Ms. Bromley January 16th, 2014 12:45-1:45 English/ Language Arts Patterson Middle School Room 132 1. 1.

The overarching purpose of this lesson is(The Big Picture) a. The overall purpose of this lesson is to teach students how to take a effective notes. This is important for middle school students because it will help them develop this important skill that will help them be prepared and learn more in class. Specifically I will be teaching them how to mind map since that is the simplest way to take notes and then I will teach them other methods as the year progresses. 2. The essential learning goal for today is: a. For students to learn how to take effective notes and be able to pick out the main points and ideas. 3. The Common Core State Standards for this lesson are: a. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.6.1d Review the key ideas expressed and demonstrate understanding of multiple perspectives through reflection and paraphrasing. b. The students will be reviewing key ideas through their note taking. 4. The Process by which I will equip my students to demonstrate the essential goal for today is: a. What will you do? What will your students do? i. I will introduce them with the idea of note taking and ask them what kinds of strategies they have used in the past to take notes. Then I will show them a video I found about taking notes and use one of the three methods they talk about in the video, mind mapping. I will then re explain mind mapping in depth. I will talk about what kinds of details are important and which ones are added information that is not information. They will practice their note taking methods the next day when I have a speaker from the Holocaust come in and talk about his/experiences. b. Sequence of Events i. 5 Introduction to lesson ii. 5 minutes asking questions iii. 5minutes watch music video about note taking iv. 10 minutes minutes explaining mind map in detail v. 10 minutes talking about important and non-important details. vi. 5 minute conclude lesson c. List the questions you may ask i. How do you usually take notes? ii. What methods do you use? iii. What things do you think are the most important? d. Time management and transitions i. I will follow my sequence of events but be really flexible with this lesson. If the students dont seem to be understanding the concept I will adjust my lesson and spend a little more time on it to make sure my students can grasp the concept.

ii. I will be using a good flow of events but I will use transitional phrases such as Now we will switch gears On to the next component and finally we will talk about. e. Other considerations and ideas i. I will consider if they dont understand the lesson have them practice using the play The Diary of Anne Frank if they need extra practice. 5. Technology I will be using in this lesson a. I will be using the website with the video for students to see and a PowerPoint with information and questions about the lesson. 6. The following evidence will show that my students demonstrated an understanding for the essential goal for today a. The evidence will be from their mind maps and if the notes they took were effective or not. 7. I will pay close attention to the following students today because a. I will pay attention to students who have trouble paying attention in class, to those who struggle writing and to those who are ELL students. These might struggle understanding and getting their notes down. Some might also get distracted and I want to monitor and make sure to pay attention to whether they are grasping the concepts or not and that I am explaining things in depth.