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Lesson Idea/Topic and This lesson is going to be used as a small formative assessment, assessing
Rational/Relevance: students’ ability to differentiate the writing, reading, and other
vocabulary they have learned this year.
Student Profile: 53% female; 73% caucasian; 8.4% eligible for free lunch; ELO students
http://public-schools.startclass.com/l/16354/Kinard-Core-Knowledge-
Middle-School-in-Fort-Collins-Colorado
Content Standard(s) addressed by this lesson: (Write Content Standards directly from the standard)
a. determine meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative and connotative meanings; analyze the
impact of a specific word choice on meaning and tone;
b. analyze how a particular sentence, chapter, scene, or stanza, fits into the overall structure of a text and contributes to the
development of the theme, setting, or plot.
● Students will understand the role of grammar, punctuation, or figurative elements in language.
Inquiry Questions: (Essential questions relating knowledge at end of the unit of instruction, select applicable questions from standard)
I can: Determine the purpose for various literary and structural elements in language and how it can be used to create meaning.
This means: I can solve a riddle about a literary of structural element’s purpose while helping find
List of Assessments: (Write the number of the learning targets associated with each assessment)
1. To what extent were lesson objectives achieved? (Utilize assessment data to justify your level of achievement)
I feel that the objective of this lesson was not achieved by most of my students. As we were aiming to understand the role
and purpose of various English language elements like figurative language and punctuation, but this lesson was structured in
a way that only allowed students to think about the definition of the various elements.
2. What changes, omissions, or additions to the lesson would you make if you were to teach again?
I feel that my students would need a longer period of time to discuss the objective, as it was a large understanding my
students had not yet had the time to consider prior to this lesson. The inquiry questions was ignored and if I were use this
activity again, I would probably use it as a refresher and study activity to help remember vocabulary, not to understand the
purpose of language.
3. What do you envision for the next lesson? (Continued practice, reteach content, etc.)
If I were to continue the next day, I would have gone over the various vocabulary, focusing on the areas where these sixth
graders struggled, like parts of speech, and discuss why we learn them and how they help our understanding. There would
need to be another day in the upcoming weeks in which we discuss the role of these various elements in our way of
communication.