Lesson Plan Guide

Teacher Candidate:

Apryll J. Cosby

Date:

Grade and Topic:

4th Grade ELA

Length of Lesson:

Mentor Teacher:

7/30/15
one hour

School: Highland Oaks Elementary

UNIT/CHAPTER OBJECTIVE/GENERALIZATION/BIG IDEA:

Speaking and Listening; Presentation of Knowledge and Ideas
LESSON OBJECTIVE:
1. Students will be able to present an organized, detailed report on a chosen topic using relevant facts to support their
main theme.
2. Students will be able to create a PowerPoint presentation that communicates their topic with a combination of text
and visuals.
3. Students will be able to present orally using appropriate language and tone.

STANDARDS ADDRESSED:
Presentation of Knowledge and Ideas:
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.4.4
Report on a topic or text, tell a story, or recount an experience in an
organized manner, using appropriate facts and relevant, descriptive details to support main ideas or
themes; speak clearly at an understandable pace.
ISTE Standards for students
1. Creativity and Innovation - Students demonstrate creative thinking, construct knowledge, and
develop innovative products and processes using technology.
b.
Create original work as a means of personal or group expression
2. Communication and Collaboration - Students use digital media and environments to communicate and
work collaboratively, including at a distance, to support individual learning and contribute to the
learning of others.
b.

Communicate information and ideas effectively to multiple audiences using a variety of media
and formats

MATERIALS:

Students use a report on an issue that is important to them to write an oral presentation on a graphic organizer. (This
report has already been completed.)

Students will use a computer to create a presentation using the PowerPoint Program.

BACKGROUND and RATIONALE:

Key concepts are organization, communication, presentation.
Lesson builds on previous lessons by utilizing report and translating it into a new medium.

PROCEDURES AND TIMELINE:

Introduction: Weve already completed our reports on an issue that you thought was important. But how are
we going to let the world know? If you were a scientist or a researcher, and you wanted to get the support of a
business or organization to help with your issue, what would you do? You would have to make a presentation!
Tell them why your issue is important. And with technology today, you can show them at the same time, or you
can send them a presentation that you created if you cannot be there in person. That is what well be creating in
todays lesson.

Procedures:
Instruction and modeling: 8 minutes
1. Teacher introduces the importance of speaking and listening as it applies to sharing information on an
important topic.
2. Teacher demonstrates PowerPoint features on overhead, including inserting images and text boxes, and
utilizing different fonts, etc.
3. Teacher asks if anyone has any questions/ checks for comprehension.
Students use their reports to write an oral presentation: 8 minutes
Students will organize the information from their reports into a main theme and supporting details. Teacher
monitors unobtrusively to make sure students are on task, giving assistance when needed.
Creation of PowerPoint Presentation: 18 minutes
Students will each have a computer, and will transfer their oral presentations onto slides with appropriate images.
Presentations: 18 minutes
Students take turns presenting.

Closure: 8 minutes
Students will discuss presentations. I will lead discussions, asking which presentation was most
informative and why. Students will get peer feedback on their presentations.

ASSESSMENT EVIDENCE:
CATEGORY
Effectiveness

4
Project includes
all material
needed to gain
a comfortable
understanding
of the topic.

Use of Graphics

All graphics are

attractive (size
and colors) and
support the
theme/content
of the
presentation.

Sequencing of
Information

Information is
organized in a
clear, logical
way.

Speaks Clearly

Speaks clearly
and distinctly
all (100-95%)
the time, and
mispronounces
no words.

Most
information is
organized in a
clear, logical
way. One item
of information
seems out of
place.
Speaks clearly
and distinctly
all (100-95%)
the time, but
mispronounces
one word.

Content

Shows a full
understanding
of the topic.

Shows a good
understanding
of the topic.

Stays on Topic

Stays on topic
all (100%) of
the time.

Stays on topic
most (99-90%)
of the time.

MODIFICATIONS:

3
Project includes
most material
needed to gain
a comfortable
understanding
of the material
but is lacking
one or two key
elements.
A few graphics
are not
attractive but
all support the
theme/content
of the
presentation.

2
Project is
missing more
than two key
elements.

1
Project is
lacking several
key elements
and has
inaccuracies.

All graphics are

attractive but a
few do not
seem to
support the
theme/content
of the
presentation.
Some
information is
logically
sequenced. An
occasional item
of information
seems out of
place.
Speaks clearly
and distinctly
most (94-85%)
of the time.
Mispronounces
no more than
one word.
Shows a good
understanding
of parts of the
topic.

Several
graphics are
unattractive
AND detract
from the
content of the
presentation.

Stays on topic
some (89%75%) of the
time.

It was hard to
tell what the
topic was.

There is no
clear plan for
the
organization of
information.

Often mumbles
or cannot be
understood OR
mispronounces
more than one
word.
Does not seem
to understand
the topic very
well.

I am aware that modifications will be made for students who did not master the objectives and for those
ready for enrichment. However, modifications are not covered in this course and are not part of this
particular lesson.