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Essential Questions:
What is theme?
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.8.1.B
Support
claim(s)
with
logical
reasoning
and
relevant
evidence,
using
accurate,
credible
sources
and
demonstrating
an
understanding
of
the
topic
or
text.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.8.2.C
Use
appropriate
and
varied
transitions
to
create
cohesion
and
clarify
the
relationships
among
ideas
and
concepts.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.8.2.A
Introduce
a
topic
clearly,
previewing
what
is
to
follow;
organize
ideas,
concepts,
and
information
into
broader
categories;
include
formatting
(e.g.,
headings),
graphics
(e.g.,
charts,
tables),
and
multimedia
when
useful
to
aiding
comprehension.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.8.4
Determine
the
meaning
of
words
and
phrases
as
they
are
used
in
a
text,
including
figurative
and
connotative
meanings;
analyze
the
impact
of
specific
word
choices
on
meaning
and
tone,
including
analogies
or
allusions
to
other
texts.
*Note: although this unit does not specifically identify figurative and connotative meaning, when using close reading students are expected to engage
with the text and determine words they do not know to further identify theme. This is also a work-in-progress standard
Learning Objectives:
Students will know
Students will be able to
Resources/Materials:
Miss Peregrines Home for Peculiar Children
Fable stories (ie; The Tortoise and the Hare)
Bubble Maps
Quote logs
Computers
Articles/pictures for the background information day
Sample papers, quote logs, and bubble maps from previous classes to use as examples
Chart paper
White board
Stage 2 Evidence (Assessment)
Types of assessment: Selected-Response (tests, quizzes); Personal Communication (interview, oral exam,
discussion); Written Response (short constructed response questions, entrance/exit slips, essays); Performance
Assessment (role-play, Simulation, labs, dramatization)
Diagnostic Assessment:
I will be doing a pretest at the beginning of the unit that will gauge students understanding of theme. This will help me determine
how much students already know and how much further in-depth I will need to go
Pre-Test: This test will assess students knowledge on what theme is and how to detect it. This will not be graded. Students will be
given multiple excerpts that address theme, and then they will be asked to write what they believe the theme of that scenario is.
Example:
Tim hated his old baseball glove. He wanted to play with a new glove, but he didnt have any money, so he decided to steal it. But when Tim
got caught stealing the glove, his parents said he couldnt play baseball all summer.
Possible student answers to this paragraph will include If you want something, you have to work for it, and Actions have
consequences. These are more statements that will be accepted because they can then be turned into an overlying theme.
Answers that show a student was struggling with this would be Tim shouldnt steal because it is content level and not an overall
lesson
If students already understand the concept of theme, I will give them the graphic organizer that will be the last step of students
preparation in the essay (this will be further explained in the calendar). The activity asks students to choose evidence from the text
to support different themes after discussing possible themes as a class. I will meet with these students that are ahead of the game
and give them the chart before we begin reading and explain what I would like them to do. Even if these students do pass the
pretest with flying colors, I still think the overall lessons in the unit will be beneficial. Meeting with these students and allowing them
to see their expectations will help them focus more during their reading, whereas I think the rest of the class, if they are not as
comfortable with the concept of theme, will be overwhelmed, which is why I plan to wait.
Students will be asked to complete a quote log for the entire novel. This will be modeled to them and they will be shown examples,
as well as given opportunities to compile their peers work with their own (students can be magpies too, right?). They will be
expected to add on from students work to their own in a different color (this will be provided to them during group work), and
I will check each quote log at the beginning of each class to ensure that students have done their own part. This will help with
scaffolding for students, as well as give students another way to think. It teaches students to be responsible because they will need
to be prepared, and will give them a deeper understanding of how to identify important quotes in the text. Later in the unit, these
quotes and ideas will lead to discussions on theme and students will be asked to apply the quotes to their own theme. If they dont
find their specific quotes to be useful, they will be able to work in groups. This may also help students to reference areas in the text
since they wrote about that quote in order to gather information that is more applicable.
o Quote logs will be checked for completion, and observation on student involvement in discussion will also be counted.
o I will not collect the quote logs for content or for how well it was done because that will be shown in the essay that they
write
Students will have different opportunities for group work where they are asked to present something brief to the class
o Background information, Fable study
Bell Ringer after the book will be used to gauge students reading completion. This will be checked to ensure students are
reading, and will let me know whether or not students are ready to move on or will need an extra day added in to finish reading. I
know this book is long and I wanted to make sure we got through it without losing student interest, so we may need to pause at
the end and allow for a catch up day.
