LESSON PLAN

Name: Amanda Adamek

10-15-13
Content Area(s)
Grade(s):

Date:

English/ Language Arts

7

Learning Goal(s)
(Content
Standard)

Students should have a better understanding of how to organize

thoughts and create paragraphs.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.WHST.6-8.2c Use appropriate and varied transitions to create cohesion and clarify
the relationships among ideas and concepts.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.WHST.6-8.4 Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development,
organization, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience.

Instructional
Objectives

For students to have a better understanding regarding building

paragraphs with smooth transitions as well as organizing their
writing.

Assessment
(Criteria/Look
Fors)

Look for students ability to establish and maintain a formal writing

style.

Materials

Time
(Total & Specific)

Instruction
Procedures
Introduction
Demonstratio
n
Participation
Practice

Questions

Academic
Language Focus
Closure

Notebooks
Pencils

5 minute introduction
5 minute brainstorming/mapping
10 minute organization of thoughts/ paragraph structure
5 minute review
Total time: 25 minutes
Introduction:
Discussion on the organization of an essay as well as paragraph
building/transitions.
Developing the Lesson:
1. Students will brainstorm and map out a topic for a short
essay
2. Next, students will organize main ideas and together we will
organize and discuss strategies to transition readers from
one main point to the next.
Closure:
Brief discussion and questions regarding the writing exercise.
Do the students understand how to transition from one paragraph
to another?
Do the students understand how to organize their main points?
English/ Language Arts

Review of the writing process

Ask questions regarding the structure of an essay and mapping

Self Reflection

Are the students able to organize their thoughts and write a more
structured paragraph/essay?