Daily Lesson Planning Tool
Teacher: S. Brandt
Lesson Topic:
CCRE
Course/Grade: ENGLISH SENIOR SEMINAR
Capstone Student Response Page Prompt
Engage
& Hook
Explain
& Model
Explore
& Apply
Evaluate
& Close
Date of Lesson:
Quarter 1, 2, 4
50
Materials and Resources:
Lesson
Component
Woodside High School,
School: Newport News, VA
Student Learning Survey, writing utensil
Teacher
1. This student learning survey is a tool for teachers
and students to learn more about learning
preferences and interests.
2. It opens up discussions about acceptance and
learning to relate to each other.
Student
1. Students will learn about each other and
begin to discuss how people are different
and how they are alike.
1. Reproduce a copy of the Capstone Student
Response Page Prompt for each student. You can
make an enlarged text copy or a PowerPoint slide
to use as a model with the class.
2. Demonstrate using yourself as the example on the
enlarged copy at the front of the room. Check with
the students to be sure they understand the
directions.
1. Pass out the Capstone Student Response Page
Prompt to each student in the class to complete.
1. Students complete the Capstone Student
Response Page Prompt.
1. Collect all the surveys and create a PowerPoint
Titled “What I Learned About You” based upon the
students’ responses to share with the class next
class period.
2. Teachers will administer the survey to the students
on the first week of school, at the end of the first
semester, and at the end of the school year.
1. Students watch PowerPoint and discuss
what they too have learned about the class
members. They note common interests and
experiences.
2. Students will complete this survey on the
first week of school, at the end of the first
semester, and at the end of the school year
This document was developed as part of the English Capstone Collaborative Pilot Program, a VDOE grant, supporting a partnership between James
Madison University and SURN at The College of William and Mary to pilot and develop materials for the English Senior Seminar. Virginia educators have
permission to use and adapt this document for educational purposes.
2011-2012 Capstone
Name:
Date:
Student Response Page Prompt
1st Marking Period
Three times during the academic year (start of the first marking period, start of the second
semester, and end of the school year), students are requested to respond to the questions
below.
1. What are some goals you want for yourself for this class? What do you hope to get out of this class?
What questions or concerns do you have about this course?
2. Other than books, what do you read?
3. What topics interest you enough that you are motivated to study them independently?
4. What is a book that you read that you keep thinking about?
5. Have you read something in the past year that confused you? What did you do about it?
6. Have you talked with someone outside of school about the reading and writing you are doing in
school? Please elaborate.
7. Has reading or writing in the past year changed the way you think or act? Please elaborate.
2011-2012 Capstone
8. When it comes to career and education where do you see yourself in:
 Two years from now (2013)

Ten years from now (2021)
2011-2012 Capstone
Name:
Date:
Student Response Page Prompt
Beginning of 2nd Semester
Three times during the academic year (start of the first marking period, start of the second
semester, and end of the school year), students are requested to respond to the questions
below.
1. Looking back at the goals that you set for yourself for this class at the beginning of the school year,
have you obtained any of those goals? What have you gained from being in this class? Do you still
have any questions or concerns about this course?
2. How many books have you read so far in the class? Other than books, what do you read?
3. What topics interest you enough that you are motivated to study them independently? What topics
have you become more interested in since the beginning of the class?
4. What is a book that you read that you keep thinking about? Why?
5. Have you read something in the past semester that confused you? What did you do about it?
6. Have you talked with someone outside of school about the reading and writing you are doing in
school? Please elaborate.
2011-2012 Capstone
7. Has reading or writing in the past semester changed the way you think or act? Please elaborate.
8. When it comes to career and education where do you see yourself in:
 Two years from now (2013)

Ten years from now (2021)
9. Have you applied to any colleges? If so, which one(s), and why?
10. What weaknesses do you want to work on this semester to help you succeed in a college or career
setting?
2011-2012 Capstone