Students have multiple opportunities to work in groups and feed off each others ideas. With the quote log, I can help students by
giving specific quotes and have them reflect on it as they are reading, instead of them needing to find the quote themselves.
Students will be asked to write an analytical essay on theme in which they support the theme that they chose, what it was and what
it teaches, with specific evidence from the text. This will have students thinking about what theme they find most valuable and how
the author supported that theme in the text. Students will have to draw from their own experience as they read as well as their
peers experiences (from the collaboration on the quote logs). Students will be assessed in their understanding of theme, their use
of quotations and paraphrasing, and their supporting evidence/whether or not the evidence they chose was relevant.
The bubble map will be collected at the same time as the essay to give students who may struggle with writing the opportunity to
still do well in their understanding of theme. Students will get points for having the required amount of themes and supporting
evidence and whether or not their evidence is relevant to the theme.
*Diverse learners:
Struggling students will be given a theme to work off of instead of choosing their own in order to narrow their thinking. They will
also be required to do less with the bubble map only using the one theme and multiple quotes. They will get approval on their
quote choices before they begin writing.
Gifted students will be given the option to compare two themes with multiple text examples. This will go beyond the original
analytical essay and ask them to compare to themes and why they may be important, why the author chose those, and how they
may be related. This strays from the original assessment so students would be asked to meet with me to go over possibilities and
guidelines.
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Administer
pretest
The
pretest
will
assess
students
familiarity
and
ability
to
determine
theme
in
short
excerpts.
(Specific
example
is
included
in
the
assessment
portion)
Background
Information
Refugees,
WWII,
and
Orphanages
in
this
time
period
o In
small
groups,
students
will
research
the
following
categories
and
give
a
short
summary
presentations
Students
will
use
computers,
and
I
will
provide
newspaper
articles
and
primary
sources
Differences
between
Main
Idea
and
Theme
Define
theme:
moral,
message,
or
lesson
that
a
story
identifies
Define
main
idea:
mostly
what
the
story
is
about
Create
an
anchor
chart
with
the
whole
class
o One
side
will
show
Theme
and
the
definition,
other
side
will
show
Main
Idea
and
definition
o Whole
class
will
come
up
with
possible
themes,
then
main
ideas
that
may
coincide
o Example:
Jealousy
as
theme,
main
idea
would
be
Amanda
always
wanted
the
same
things
as
Mary
Discussion
on
important
vocabulary
o Provide
students
with
definitions
of
words
that
they
may
not
be
familiar
with
Give
disclaimer
on
language
and
controversial
topics
(warning
of
death)
Read
the
prologue
can
also
be
paraphrased.
I
will
model
how
to
find
quotes
that
are
useful,
how
to
cite
them,
and
how
to
paraphrase.
This
will
be
modeled
as
we
begin
to
read
Ch.
1
in
class.
HW:
Finish
Ch.
1
and
2
o Anchor
chart
will
be
hung
in
the
class
for
future
reference
Theme
and
Main
Idea
Word
Sort
o In
groups
of
2
or
3
students
will
be
given
an
envelope
with
themes
and
main
ideas.
Students
will
have
to
sort
them
according
to
which
one
they
fall
under
o Examples:
Never
give
up
on
something
that
is
important
to
you
would
be
theme,
The
boys
never
expected
to
get
caught
stealing
the
chips
but
the
security
camera
saw
them
would
be
main
idea
o Themes
and
main
idea
do
not
have
to
coincide;
not
all
themes
will
have
a
matching
main
idea
HW:
Finish
Ch.
6
6
Reading
in
class:
Chapter
10
out
loud
(modeling
fluency
and
also
pointing
out
helpful
quotes
to
make
sure
that
students
are
understanding
the
dialectical
journal,
especially
after
the
group
work
the
day
before).
Students
will
be
adding
to
the
dialectical
journals
as
we
read.
HW:
Finish
10
and
11
Students
will
be
given
a
bell
ringer
to
explain
what
the
book
is
about.
This
will
help
students
subconsciously
consider
theme,
as
well
as
prove
that
they
have
read
(or
at
least
taken
the
time
to
look
up
summaries).
DETAILED
LESSON
PLAN
ATTACHED
10
Jigsaw
Discussion:
Students
will
start
in
their
groups
form
the
day
before
and
have
ten
minutes
to
finish
adding
any
additional
themes
or
quotes
to
their
list.
