Lesson Plan Guide

Teacher Candidate: Steve Mitchell

Date: November 16, 2015

Grade and Topic: ESL Beginner Social Studies- 8th

Mentor Teacher:

Length of Lesson: Three 50 minute class periods

School: Kate Bond Middle

UNIT/CHAPTER OBJECTIVE/GENERALIZATION/BIG IDEA:

There are many aspects that make up a culture including food, music, religion, holidays, homes, and language.
The various aspects of culture make each culture unique.
LESSON OBJECTIVE:
Students will be able to create a PowerPoint presentation about the culture of their country of origin. Students
will write in complete sentences. Students will orally present.
STANDARDS ADDRESSED:
-TNCore Standards:
Speaking & Listening 8.5: Integrate multimedia and visual displays into presentations to clarify information,
strengthen claims and evidence, and add interest.
Speaking & Listening 8.6: Adapt speech to a variety of contexts and tasks, demonstrating command of formal
English when indicated or appropriate.
Language 8.1: Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing
or speaking
-ISTE Grades 6-8, Standard 9. Integrate a variety of file types to create and illustrate a document or
presentation.
MATERIALS:
- Smartboard. I will use Smartboard to model how to use PowerPoint and find images.
-Seven desktop computers with PowerPoint.
-Student instructions at computers.
BACKGROUND and RATIONALE:
ESL Beginner Social Studies is a class for ESL students who have been in the United States for a year or less. In
this class, students not only learn about the United States, they also learn about each others countries of origin.
Because these students have beginning English proficiency, digital presentations are beneficial in many ways.
Being able to see the text, hearing the text read aloud, and seeing images that represent the text help students to
develop literacy skills. Digital presentations also provide the students with visual aids that help them to
understand the content. The spoken component of the presentation helps with the oral language skills of
pronunciation and fluency. Also, the use of computers helps students to practice using technology. This specific
lesson helps the students to understand each others cultures.
PROCEDURES AND TIMELINE:

During the previous lesson, we will talk about aspects that make up culture in general. The aspects that we will
focus on are: food, music, holidays, religion, language, and homes. We will talk about what these aspects mean
in a general sense.
Day 1 & 2
Introduction/Modeling: I will model how to create a PowerPoint by creating a presentation on the culture of
the United States. This presentation that I will create in real time will include all of the aspects of culture that
students will need in their own presentations. Students will help me to come up with ideas to include in my
presentation. I will also model how to find images that complement my sentences.
Procedures: At their seats, students will first work on a rough draft of the sentences that they will include in
their presentations. Students will need to come up with a sentence for each of the following aspects of their
culture: food, music, holidays, religion, language, and homes.
As students finish their sentences, I will check over their work. Once approved, they will go to a
computer. They will follow the instructions at the computer to create their PowerPoint. Students will
have about 20 minutes to work on the computer before they must switch out with the students at their
seats.
Students who are waiting to go to the computer and students who have finished creating their
presentations will practice in pairs reading aloud their sentences.
Students will also have Day 2 to complete their presentations and practice reading aloud.
I will walk around and assist students with technical issues and pronunciation problems.
Day 3: Students will present their presentations to the class. For each presentation, I will pass out a list of
questions that students at their seats must answer about the presentation. For example, What is a popular food
in Guatemala? These questions will help to ensure that students are paying attention and following along with
each others presentations.
Problem statement- Imagine that you work for the United Nations. The United Nations is a group of people
who represent countries from all over the world. The members work together to make the world a better place.
One problem that the members of the different countries are having is that they dont know about each others
cultures. As a member of the United Nations, your first task is to show members from other countries what your
home countrys culture is like. Each slide of your presentation will be about a different part of culture that we
discussed (food, music, holidays, religion, language, and homes.) You must write in complete sentences to make
your presentation easier to understand for all the members who speak English as a second language. You must
use images on each slide to make your presentation interesting and easier to understand. You must also present
your presentation by speaking in front of the other members.
ASSESSMENT EVIDENCE:
Presentation Rubric
Criteria
Topic Titles

Beginning
Intermediate
Few (<50%) slides include Some (50-70%) slides
a correct topic title.
include a correct topic
title.

Accomplished- 5 points
Majority (>70%) of slides
include a correct topic title.

Sentences
Images
Oral Component

Few (<50%) slides are

written in completes
sentences.
Few (<50%) of the images
complement what is
described in the sentences.
8+ spoken errors while
presenting.

Some (50-70%) slides

are written in complete
sentences.
Some (50-70%) of the
images complement the
sentences.
4-7 spoken errors while
presenting.

Majority (>70%) of slides

are written in complete
sentences.
Majority (>70%) of the
images complement what is
described in the sentences.
0-4 spoken errors while
presenting.

Total possible points- 20

MODIFICATIONS:
Students with very low English ability will have the option of presenting only to me and not the entire class.

Student Instructions:
1. Click

to open Microsoft PowerPoint.

2. On the first page, add a title for your presentation.

3. Click
to add a new slide. The first slide will be about one of the aspects of your culture. It doesnt
matter which aspect you choose first, but at the end, you will have a slide for every aspect. In the title section at
the top, type the name of the aspect that you want to discuss first. Then, in the body section, type your sentence
that describes that aspect of your culture.

4. Click
to add a slide about another aspect of your culture. Repeat the same steps as Step 3 until you
have included all of the aspects (food, music, holidays, religion, language, and homes.)

5. Once you have entered all the written information (titles & sentences), you will need to search the internet for
pictures that go with the information on each slide. Use google.com/images to find pictures.

6. To copy an image and move it to your slide, right click on the image and click copy. Then, go back to your
presentation, right click on the slide where you want to put the image, and click paste. You can move around
and change the size of your image.