LEWISBURG AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT

LESSON PLAN
Jordynn Spaulding

Class: Regular Ten English

Topic: The Old Man and the Sea

Date of Lesson: 4/12/16

LESSON ESSENTIAL
QUESTION

What qualities define a hero or heroine? Why is it important to have

perseverance?

DESIGN QUESTION
FOCUS

Introducing New
Knowledge

STANDARD /
LEARNING TARGET:

CC.1.3.9-10.A
Determine a theme or central idea of a text and analyze in detail its
development over the course of the text, including how it emerges
and is shaped and refined by specific details; provide an objective
summary of the text.
CC.1.3.9-10.C
Analyze how complex characters develop over the course of a text,
interact with other characters, and advance the plot or develop the
theme.
CC.1.3.9-10.I
Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning
words and phrases based on grade-level reading and content,
choosing flexibility from a range of strategies and tools.

ACTIVATING
STRATEGIES:
(Anticipatory Set)

Deepening or
Practicing

Generating & Testing

Hypotheses

How do you prepare yourself for a big event? (A test, a performance,

a game, etc.)
Have you ever been in a situation where you must push past pain to
accomplish a goal? How did that feel?

KEY VOCABULARY:

Perils
Merits
Prolongs
Devise
Maw
Leprous
Carcass
Sheath
Calloused
Grudgingly

RESOURCES:

Text: The Old Man and the Sea

Teacher created worksheet and quiz

TEACHING
STRATEGIES:

Bell Ringer: True or False? The Old Man stopped arm wrestling
because he always lost. (Discuss correct answer- He stopped
because he felt it was unfair to his opponents that he always won
and never felt challenged.)
Students will preview vocab. for Section 5, Miss S will share the
word in a sentence and students will work as a class to determine
the meaning from the context of the sentence, Miss S will confirm
and facilitate revision of the classs conclusions
Students will read Section 5 and complete Advice Column
Students will take a quiz on Section 5
Closure: Was it easy giving the Old Man advice? Why or why not?

ADAPTATIONS for
HISTORICALLY
UNDERPERFORMING
STUDENTS

Monitoring completion and organization of assignments

Agenda checks
Verbal reminders of assignments
Preview of vocabulary, no more than 10 words at a time
Three possible answers for questions on multiple choice
assessments
Bell Ringer, Closure, Advice Column

ASSESSMENT

EXTENDED
THINKING ACTIVITY
/ ASSIGNMENT:
SUMMARIZATION/
CLOSURE:

Students will continue to think about how the Old Man must find the
energy to catch and kill the marlin.

We read Section 5 of The Old Man and the Sea and wrote an advice
column to help the Old Man decide how to face the challenge of
catching and killing the marlin.