Lesson Plan

Lesson Title: Authors Purpose

Teacher intern: Katelyn Weber
School: Twin Hickory Elementary School
Grade: 3rd
Subject: Reading
Date: 4/25/17

Objective/Competency/SOL
(State the observable skill that you want your students to learn.)
3.5e - identifying the authors purpose and fictional text
Materials
(List the materials and equipment that you will use in the lesson.)
- Computer
- Books (fantasies, fables, folktales,etc.)
- The Legend of the Bluebonnet (Legend)
- The Tortoise and the Hare (Fable)
- Walt Disneys Cinderella (Fairy tale)
- DAulaires Book of Greek Myths (Myth)
- Pieces of paper cut that have book covers on them
- Bag to put the little pieces of paper in for each group
- Pieces of paper with each category of books on them (fables, fairy tales, etc.)

Set/Introduction
(Use a hook to engage the learner, and relate the learning to the learner.)
- Read an excerpt from The Tortoise and the Hare and see if the kids in the class can guess
what book it came from. (Cant show them the front cover of the book so they wont already
know it)

Process/Instructional Activities
(State step by step what the learner will do to master the objective.)
- First I will set my expectations for the class so they know what I am looking for
- Then I will explain what I would be reviewing and talking about for my presentationa
- Next I will go through my powerpoint presentation and review the authors purpose PIE and
folktales, fables, fairy tales, etc.
- I will then read the Tortoise and the Hare to the class and discuss the book a little bit after
- Once I finish reading I will explain the book sort activity that I made for the kids to do
- Finally I will have them go back to their seats and fill out the exit ticket to end my lesson

Questioning
(List at least four questions you plan to incorporate into your lesson, each on a different level of
Blooms Taxonomy. Label each of the questions to indicate the level of Blooms Taxonomy. )
- Can you organize the book covers into the correct category? (Application)
- Is anyone able to identify the moral of the story for The Tortoise and the Hare? (Knowledge)
- Can you tell me what the authors purpose would be for a fairytale and explain why?
(Comprehension)
- Are you able to distinguish the difference between each of the categories? (fairy tale, fable,
folktale, myth, legend)? (Analysis)
Accommodations
Provide for students with physical, social, or personal challenges (if any are known).
Provide for at least two of the three:
Visual, auditory, kinesthetic learners (State the ones for which you planned.)
Provide for at least two of the Multiple Intelligences. (State the ones for which you planned.)

Closure
(Provide a logical ending for your lesson - perhaps summarizing or talking about the use of this skill.
Involve learners in this closing.)
- Give the kids an exit ticket with a couple of questions on it to sum up the whole lesson.
Assessment
(Create a means by which you can see if the learners have met the objective. Evaluate the learner's
work.)
- Exit ticket that shows me what they would have learned from my lesson.
Technology Used
- Powerpoint on computer

Resources
- Pinterest for ideas on activities