WOODLAND HILLS SECONDARY LESSON PLAN
Name: Johnson
Date: 3/16/15 Length of Lesson: 1Week Content Area: ELA
STAGE I – DESIRED RESULTS
LESSON TOPIC (Module, if applicable):
BIG IDEAS:
(Content standards, assessment anchors, eligible content) objectives, and skill
focus)
Transitional Poetry
Comprehension requires and enhances critical thinking and is
constructed through the intentional interaction between reader and
text
Realism, regionalism, naturalism
Emily Dickenson
CC.1.3.11-12.H: Demonstrate knowledge of foundational works of
literature that reflect a variety of genres in the respective major periods of
literature, including how two or more texts from the same period treat
similar themes or topics.
UNDERSTANDING GOALS (CONCEPTS):
ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS:
Students will understand: How personal values and opinions impact the
literary world.
Inspirational words may come from varying places.
Deeper meaning can be found in details
How does interaction with text provoke thinking and response?
VOCABULARY: Words associated with realism, regionalism,
and naturalism. Tone/mood, Evidence
STUDENT OBJECTIVES (COMPETENCIES/OUTCOMES):
How/Why does literature change? How/Why does it stay the same?
SWBAT:
Identify and evaluate essential content between and among various text
types
Use and cite evidence from texts to make assertions, inferences,
generalizations, and to draw conclusions
STAGE II – ASSESSMENT EVIDENCE
PERFORMANCE TASK: Students will identify traits of
Realism, regionalism, and naturalism in poetry.
FORMATIVE ASSESSMENTS: Do Now exercises/ exit slips.
STAGE III: LEARNING PLAN
INSTRUCTIONAL
PROCEDURES:
Do Now;
Mini Lesson: Annotated
Bibliographies
Guided Practice:
Independent Practice:
Summations/Formative Assessments:
Reflections:
Do Now:
Why do people write poetry?
What sort of things do they write
about?
Why was there a shift from
romanticism writing and realism
writing?
Mini Lesson: Emily Dickenson
Independent Practice: Individual/
group readings
Comprehension questions
Small group discussions
Summative/ Formative
Assessment:
Quizzes:
MATERIALS AND
RESOURCES:
INTERVENTIONS:
ASSIGNMENTS:
Large group discussions
Dickenson poetry and essays.
Independent reading/ Small
group reflections
Identify elements of Realist
poetry.
Do Now reviews
Read and respond to
nonfiction.
Readings from the poetry
Notes and handouts for
Realism/Dickenson
Questions/ discussion
questions.
Supplemental readings from
Primary/ Secondary sources.
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research.