Lesson

Title/Focus
Subject/Gra
de Level
Unit

Lesson 6: Thank You Maam

Date

LA 7-9

Time
Durati
on
Teache
r

Responding to Short Stories

April 5, 2016
40 minutes
Jo-Anna Meurs

OUTCOMES FROM ALBERTA PROGRAM OF STUDIES

General
Learning
Outcomes:
Specific
Learning
Outcomes:

1. Students will listen, speak, read, write, view, and

represent to explore thoughts, ideas, feelings, and
experiences.
1.1

1.2

Discover and Explore

Express ideas and develop understanding
Experiment with language forms.
Clarify and Extend
Consider the ideas of others
Combine ideas
Extend understanding

LEARNING OBJECTIVES
Students will:
1. Listen to the short story Thank You Maam
2. Reflect on the story
3. Illustrate characters from the story

ASSESSMENTS
Class discussion after reading story
Reflection
Illustrations
Key Questions:
1. Why do you think Mrs. Jones handles the situation the way she does in the
story? What is she trying to accomplish?
2. How do you think this experience is likely to affect Roger?
3. 2. Why do you think Mrs. Jones makes a point of getting Roger to wash his
face? Why does she give him food?
4. What does Mrs. Jones mean when she says that shoes got by devilish ways
will burn your feet?
5. Why do you think Roger cant say thank you to Mrs. Jones as he is
leaving?
6. What do you think Roger looks like?
7. What do you think Mrs. Jones looks like?
Products/Perform Reflections
ances:
Illustrations
Observations:

LEARNING RESOURCES CONSULTED

Alberta Education- Program of Studies,
Achievement Indicators, and Curriculum
Guide

MATERIALS AND EQUIPMENT

Short Story Unit Duotangs
Chrome Books
White Paper.

PROCEDURE

Prior to lesson

Have white paper for the students to draw on.

Advance
Organizer/Agend
a
Transition to
Body

Introduction
1. Read Story
2. Reflect on Story
3. Illustrations
Hand out Duotangs to students and ask them to write
their name on the top of the first page in their duotang.
Read the description of the unit with the class.
Read the description of the reflections with the class.
(ask students to cross out where it says double, and
instead write single).
Body

Learning
Activity #1

Teacher Notes:
Assessments/
Differentiation

Learning
Activity #2

Ask the students to come and sit up at the front in a

reading circle. I will read the story out loud and have the
students follow along in their duotangs.
Ensure students are paying attention to the story.
Discussion
Ask students what they thought of the story. Use the
following questions as prompts.
1. Why do you think Mrs. Jones handles the situation the way she
does in the story? What is she trying to accomplish?
2. How do you think this experience is likely to affect Roger?
3. 2. Why do you think Mrs. Jones makes a point of getting Roger
to wash his face? Why does she give him food?
4. What does Mrs. Jones mean when she says that shoes got by
devilish ways will burn your feet?
5. Why do you think Roger cant say thank you to Mrs. Jones
as he is leaving?
Students do not have to raise their hand to answer these
questions. Ask the students if they agree with other
responses to the questions.

Learning
Activity #3

Reflections
-

Sponge Activity

N/A

5 min

Time

Listening

Teacher Notes:
Assessments/
Differentiation

Teacher Notes:
Assessments/
Differentiation

Time

Explain writing reflections again

Ask on a scale of 1 to 5 if the students understand
what they are supposed to do.
Remind students to use the prompts on the
reflections description.

Help students as they work and if they have questions

about the feedback. Remind students that when they
write business letters it should be in a formal tone.
If students finish early, they can begin looking at the
response assignment and start brainstorming
characteristics of Mrs. Jones and Roger.

10 min

N/A

10 min

N/A

20 min

N/A

N/A

Closing

Have students rate this story on a scale from 1 to 5. Did

they like it?
Ask students how far they are on their reflections.

1 min