Lesson Planning Guide
Lesson Planning Guide
Lesson Planning Guide
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LESSONPLANNINGGUIDEInquiryIII
Teacher: TopicofLesson:
BeatrizRamirez CiteTextEvidence
GradeLevel: ContentArea:
4th EnglishLanguageArtsWriting
Thisguidemaybeusedforyourobservedlesson,oryoumaychoosetouseyoursitebasedlesson
planningtemplate.
ExpectedOutcomes:Whatnewconceptorinformationdoyouwantstudentstoknowattheendofthis
onelesson?
Studentswillbeabletocitetextevidenceintheirresponsestotextbasedquestions.
FocusStudent:Howwillyoumodify,accommodate,anddifferentiateinstructiontoensureuniversal
accesstothecurriculumforyourFocusStudent?
Somedifferentiation/scaffoldingthatIwillimplementinmylesson:
Prereadingandprewritingstrategies:CreateaKWLcharttojotdownbackgroundknowledge
Textannotation:Providehighlighterssothatstudentscanmarkorhighlighttextformainideas
SentenceFrames:Prewriteacouplesentenceframestoguidestudentsthroughtheirwritingand
citingevidencefromtext
Differentiaterubrics:Helpstudentsreachagoalthattheycanmanage
AnchorChart:WillprovideachartthatfacilitatescitingthetextsusingphrasessuchasInthe
firstparagraph,theauthorsays.,Accordingtothetext.
Assessment:Whatevidencewillyougathertoassessstudentlearning?
CiteyourEvidence(5questionquiz)Studentswillbeabletorespondandcitetextevidence
FlexibleGroupingStrategies:Howwillyougroupstudentsatvariouspointsinthelessontoaddress
individualstudentsneeds?
BasedontheirTRCreadinglevels,studentswillbepairedupwithsimilarlevels.
Whatacademiccontentstandard(s)willyoufocusonduringthislesson?
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.4.1 Refertodetailsandexamplesinatextwhenexplainingwhatthetextsaysexplicitly
whendrawinginferencesfromtext.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.4.3Ecplainevents,procedures,ideas,orconceptsinahistorical,scientific,ortexhnicaltext,
includingwhathappenedandwhy,basedonspecificinformationinthetext.
LessonDesign:Describeeachstageofyourlessonindetail(e.g.Introduction,Modeling,Guided
Practice,IndependentPractice,ClosingorReflection)
Introduction:SetthethemeReadTwoDayswithNoPhoneasaclass.Checkinattheendofeach
sectiontofacilitatediscussionsaboutkeyideasandimportantvocabularywordsthathaveemerged.
Modeling:
Rereadthearticleagain,aswellasthevisualtextonpage24.Thistime,pausetoasktextbased
questions,suchasthoselistedbelow.Everytimeastudentoffersaresponse,challengehimorherto
pinpointevidencefromthetextthatsupportstheanswer.Thisiscalledtextevidence.Youmight
choosetoreplicatethechartbelowontheboardandfillitinasstudentsrespondtoquestions
Teacherwillmodelwithoneofthequestionsanddothinkaloudtoallowstudentstonoticethethought
processtofindingtextevidence.
GuidedPractice:
Studentspairupandaquestionwillbeprojected.
Studentswillusetheirthinktimetoprocessthequestionandthentheypair/sharewiththeirpartnerstheir
ideas
ConstructionConversations:
Theywillusewhattheyalreadyknowonexchangingideasandlisteningrespectfullyastheybothholda
constructiveconversation:
Question1:Usinginformationfromthearticleandthechartonpage24,whatcanyouconcludeabout
thenumberoftextsFranchescasentandreceivedeachdaybeforeshetookthe48hourchallenge?
Response:Shesentandreceivedmoretextsthanmostofherfriends.
TextEvidence:Franchescasentandreceivedabout1000textsperday.Accordingtothegraph,only18
percentofteenssendandreceivemorethan200textseachday.
Question2:Whatisoneeffectthatsleeptextingmighthaveonteenssuccessinschool?
Response:Teensmighthavetroubleconcentratingorfailatextbecausetheydidntgetenoughsleep.
TextEvidence:Teenssometimestextduringthenight,whichstopsthemfromgettingthe8to11hoursof
sleeptheyneed.
ClassDiscussion:
Wewillholdaclassdiscussionwithpromptquestionssuchas
Cansomeoneshareandideathattheirpartnerhadaboutquestion1Howdidyouagreeonthetext
evidence?..
IndependentPractice
Studentswillgetacouplemorequestionstodoontheirown.Theywillworkwiththeirpartnersin
findingtextevidencetoanswerthepostedquestions.
Closing/Reflection:
Wegathertogethertodiscusshowtofindtextevidencetoanswerquestions.
StudentEngagement:Explainhowyourlessonensuresstudentengagementanddifferentiatesforall
learners.
Partnerships:Studentswillbeabletosharetheirideasinpartnerships.Thisensuresstudentparticipation,
astheyareeachaccountabletoholdaconstructiveconversation.Theygettoaskquestionstooneanother
andhelpeachotherfindsolutions.ThesepartnershipsareformedbasedontheirTRClevels.
Technology:Studentsareabletorecordtheirconversationstorecapandhearwhattheysaidastheyput
theirwordsintowriting.Thisaidsstudentstolistentothemselvesansweraquestionandthenputitinto
writing(dictation).Iusuallysayiftheycansayit,theycanwriteit
Extrasupport:IwillbeabletoguidemyneedsstudentsasIstaywiththemabitlongertoensurethey
aregoingintherightdirection.
SentenceStartersandpromptstarters:Theycanusethesetoanswerquestionsandtoguidetheir
constructiveconversations.Notallstudentsneedthis.
Scaffolding:Encouragestudentstomarkuptheirmagazines.Forexample,theymightcirclethe
paragraphwheretheyfoundananswertoaquestionandthenunderlinethespecifictextevidencewithin
theparagraphthatsupportstheirresponse.
AcademicVocabularyInstruction:Whatspecificvocabulary/termswillyouexplicitlyteachandhave
studentspracticeduringthislessontoensureconceptunderstanding?
Vocabulary
statistics:asetofnumbersthatpresentsinformation
access:reach,getintouchwith
depressed:feelingverysadforalongperiodoftime
isolated:allalone,separatedfromothers
addiction:astrongneedforsomething,suchasdrugs
AskingCriticalQuestions:Whatspecificquestionswillyouposetostudentstoensurethinkingthat
requiresanalysis,evaluation,synthesisandapplicationofcontentideasacrossproficiencylevels?
Vocabulary:
Basedoncontextclues,whatcanIconcludethatthiswordmeans?
TextEvidence:
WhereinthetextcanIfindevidencetoanswerthisquestion?
Incompletesentences,letsanswerthisquestion(anchorchartsentencestarters)
ClassroomManagement:Listanylogistical,materialsrelatedorbehavioralissuesyoumayneedto
considertoensureasafeandinclusiveenvironmentforstudentlearning.
Studentswillbeinpartnershipscarefullychosenbytheteacher
IntegrationofTechnology:Howwillyouintegrateavailabletechnologyresourcesintothislessonas
youplan,teach,andassessstudentlearning?
Studentswillhavetheabilitytorecordtheirconversationstolaterlistentotheiranswersandhaveit
easiertowritedowntheirresponses.