Natalie Ct March, 2017

Lesson Plan

Subject/Grade: English Language Arts, Grade 7 Lesson/Date: Wednesday, March 8th

Room: #262 Time: 7A 9:28-10:10, 7B 10:20-11:03

Stage 1: Desired Results

GLEs: Students will:
- Listen, speak, read, write, view and represent to comprehend and respond
personally and critically to oral, print and other media texts. (GLO2.1 and 2.4)
SLEs: Students will:
- Use concept mapping and mental rehearsal to remember main ideas and relevant
details. (2.1.4)
- Create a variety of oral, print and other media texts to explore ideas related to
particular topics or themes. (2.4.4)
Learning Students will:
Objectives - Actively listen and remember (B) details about the setting (P) of Tuck Everlasting
(M). (Domain: Cognitive)
- Write (B) a descriptive story (P) based on the story setting of Tuck Everlasting
(M). (Domain: Cognitive and Psychomotor)
- Analyze and continue (B) a descriptive story (P) started by their peers (M).
(Domain: Cognitive and Psychomotor)

Stage 2: Assessment Evidence

Formative Observation Summative
Assessment Collecting their writing Assessment

Stage 3: Learning Experience

Prior to Write prompts on the white Resources Student name list
Lesson: board (or project them if to Bring: Tuck Everlasting book
that is possible)
Time: Content/Description Notes/Assessments:
Introduction:
9:28- Rearrange seating plan (Elsie)
9:40 Go through and name all the students I can, ask the names of
those I dont know yet
Explain layout of lesson Will this
explanation help our
Body: ASD student?
9:40- Read prologue and chapter 1 of Tuck Everlasting
9:50 o Listen for details about the setting we will be using Explain hub
this in our activity after. Imagine it, draw it out in your
mind. Write down a few key words to help you be
more specific.
Writing activity
9:50- o Groups: of 3 use the groups you are already sitting in
10:05 o Time: 3 minutes to write as much as you possibly can Keep track of time
(then switch) on something with a
o Topic: You are placed in the setting of Tuck display the students
Everlasting, what would you do? can see.

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o Goal: use as many descriptive words as possible
o Characters: You and Mae Tuck
o What to do next: rotate papers at your table and
continue someone elses story
o Further prompts
Would you go exploring? Inside the town of
Treegap or outside of it?
Would you try to learn about the people in this
village? What would you want to know about
Mae Tuck? How would you find that out?
What else do you find in the village/wood?

Go through quiz (Elsie)

Closure:
10:05- Explain a glimpse into the routines we are beginning, aka
10:10 what to expect as we continue

Stage 4: Reflection
What went well? What could be done differently?
The time restrictions added a lot to this Class 7B didnt go as smoothly. I didnt
lesson, they liked the added challenge. put the prompts on the screen for them, so
Making a big deal about the 10-second I would make sure to do this next time.
count-down at the end added to this. I will use an exemplar next time, this
Additions made include: would clarify a lot of the questions and
Ask students to write their name at the save us a lot of time in the end.
beginning of each section, so I can see
who wrote what
Give them time warnings helps to keep
everyone on track and give them a solid
structure of time to work with.