Patrick Mulier

October 22nd, 2014

Microteach 2
Two Goals:

1. Do lesson in the planned amount of time, yet improving on my ability to

improvise if it needs to occur.
2. Maintain a positive confidence and fun vibe throughout the course,
letting my attitude communicate to students that they are highly valued in
the classroom.
Lesson Plan of Text:
# of Days
Prior Knowledge

Lesson Objective

Lesson Assessment

Standards
Materials Needed

Time
1 minute

3.5
minutes

15 minutes
Some songs and information about famous folk band
Mumford and Sons, definitions and reasons for allusion and
intertextuality, Platos classic works are well known to most
western scholars
Students are scaffolded into using a reading strategy in
which they critically analyze and interpret multi-modal text
(song) to develop a thesis statement. Students will construct
deeper meaning by studying allusion between the song and a
classic text. Theyll generate a new view of the modern song
by putting the classic text into conversation with it.
Ideas presented by groups in class and written on the board.
Teacher converses with students throughout class to monitor
and guide their learning.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.CCRA.W.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.CCRA.R.2,
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.CCRA.R.9, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.CCRA.R.7
Upside down T-charts, The Cave lyrics, The Cave audio
file, Youtube video: The Cave: an Adaption of Platos
Allegory in Clay.

Learning Task
Establish working definitions of
allusion and intertextuality, discuss
why its used
Conduct a close reading of a multimodal text, annotating to make
meaning as they go

3
minutes

Collaborate with students to gather

evidence and construct a thesis
statement of text

1 minute

Present Ideas in class discussion,

learn from each other

Methods or Procedures
use Chalk board and ask students to
define it, write down reasons for their
use in literature
Listen to song The Cave by Mumford
and Sons, have students annotate lines
of text that stand out to them and add
to overall meaning
Teacher models a quotationinterpretation-thesis upside T chart.
Collaborate T-chart in groups of 3-5 to
interpret 3 textual evidences that
develop a central argument in the text
Students engage in a class discussion,
sharing their central claims and
supporting evidence

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October 22nd, 2014
3
minutes

Consider how a classic text informs

further meaning on a modern text;
students watch and compare texts

3
minutes

Students share with the class how

this ancient text tells a new meaning
to the modern song. Students
ponder the effect of comparing two
similar texts

Students watch The Cave: an Adaption

of Platos Allegory in Clay, and think
about how this alluded text informs
deeper meaning into Mumford and
Sons song
Class discussion in which students
answer the questions, what is the text
about? Initial observations or
reactions? How does Mumfords song
and Platos allegory work in
conversation to create a new
meaning? how does Platos allegory
change your understanding of the song
The Cave?