Marqui Keim

Dr. Hunn
EDUC 418S
24 September 2017
Lesson Plan

Date:_9/21/17 Grade: 8th

Concept (your content area): Living a Literate Life (Secondary English Language Arts)

Objectives: Students will be able to:

Describe their reading and writing lives.
Choose a text based on their interests.

Introduction: The picture book If I Wrote a Book About You by Stephany Aulenback will be
read to demonstrate one of the many uses of writing.

Vocabulary and definition:

Writers Notebook: a notebook that writers use to write down ideas, quotes, or story
ideas. Writers notebooks are used to store drafts and ideas that can be developed into
published, final drafts.
Reading log: a log that students will use to record their independent reading including
what they are reading, how much they read each day, and how they will present their
knowledge on the book.

Body of Lesson:
The picture book If I Wrote a Book About You by Stephany Aulenback will be read to
demonstrate one of the many uses of writing. The class will discuss their reactions to the
picture book and the things writing can be used for.
The class will discuss writers notebooks and reading logs, and what is expected from
them with both.
Students will be asked to write about their literate lives.
The class will participate in a discussion on how they choose books to read.
Students will choose books from the classroom library based on their interests to
independently read.

Accommodations/Modifications: Appropriate accommodations and modifications will be

given to students according to their IEPs and needs.

Multiple Intelligence(s) Addressed:

Verbal/Linguistic: Students will be asked to write about their literate lives, and to speak about
how they choose books.
Logical/Mathematical: Students will be asked to give reasoning to why they chose certain books;
they will have to analyze their own interests.
Visual/Spatial: The picture book will relate to visual learners.
Intrapersonal: Students will be asked to analyze their own interests in how they choose books.
They will be asked about how they feel after reading the picture book.
Interpersonal: Students will discuss why they chose certain books with their peers, and it is
encouraged that they recommend books to their peers based on their peers interests.

Formative Assessment: Students will be informally assessed on their participation in the

class discussion over their reactions to If I Wrote a Book About You by Stephany Aulenback.
Students will be assessed on their writing about their literate lives. Students will conference with
their teacher and peers about why they chose the book they chose for independent reading.

Materials:
If I Wrote a Book About You by Stephany Aulenback.
Writers notebooks.
Reading logs.

Standards:
LA 8.1.6.k Select text for a particular purpose (e.g., understand, interpret, enjoy, solve
problems, form an opinion, answer a specific question, discover models for own writing).
LA 8.1.6.o Respond to text verbally, in writing, or artistically.
LA 8.2.1.a Use prewriting activities and inquiry tools to generate and organize
information, guide writing, answer questions, and synthesize information

Formative Assessment

Actively participate in class and group discussion; put in your input and feelings. We
want to hear them! Your voice is important! Explain why you chose the book you chose.
Write for 10 minutes about what your reading and writing lives looked like before
entering this class. Do not worry about grammar: this is a draft that wont be graded for it
grammatical correctness. This is for us all to use to start our journey to becoming readers
and writers. If you need help writing about your reading and writing lives, address these
questions: How often do you read? How often do you write? What do you like to write
and read (poetry, short stories, horror stories, nonfiction, etc.)? What is your favorite
book? Do you think you are a good reader and writer? What are other things you are
interested that you think you may be able to find a book to read about that subject or that
you think you may be able to write about that subject (football, golf, fashion, animals,
etc.)?