WOODLAND HILLS SECONDARY LESSON PLAN
Name: Johnson
Date: 2/23/15 Length of Lesson: 2 Weeks Content Area: ELA
STAGE I – DESIRED RESULTS
LESSON TOPIC (Module, if applicable):
Civil War Era
BIG IDEAS:
Realism, regionalism, naturalism
‘Local Color’
Comprehension requires and enhances critical thinking and is
constructed through the intentional interaction between reader and
text
(Content standards, assessment anchors, eligible content) objectives, and skill
focus)
Walt Whitman
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 political values 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, naturalism. ‘Local Color’, ‘vernacular’, free
verse
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
FORMATIVE ASSESSMENTS: Do Now exercises/ exit slips.
STAGE III: LEARNING PLAN
INSTRUCTIONAL
PROCEDURES:
MATERIALS AND
RESOURCES:
Do Now;
Mini Lesson:
Guided Practice:
Independent Practice:
Summations/Formative Assessments:
Reflections:
Readings from traditional
spirituals, Fredrick Douglass,
Sojourner Truth, Walt
Whitman
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 ?
Notes and handouts for
Realism
Questions/ discussion
questions.
Supplemental readings from
Primary/ Secondary sources.
Mini Lesson: Walt Whitman
Independent Practice: Individual/
group readings
Comprehension questions
Small group discussions
Summative/ Formative
Assessment:
Quizzes:
Cell phones for instant
research.
INTERVENTIONS:
ASSIGNMENTS:
Large group discussions
Emerson poetry and essays.
Independent reading/ Small
group reflections
Identify elements of Realist
writing.
Do Now reviews
Read and respond to
nonfiction.
Folder checks