Kelsey

Haney Writing Lesson Plan January 19, 2017

GRANITE SCHOOL DISTRICT LESSON DESIGN TEMPLATE

Content Objectives:

Students will be able to analyze and deconstruct a writing prompt.
They will be able to apply this analysis and deconstruction in organizing
a writing plan for responding to the prompt.

Language Objectives:

engage students interest in specific

Students will be able to describe the steps for deconstructing a writing

prompt.

What will I do to

learning goals?

Students will be able to explain to peers, how to organize a plan for a

writing prompt.

These learning objectives are some of the first steps necessary for achieving
the Utah Common Core Writing Standard 4: Produce clear and coherent
writing in which the development, organization, and style are appropriate to
task, purpose and audience.


In order to engage students in these specific learning goals, I will begin
by addressing our objective as a whole class. This will give students a
purpose for their learning. I will also provide models for the new
information learned throughout the lesson and allow students
collaborative time with peers to create their own work.



In order to help students interact with new knowledge I will
What will I do to help students
interact with new knowledge?

help them practice previously learned techniques for

deconstructing a prompt. I will model this practice on the
smartboard. I will will also review their example planning
sheet with them for this specific prompt. After we have

reviewed deconstructing a prompt and organizing a writing

plan, I will show them a model of a finished writing sample
that followed the correct instructions for the specific prompt.




Kelsey Haney Writing Lesson Plan January 19, 2017

In order to help students practice, I will be breaking them

What will I do to

into groups to deconstruct and plan for a new writing

help students
practice?

prompt using their Scholastic Scope magazines. This will

allow them to practice the new skills we have focused on this

week, while working collaboratively with peer support.




What will I do if they still dont get
or they need more?

understanding at their level of learning?

I will ask groups to

What will I do to deepen students

compare their
deconstructed I will be providing assistance and
writing response and redirection for collaborative
writing plan with groups as needed. I will reteach
another group. I will any concepts that are still foggy
have each group

as a whole group, or small groups

explain why they
chose the plan they as necessary.
did and how it is
appropriate for the
specific writing
prompt they have
been given.



After evaluating their collaborative conversations and
What will I do next with the data I now

reviewing their written work I will reteach any concepts

needed as a whole class. I will provide more modeling of
deconstructing responses and organizing plans as needed.

If I have students who are still struggling with the concept, I
have?

will pull them back during workshop or step-up time for one-
on-one or small group instruction/re-teaching. I will work
through deconstructing prompts and organizing plans with
them step by step and have them analyze prompts with me
along with me.