Each
group
should
have
at
least
5
quotes
and
5
themes
(this
should
not
be
hard
since
students
will
be
building
from
their
own
dialectical
journal).
Students
will
write
in
a
different
color
pen
to
determine
their
work
from
the
work
that
they
are
adding.
One
student
from
each
group
will
rotate
and
they
will
continue
to
compile
new
ideas,
new
quotes,
and
new
themes.
This
will
go
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13
14
15
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Close Reading Lesson Plan for Miss Peregrines Home for Peculiar Children
Secondary
Lesson
Plan
Template
Name
of
class:
Length
of
class:
8th
Grade
Language
Arts
50
Minutes
LEARNING
GOALS/STANDARDS
to
be
addressed
in
this
lesson
(What
goals
for
learning
to
you
hope
to
accomplish
and/or
national
or
state
standards
will
you
address?):
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.8.1
Cite
the
textual
evidence
that
most
strongly
supports
an
analysis
of
what
the
text
says
explicitly
as
well
as
inferences
drawn
from
the
text.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.8.1.B
Support
claim(s)
with
logical
reasoning
and
relevant
evidence,
using
accurate,
credible
sources
and
demonstrating
an
understanding
of
the
topic
or
text.
LEARNING
OBJECTIVES
(What
will
students
know
or
be
expected
to
do
in
this
lesson?
Use
verbs
from
Blooms
Taxonomy):
SWBAT
practice
good
close
reading
skills,
such
as
identifying
what
is
not
understood,
pulling
out
key
terms,
and
determining
what
the
author
is
trying
to
say.
SWBAT
identify
theme
in
a
passage
from
Miss
Peregrines
Home
for
Peculiar
Children
using
Close
Reading
Strategies.
SWBAT
explain
how
the
text
represents
a
certain
theme.
CONTENT
(What
specific
concepts,
facts,
or
vocabulary
will
be
SKILLS:
(What
skills
will
students
practice
or
apply?)
taught
in
this
lesson?):
Close
reading
Practicing
good
close
reading
skills
o Annotations
Use
close
reading
skills
to
identify
a
theme
that
the
text
o Asking
Questions
is
trying
to
show
o Defining
unknown
concepts
Tell
the
difference
between
theme
and
main
idea
Theme
RESOURCES/MATERIALS
NEEDED
(What
materials
and
resources
will
I
need?):
Overhead
projector
Student
copies
of
Miss
Peregrines
Home
for
Peculiar
Children
Chart
paper
to
create
the
Close
Reading
Assistance
Poster
LEARNING
PLAN
(How
will
you
organize
student
learning
in
this
lesson?
LESSON
PLAN
SEQUENCE
&
PACING
(How
will
I
organize
this
lesson?
How
much
time
will
each
part
of
the
lesson
take?)
1. Group
Discussion:
(3
Minutes)
Questions
on
the
board:
What
is
close
reading?
Why
do
good
readers
participate
in
close
reading?
What
can
close
reading
help
us
to
accomplish?
To
answer
the
above
questions,
turn
to
a
neighbor
and
discuss
what
you
think
(or
know)
close
reading
is.
Make
a
guess
on
why
close
reading
is
important
and
what
it
ACTIVATE
/ENGAGE/EXPLORE
Capture
student
attention,
activate
student
prior
knowledge,
stimulate
thinking,
raise
key
questions,
Allow
students
to
observe,
design
and
plan
experiments,
etc.
ACQUIRE/EXPLAIN
Introduce
laws,
models,
theories,
and
vocabulary.
Guide
students
toward
coherent
generalizations,
and
help
students
understand
and
use
scientific
vocabulary
to
explain
the
results
of
their
explorations
APPLY/ELABORATE
Provide
students
opportunity
to
apply
their
knowledge
to
new
domains,
raise
new
questions,
and
explore
new
hypotheses.
May
also
include
related
problems
for
students
to
solve.
ASSESS/EVALUATE
Administer
assessment
(although
checking
for
understanding
should
be
done
throughout
the
lesson)
I
will
project
the
passage
on
the
board
and
talk
through
the
process.
First
I
will
underline
key
terms
like
bright,
happy
place,
no
refuge,
and
unlikable
(83).
Then
I
will
circle
things
I
am
unsure
about
(if
any)
o I
might
circle
the
phrase
scabrous
vine
gnawed
at
the
walls
like
antibodies
attacking
a
virus
to
revisit
after
I
finish
reading
the
passage.
