LessonPlan:

Name: Timothy Hernandez

School

Site: Nicholas Elementary

Lesson Title/Subject: Esperanza Rising Read Aloud Lesson
Grade: 5th
Content Standard(s): RL.5.2 Determine a theme of a story, drama, or
poem from details in the text, including how characters in a story or
a drama respond to challenges or how the speaker in a poem
reflects upon a topic, summarize the text.
English Language Arts Anchor Standards and/or Math Practice
Standards:
ELD Standard(s): I. B. 7. Evaluating how well writers and speakers
use language to support ideas and opinions with details or reasons
depending on modality, text type, purpose, audience, topic and
content area.
Anti-Bias Framework Anchor Standard and Domain:
Grade Level Outcome:
List Measurable Objectives in this column.
Note: The objectives will match the standards.
Content Objective:
By the end of the lesson, students will be able to
understand the concept of a theme and be able to
recognize the theme of some of Esperanza Rising chapters
as well as the book as the whole.

Social Skill Objective:

By the end of the lesson, the students will be able to agree
or disagree with their colleagues during collaboration
How will you teach the social skill? Will you use a

Describe Assessment Tool and Criteria

How will you CFU?
I will be asking the students to show me the
cards periodically throughout the lesson to
show me how well they understand. (Each
student has three cards linked together by a
binder ring that has three colors on them to
indicate their levels of understanding)
What and how will you assess during
collaboration?
I will go around the room to listen for some
of the themes that they think previous
chapters have
What and how will you assess during
independent learning?
I will assess this content objective by giving
them a quick check at the end of the
lesson.
What and how will you assess the
social skill during collaboration?
I will listen for the key mortar phrases I
agree because___ or I disagree because____.

looks like/sounds like/feels like chart, a book,

modeling, etc.?
I will use modeling to show how they agree or disagree
and I will refer back to the chart on how to formulate new
ideas that each of them have at their desk.
Brick Words:
Theme
Posy
La Reina
Comal
Which language demand(s) will you need to teach in
order to achieve the content objective? (Write
them/it out.)
Language Practices/Function: Summarize and
Construct an argument
Organization of Text: N/A
Sentence Structure: N/A
Grammar: N/A

How will you CFU?

I will be asking the students to show me the
cards periodically throughout the lesson to
show me how well they understand.
What and how will you assess during
collaboration?
I will go around the room to listen for some
of the themes that they think previous
chapters have
What and how will you assess during
independent learning?
I will assess this content objective by giving
them a quick check at the end of the
lesson.

Language Objective(s) (language demands):

By the end of the lesson, students will be able to
summarize the theme(s) of at least one of the chapters as
well as the book as a whole.
Multicultural/Social Justice:
In this lesson the students will be talking about how
people were treated differently in the past based upon the
way that they looked. They should be able to recognize
how the characters in the book were affected by this.

How will you CFU?

I will be asking the students to show me the
cards periodically throughout the lesson to
show me how well they understand.
What and how will you assess during
collaboration?
I will go around the room to listen for some
of the themes that they think previous
chapters have
What and how will you assess during
independent learning?
I will assess this content objective by giving
them a quick check at the end of the
lesson.

Cohesiveness/Continuity
Materials
The book, Esperanza Rising
A sheet of Paper at the end of the lesson for a quick check
Differentiation
I will show pictures of the Spanish words comal because some of the ELs that
do not speak Spanish as well as the rest of the class who doesnt either will
not recognize that this is a device that is used to make tortillas on. They may
have never even seen one before.

Lesson Implementation
Focus Lesson
Hook
Introduce the fact that there is an overall theme in the book Esperanza
Rising. Explain that theme is something where it is the main subject that the
book focuses on that is not necessarily stated in the book.
Objectives are stated in student friendly language
I will be able to know what the theme of the chapter is.
Clear explanation of purpose and relevance
It is important to look at the themes of everything in the world so that you
are able to interpret any sort of information that we take in.
Building Background
I will ask the students what they have read so far and what is currently
happening in the book. We will refer back to the vocabulary that was
introduced at the beginning of the week to them so they have a reminder of
some of the words that are coming up.

Modeling of the new learning (think aloud and/or demonstration)

What strategy will you use to model? Will you use think aloud,
demonstration, pictures, or any other technique of the visual nature?
Please write which strategy you will be using: Think aloud

Guided Instruction (Step Asides)

Start to read Esperanza Rising
Define posy. Tell them how this relates to the book.
Show them that posy is a noun, and it is actually used in
the nursery rhyme, Ring Around the Rosie
Refer back to the word la Reina ask for students
definition
Refer back to the word comal ask for students definition
Explain what a theme means
After the reading, talk about the theme of struggling in
society because of differences
Apply this to the theme of the book as a whole.
Ask the students to write down what other themes they
have seen in previous chapters or different themes they
saw in the current chapter (Exit Ticket)

Explicit Teaching of Social Skill and Activity

Model for them how to agree and disagree
Give them the verbal prompt whether they believe it is
right that the judges of the queen of the city were justified
in not allowing someone to win because they do not have
the right look
Model, I agree because the judges can do what they want
and do not have specific rules and guidelines to follow
Collaboration
Have the students go in their think-pair-share groups and
give their thoughts on the prompts that were given in the
class: What is different about Isabelle compared to the
past winners of the queen of the city and What
disadvantages does Isabelle face entering the pageant?
Student Reflection
Ask the students after the collaboration activity to reflect
on this prompt:
Is it an advantage to be bilingual in todays society?