English

Name
Subject
Grade Level
Date/Duration
Big Ideas

SETON HILL UNIVERSITY

Lesson Plan
Analyzing and citing texts through annotating
Ms. Karrin Thompson
English Literature
9
One week/45 minutes per day x 3 days, 90 minutes per day x
1 day
As you begin to read more difficult texts, annotating
and paying more attention to the text will help you
understand the text as a whole.

Essential
Questions

PA/Common
Core/Standards

Objectives

Bloom's
Taxonomy
Webb's Depth of
Knowledge
(DOK)
Formative &
Summative
Assessment
Evidence

Annotating is crucial to understanding the text

thoroughly
How does annotating and citing the text help you better
understand the text and be prepared to share opinions
about text during class discussion?
CC.1.3.9-10.B: Cite strong and thorough textual
evidence to support analysis of what the text says
explicitly, as well as inferences and conclusions based
on an authors explicit assumptions and beliefs about a
subject.
During independent reading students will utilize the
process of annotation by annotating 3 times on each
page throughout the chapter.
During a group discussion, students will be able to refer
back to the text at least 3 times when speaking to the
class about the book.

Formative Assessment
Exit slips: One thing you learned from todays lesson,
post it on class discussion board online
Summative Assessment
Have a student facilitate classroom discussion using the
text

ISTE Standards
for Students
Framework for
21st Century
Learning

Through learning to annotate, students will learn how to

use Kindle because they will be reading, highlighting,
and annotating from their tablet.

Reading the text one time through wont always ensure

the perfect understanding, as students get into more
difficult text, such as non-fiction books, textbooks, or
informative texts, it is important that they read
carefully by annotating or taking notice of things they
dont understand.

CK

Accommodation
s, Modifications

ADD/ADHD
One 10 minute during Independent Reading Time
Checklist on board, check off every time something is
completed
Timer for how long student should be annotating
Hearing Impaired/Deaf Student
Teacher puts on mic connects it to students earphones
or Bluetooth (During discussion teacher can provide
summary of what children are saying)
Closed captioning during instruction about

Below Level Reading

Students can also have text read to them
Receive notes about text in order to comprehend

Above Level Reading

5 annotations per page instead of 3

SUPERVISING
TEACHERS
SIGNATURE

Seton Hill University Lesson Plan Template Step-by-Step

Procedures
RATIONALE for
the Learning
Plan

The class has started reading more difficult texts full of word
play, metaphors, hidden meanings, and other writing devices.
In order for the class to have a successful discussion, students
will learn how to read a text carefully so that they can refer to
the text and understand the meaning during class discussion.

Introduction

Activating Prior Knowledge

Google the word annotate
Have you ever annotated before? Do you feel like you do
this when you read?
Hook/Lead-In/Anticipatory Set
Where in the text does Chris McCandless change his last
name? (pg#, chapter)
Is it easy or hard to find?
Big Idea Statement
As you begin to read more difficult texts, annotating and
paying more attention to the text will help you
understand the text as a whole.

Explicit
Instructions

CK


Essential Questions Statement
How does annotating help you understand the text?
Objective Statement
Today I will,
Understand the purpose of annotating.
Utilize the skills I learned about annotating while I read a
text.
Be able to find a spot in the book based on my notes in
the margin.
Be able to refer back to the text when having a
discussion about a book.

Lesson
Procedure
Must include
adaptations &
accommodation
s for students
with special
needs

Transition
Split up into two groups, have a class discussion on what
you just read in the text and your process of how you
read it.
Key Vocabulary
Annotation
PreAssessment of Students
Warm up: Have students locate different parts of the
text based on what you project on the board.
Modeling of the Concept
Show an example of how I annotate the text:
1. Underlining important or key points to the story.
2. Commenting on the side initial reaction or a way to
remember that section.
Project this on board in order for class to see and ask
questions.
Guiding the Practice
What would you put there to make yourself remember
it?
What is the main idea of this paragraph?
Ask them to write it in the margins of their book.
Providing the Independent Practice
Read assigned chapter using Word write down main
ideas that you would like to discuss.
Transition
Have class break up into two groups have the groups
interact in a classroom discussion about what they just
read and the process they used to understand the text
better.
Adaptations/Accommodations for Students with Special
Needs

ADD/ADHD
One 10 minute during Independent Reading Time
Checklist on board, check off every time something is
completed

Timer for how long student should be annotating

Hearing Impaired/Deaf Student

Teacher puts on mic connects it to students earphones
or Bluetooth (During discussion teacher can provide
summary of what children are saying)
Closed captioning during instruction about

Below Level Reading

Students can also have text read to them
Receive notes about text in order to comprehend

Above Level Reading

5 annotations per page instead of 3

Evaluation of
Formal Evaluation
the
Comprehensive test about chapter
Learning/Master
y of the
Informal Evaluation
Concept
Classroom discussion in which students create
arguments using specific page numbers and quotes in
order to make it valid.
Closure
Summary & Review of the Learning
Exit Slip: Name one thing that you learned.
Homework/Assignments
Read Chapter 2 putting at least 3 annotations per page
Come to class prepared for discussion
Using Word Document, write about what you learned
from the chapter and questions you have
Reading
Microsoft Word/Computer
Materials
Into the Wild, Jon Krakauer on iPad
Technology
Projector
Equipment
Supplies
Teacher
Self-reflection

Test projector before class; if it doesnt work, have a

screenshot of annotated notes.
Individual work should last 20 minutes.