Teacher

:Ms.Bennett

School
:Polaris
GradeLevel:
7thand8th
ContentArea:
English

Title:Poetry!***REVISED***Latestartduetosnowshortenclassby12minutes(Originalis
MadelineHunterLesson)
Lesson#:2of11

ContentStandard(s)addressedbythislesson:
CCSS.ELALITERACY.RL.7.3

Analyzehowparticularelementsofastoryordramainteract(e.g.,howsettingshapesthe
charactersorplot).

CCSS.ELALITERACY.RL.7.4
Determinethemeaningofwordsandphrasesastheyareusedina
text,includingfigurativeandconnotativemeaningsanalyzetheimpactofrhymesandother
repetitionsofsounds(e.g.,alliteration)onaspecificverseorstanzaofapoemorsectionofa
storyordrama.
CCSS.ELALITERACY.RL.7.5
Analyzehowadrama'sorpoem'sformorstructure(e.g.,soliloquy,

sonnet)contributestoitsmeaning
Understandings:

(BigIdeas)
Studentswillbeintroducedtothementortextforthisunit,thepoemTheMiddle
Passage
Studentswillunderstandtheuseof:personificationandimagery

EvidenceOutcomes:

(LearningTargets)

EverystudentwillbeabletoreadTheMiddlePassageanddecidewhattheauthorspurpose,
figurativelanguage,tone,andorganizationalstructureis.

Studentswillbegintoformulatequestionstolaterresearchfortheirfinalpoem

ListofAssessments:
FoursquarePoetryOrganizer
ProjectPlanningworksheet

PlannedLessonActivities
NameandPurposeofLesson

DayTwo:TheMiddlePassagePoem

Approx.TimeandMaterials
Howlongdoyouexpecttheactivity
tolastandwhatmaterialswillyou
need?

Time:1hour9minutes
Revisedtime:57minutes
Materials:
TheMiddlePassagebyEdwinBoone
Paperandpencil
Overhead
PBLworksheetsfrom:
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1055
69866/PBL%20PreAssessment%20and%
20Plan.pdf

AnticipatorySet
Thehooktograbstudents
attention.Theseareactionsand
statementsbytheteachertorelate
theexperiencesofthestudentstothe
objectivesofthelesson,Toput
studentsintoareceptiveframeof
mind.

Tofocusstudentattentionon
thelesson.

Tocreateanorganizing
frameworkfortheideas,principles,
orinformationthatistofollow
(advancedorganizers)
Ananticipatorysetisusedanytime
adifferentactivityornewconceptis
tobeintroduced.

Hook:Askstudentswhatquestionstheycreated
fortheirHWthenightbefore.Letthemfirstshare
thequestionsingroups,thensharewiththeclass.
(5minutes)

Procedures
(Includeaplaybyplayaccountof
whatstudentsandteacherwilldo
fromtheminutetheyarrivetothe
minutetheyleaveyourclassroom.
Indicatethelengthofeachsegment
ofthelesson.Listactualminutes.)
Indicatewhethereachis:
teacherinput
modeling
questioningstrategies
guided/unguided:

wholeclasspractice

grouppractice

individualpractice
checkforunderstanding
other

*SSR(bookofstudentchoice)
15minutes
(Cut
thisdownto10minutes)

*HookReviewHWfromlastnight.Letstudents
shareinpairs,thenshareasawholegroup
5
minutes

*Readpoemtostudentsoncewiththemjust
listening.Readpoemasecondtimeandhave
themunderlinephrasestheyfindimportant.Have
studentsreadthepoemindividuallyathirdtime
tolettheminteractevenmore.
15minutes

*Directthestudentstomakeafoursquarepoetry
organizer.Studentswillfoldthepaperintofour,
thenwritetheheadings:AuthorsPurposeTone
OrganizationandLanguageineachsection.
Thenwalkthroughfindingeachonewiththe
studentsinanIdo,Wedo,Youdo
15minutes
(Revise:Wewilldothesameactivity,butinstead
ofstudentsdoingthisaloneattheend,wewilldo
ittogetherasaclassandstudentswillbeableto
cometotheboardandwritedownwhatthey
thinkshouldgoineachcolumn.10minutes)

*Givestudentsprojectpreassessment,theywill
havetherestofclasstofinishthis.Anythingthat
thestudentsdontcompletewillbehomework.
15
minutes
(Studentswillstilldothisassignment,
buttheywillhavelesstime.Iftheydonotfinish
theirwork,theywillstillhavetocompleteitfor
HW.10minutes)

*Tonightshomeworkistofinishthe
preassessmentworksheetforclassnexttime.
4
minutes

Closure
*Tonightshomeworkistofinishthe
Thoseactionsorstatementsbya
preassessmentworksheetforclassnexttime.
4
teacherthataredesignedtobringa minutes
lessonpresentationtoan
appropriateconclusion.Usedtohelp
studentsbringthingstogetherin
theirownminds,tomakesenseout
ofwhathasjustbeentaught.Any
Questions?No.OK,letsmoveon
isnotclosure.Closureisused:

Tocuestudentstothefactthat
theyhavearrivedatanimportant
pointinthelessonortheendofa
lesson.

Tohelporganizestudent
learning
Tohelpformacoherentpictureand
toconsolidate.