STEPP Lesson Plan Form

Teacher: Chris Bang and Aubrey Eder

Grade Level: 8th Grade
Title:

Date:
Content Area: English
Week #: 5 of 7

Content Standard(s) addressed by this lesson: (Write Content Standards directly from the standard)
8.1.1.a: Engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacherled) with diverse partners on grade 8 topics, texts, and issues, building on others ideas and expressing
their own clearly. (CCSS: SL.8.1)
8.1.1.a.i: Come to discussions prepared, having read or researched material under study; explicitly draw
on that preparation by referring to evidence on the topic, text, or issue to probe and reflect on ideas under
discussion. (CCSS: SL.8.1a)
8.1.2.a: Present claims and findings, emphasizing salient points in a focused, coherent manner with
relevant evidence, sound valid reasoning, and well-chosen details; use appropriate eye contact, adequate
volume, and clear pronunciation. (CCSS: SL.8.4)
8.2.2.c.i: Evaluate the advantages and disadvantages of using different mediums (e.g., print or digital text,
video, multimedia) to present a particular topic or idea. (CCSS: RI.8.7)
Understandings: (Big Ideas)
Students can critically interact with other students submission to evaluate the following: thesis,
information, argumentation, and organization. Students will synthesize the revisions to improve their
work.

Inquiry Questions: (Essential questions relating knowledge at end of the unit of instruction, select
applicable questions from standard)
8.1.1.a: How does collaboration and peer revision help your understanding of the genre?
8.1.2.a: Why is organization an important element of any text?
8.2.2.c.i: How would your essay different if we asked you to simply explore the topic?
Evidence Outcomes: (Learning Targets)
I can: evaluate another students in comparison with the genre norms and conventions; synthesize
suggestion and revisions in order to improve a draft.
This means: students will be able to critically interact and evaluate any given text.

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Planned Lesson Activities

Name and Purpose of Lesson
Should be a creative title for you and the students to
associate with the activity. Think of the purpose as
the mini-rationale for what you are trying to
accomplish through this lesson.
Approx. Time and Materials
How long do you expect the activity to last and what
materials will you need?
Anticipatory Set

Revision Week
After students have completed their drafts, they will interact with one anothers
submissions with the Round Robin Revision activity. Students must synthesize their
revisions in later drafts of the report.

Procedures
(Include a play-by-play account of what students and
teacher will do from the minute they arrive to the
minute they leave your classroom. Indicate the length
of each segment of the lesson. List actual minutes.)
Indicate whether each is:
-teacher input
-modeling
-questioning strategies
-guided/unguided:
-whole-class practice
-group practice
-individual practice
-check for understanding
-other
Closure
Those actions or statements by a teacher that are
designed to bring a lesson presentation to an
appropriate conclusion. Used to help students bring
things together in their own minds, to make sense out
of what has just been taught. Any Questions? No.
OK, lets move on is not closure. Closure is used:
To cue students to the fact that they have
arrived at an important point in the lesson or

Round Robin Activity:

Two 90 Minutes Class Periods:

Round Robin Handout
Model the way we will go through the Round Robin Activity

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the end of a lesson.
To help organize student learning
To help form a coherent picture and to consolidate.
Differentiation
To modify: If the activity is too advanced for a child,
how will you modify it so that they can be successful?
To extend: If the activity is too easy for a child, how
will you extend it to develop their emerging skills?
Assessment
How will you know if students met the learning
targets? Write a description of what you were looking
for in each assessment.

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Post Lesson Reflection

1.

To what extent were lesson objectives achieved? (Utilize assessment data to justify
your level of achievement)

2.

What changes, omissions, or additions to the lesson would you make if you were to
teach again?

3. What do you envision for the next lesson? (Continued practice, reteach content, etc.)

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