Name: Robert Mitts
Date: 11/18/13-11/22/13
Woodland Hills High School
Lesson Plans
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Lesson Topic (Standard/Anchor):
Reading
R11.A.1&2.2 Identify and apply word recignition skills
R11.AA.1&2.2 Identify and apply word recognition
skills, including: scanning, matching, demonstrating
phonemic awareness, naming, reading.
R11.AA.1&2.2a (LA) Scans materials
R11.AA.1&2.2b (LA) Matches identical pictures or
photographs
R11.AA.1&2.2a (LB) Selects word names
R11.AA.1&2.2b (LB) Reads words in isolation
R11.AA.1&2.2c (LB) Reads word in context
R11.AA.1&2.2 (LC) Reads 30-50 words aloud
R11.A.1&2.4 Identify and explain main ideas and
relevant details.
R11.AA.1&2.4 Identify and explain the main ideas and
relevant details, inclusing: answering literal
comprehension questions, sequencing events.
R11.AA.1&2.4 (LA) Answers literal questions: what,
who, where
R11.AA.!&2.4a (LB) Answers literal questions: what,
who, where, when, why questions -- open-ended
response
Stage I – Desired Results
Big Ideas: Description of a rain forest
environment
Content Area:
Life Skills - Social Studies
Length of Lesson: 45 Minutes
Periods 2A
Understanding Goals (Concepts):
- Working together on the creating the rain
forest reserve
- Students will create "If I Were Poems
based on the animals in the Rain Forest
-Students will complete job applications
based on the jobs that are in the Amazon
Rain Forest
R11.AA.1&2.4a (LC) Answers literal "when" question reading comprehension
R11.AA.1&2.4b (LC) Answers literal "why" question reading comprehension
R11.AA.1&2.4c (LC) Answers literal "how" question reading comprehension
R11.AA.1&2.5a (LC) Describes 4 events from narrative
text
R11.AA.1&2.5b (LC) Name 4 facts from expository
text
Student Objectives (Competencies/Outcomes):
Students will be able to:
Students will create "If I were Poems based on the
animals in the Rain Forest
Students will complete job applications based on the
job available in the Amazon Rain Forest
Essential Questions:
What arethe parts of a rain forest?
What are the postions available in the
Amazon?
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Vocabulary: Biologist, Botanist, Ecologist,
Environmentalist, Veterinarian
Stage II – Assessment Evidence
Performance Task:
Other Evidence:
-Create a person who works in the Rain Forest and describe their duties
-student work samples
in the rain forest
-observation
-verbal responses
Stage III – Learning Plan
Materials & Resources: Rain Forest story path books, "If I Were Poems"
Full Character Cut Outs, Pencils, Paper
CONTENT AREA READING:
Throughout lessons
Formative Assessment(s):
#1. Pre-Assessment
#2. Summarizing Main Ideas
#3. Thumbs Up
Others:
Instructional Procedures*: (includes mini-lessons) -active engagement, explicit instruction, modeling, scaffolding
Active Engagements used:
Scaffolding used:
#1. Teacher Promping
#2 . Provide Visual Support
Others:
Describe usage:
Describe usage:
-at beginning, during, and after lessons
-throughout lessons
Procedures
#1. Summarizing
#2. Whole Class Response
Others:
Monday
11/18/13
Day B
 Students wil continue to
create a full length
character of people who
work in the Rain Forest
 Students will research
informaion about the job
that they desire to have
in the Rain Forest
 See Above
Wednesday
11/20/13
Day B
 Students will read page
14-15 "Rain Forest
Structure"
 Students will identify
the parts of rain forest
and what occurs in the
flooded forest
Thursday
11/21/13
Day A
 Students will read
Pages 16-17 "The
Canopy" and describe
the animals that
reside in the Canopy
 See Above
 See Above
Assignments
 See Above
Tuesday
11/19/13
Day A
 Students will
continue to create
the figure to place on
the Rain Forest based
on the job they
chose.

* Include Active Engagement, Explicit Instruction, Metacognition, Modeling, & Scaffolding
Friday
11/22/13
Day B
 Students will read
pages 18-19 and
Describe animals that
live in the understory
of the Rain Forest
 If time students will
read pages 20-21 and
describe the animals in
The Forest Floor
 See Above