Then
I
can
either
use
context
clues,
prior
knowledge,
or
definitions
to
decode
this
phrase
I
know
what
vines
look
like,
and
since
it
is
contrasting
the
usually
pleasant
picture
from
Grandpa,
my
guess
is
that
scabrous
is
a
negative
term.
I
also
know
antibodies
help
stop
viruses,
so
my
guess
is
that
the
way
the
vines
are
climbing
the
walls
makes
it
look
like
they
are
overpowering
the
home.
Finally,
I
will
annotate
and
question
the
author
o In
the
margin,
I
will
write
The
author
is
making
it
obvious
that
there
are
two
separate
imagesthat
from
the
grandpa
and
the
one
standing
in
real
life,
What
is
the
author
trying
to
say
when
pointing
out
these
differences?
4. After
close
reading,
I
will
then
apply
what
I
know
about
theme.
(12
min
combined
with
prior
step)
I
know
that
theme
is
the
lesson
that
we
are
supposed
to
take
away
form
the
story,
the
moral
that
the
author
is
trying
to
teach.
This
passage
shows
the
difference
in
the
real
home
to
the
one
that
grandpa
used
to
tell
me
about.
Could
the
author
be
trying
to
say
that
sometimes
our
dreams
contort
reality?
Appearances
arent
always
what
they
seem?
One
persons
beauty
may
be
another
persons
nightmare?
Could
the
author
be
using
all
of
the
above
as
a
theme?
YES!
Multiple
themes
can
be
used
to
represent
the
same
passage.
5. Using
your
quote
logs
(and
looking
back
to
the
story
if
you
need
more
text),
close
read
your
passages
using
the
strategies
on
the
poster.
Identify
key
terms,
circle
or
underline
things
that
are
unclear,
and
try
to
determine
what
the
author
was
trying
to
tell
you.
Then,
for
each
of
your
quotes,
try
to
determine
a
theme.
(15
Min
or
until
students
stop)
Note
that
not
all
of
your
quotes
will
have
a
theme
or
be
detailed
enough
to
close
read.
Use
your
comments
on
the
right
side
of
your
quote
log
to
help
asking
questions.
Refer
to
the
full
text
to
gain
more
information,
but
you
can
still
close
read
one
or
two
sentences!
6.
Small
Group
Additions
(Remainder
of
time):
In
small
groups
with
the
people
around
you,
compare
your
quotes
and
the
themes
you
determined
from
your
close
reading
skills.
Determine
how
you
got
there
through
your
close
reading.
Add
to
your
own
list
in
a
different
color
pen
or
marker
provided
to
make
your
list
longer!
We
will
be
using
these
again,
so
add
as
much
as
you
can
to
help
you
in
the
future.
7+
If
students
did
not
finish
close
reading
all
of
their
quotes
(or
at
least
15
of
them
if
students
were
ambitious
and
did
more
than
that)
have
students
finish
for
homework.
They
should
have
15
quotes
closely
read
and
15
themes
identified
(they
can
be
repeated,
but
there
should
be
some
variety).
Students
will
gather
in
groups
again
tomorrow
to
finish
their
additions,
then
will
partake
in
a
jigsaw
discussion
to
gather
even
more
peer
work
(again,
in
a
separate
color
to
separate
the
work)
Quote
logs
will
be
collected
with
their
essay
at
the
end
of
the
unit
for
assessment.
How
did
you/How
might
you
differentiate
for
student
READINESS,
INTEREST<
or
LEARNING
PROFILE
in
this
lesson?
Students
that
may
need
an
extra
hand
can
be
given
the
Close
Reading
Skills
on
a
handout
or
bookmark
to
keep
with
them.
Questions
can
be
given
to
them
in
order
to
further
determine
theme
and
see
what
the
author
is
saying
(example,
instead
of
students
coming
up
with
the
question,
Is
the
author
trying
to
tell
about
appearance?
the
question
can
be
given
What
is
the
author
trying
to
say
about
appearance?)
These
questions
can
then
help
the
student
determine
the
theme
of
that
passage.
Also,
by
allowing
students
to
compare
quotes
and
themes
and
add
onto
their
own
list
from
their
peers,
students
are
able
to
gather
information
that
they
may
not
have
thought
of,
which
involves
scaffolding
and
the
ZPD.
Supplemental Texts:
QUOTE
EXPLANATION
HOW
TO
CLOSE
READ:
Identify
Key
Words
Determine
what
you
don't
know
Annotate
and
Question