WOODLAND HILLS SECONDARY LESSON PLAN
Name: Johnson
Date: 2/9/15 Length of Lesson: 4 Weeks Content Area: ELA
STAGE I – DESIRED RESULTS
LESSON TOPIC (Module, if applicable):
American Romanticism: A study of authors and genres
across 1800-1860
BIG IDEAS:
(Content standards, assessment anchors, eligible content) objectives, and skill
focus)
Comprehension requires and enhances critical thinking and is
constructed through the intentional interaction between reader and
text
Transcendentalism
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 Romanticism.
Individualism, Romanticism, Supernatural,
Transcendentalism
STUDENT OBJECTIVES (COMPETENCIES/OUTCOMES):
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
Transcendentalism.
FORMATIVE ASSESSMENTS: Do Now exercises/ exit slips.
STAGE III: LEARNING PLAN
INSTRUCTIONAL
PROCEDURES:
Do Now;
Mini Lesson:
Guided Practice:
Independent Practice:
Summations/Formative Assessments:
Reflections:
Do Now:
Reflect upon quotes by
Transcendental authors. What do
these quotes mean to you?
MATERIALS AND
RESOURCES:
Readings from Whitman,
Emerson, Thoreau, etc.
Notes and handouts for
Transcendentalism
Questions/ discussion
questions.
Why is nature an appropriate place
for escape?
Supplemental readings from
Primary/ Secondary sources.
Mini Lesson: Civil Disobedience
Cell phones for instant
research.
INTERVENTIONS:
ASSIGNMENTS:
Large group discussions
Emerson poetry and essays.
Independent reading/ Small
group reflections
Identify elements of
Romanticism.
Do Now reviews
Read and respond to
nonfiction.
Independent Practice: Individual/
group readings
Comprehension questions
Small group discussions
Summative/ Formative
Assessment:
Quizzes.