out books, he isnt allowed to check out books; Mrs. Fielding is nice, she knew Ron wouldnt be able to check them out by himself; Ron will leave without checking out books, he will cry, he will ask Mrs. Fielding to check them out, he will not leave until he checks out the books. 7. Continue reading text until next critical point and check prediction. a. How did Ron get the clerks attention? Did this match any predictions made? What is the problem with Ron checking out the library books? What do you think Mrs. Scott will do next? Response: Ron jumped on her desk and demanded to check out books; Yes it matched our prediction about him not leaving until he checked out books; Ron cant check out books because he is black; Mrs. Scott will make the cops make him leave, Let him check out books. 8. Finish Rons Big Mission with a wrap-up discussion. a. So what was Rons big mission was, the problems he had to face, and the solution to the problems. Response: Rons big mission was to check out library books no matter the color of his skin. He wasnt allowed to check out books because he is black and the library rules says only white people could check out books. To solve his problem Ron refused to leave without checking out books and stated how unfair the rule was. Mrs. Scott eventually gave Ron a library card. 9. Students make a prediction of what Ron will be when he grows up and draw a picture expressing that prediction. Activity Analysis: The activity used in this lesson is Direct Listening-Thinking Activity or DL-TA. This activity depends on the students abilities to be active, critical listening and their ability to make predictions from text and pictures. All of these abilities will be useful in this lesson where they have to combine their listening, speaking, and literary skills to predict what is to happen throughout the text and use either written word or pictures for reasoning.

Lander University Teacher Education Lesson Plan Template

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The promethean board will be used in this lesson to display the worksheet for all to see and completed by myself. References:
Blue, R., & Naden, C. (2009). Ron's big mission. New York, NY: Penguin Group.