Lesson Plan Ideation by Zack Bridges

Lesson for 11th grade English

educbrid — 2024-09-10 17:46:41 UTC

W.11-12.5.

Produce clear and coherent organizational structures that attend to the norms and conventions of the writing genre, and in which ideas, concepts, and other information build on one another; include formatting and graphics to support the purpose, aid in comprehension, and create a unified whole; and use precise language, content-specific vocabulary, and varied transitions to link major sections of the text, create cohesion and clarify the relationships between and among ideas and concepts.

Engage

educbrid — 2024-09-10 17:47:35 UTC

Lesson Idea: When students enter the classroom, they will see puzzle pieces displayed on the board. The teacher will start class by introducing the idea that a well written paragraph is like a puzzle. With multiple pieces that connect in order to make the whole.

Learning Objective: After a brief introduction, students will be able to have a basic understanding of the importance of paragraph structure, and be engaged by the thought of writing a paragraph being similar to putting a puzzle together.

Explore

educbrid — 2024-09-10 17:47:55 UTC

Lesson Idea: Following introduction of the "puzzle theory", students will be instructed to form groups. Each group will be given strips of paper labeled :topic sentence, introduce evidence, evidence in the form of a quote or summary, analysis of evidence, link to main idea. Once in groups and with these materials, students will discuss in their groups what they think the correct placement of these parts of a paragraph are.

Learning Objective: After in class discussion, students will be able to work together to show their understanding of paragraph structure.

Explain

educbrid — 2024-09-10 17:48:16 UTC

Lesson Idea: During group activity, teacher will move around the room checking on progress and answering questions. Once group activity is finished, discussion will return to whole group format. The teacher will ask for volunteers to describe the correct order of the parts of a paragraph. Then will explain why each part is placed where it is and entertain discussion or questions.

Learning Objective: After working together in groups, students will be able to demonstrate by describing the correct order of paragraph structure.

Elaborate

educbrid — 2024-09-10 17:48:39 UTC

Lesson idea: Students will now work on their own to write sentences that work for each part of a paragraph separately. They will do this using reading and research that has been done prior to this lesson.

Learning Objective: After confirming that students have an understanding of correct paragraph structure, students will be able use relevant reading and research that has been done leading up to this lesson to write their own sentences corresponding to the parts of the paragraph

Evaluate

educbrid — 2024-09-10 17:48:49 UTC

Lesson Idea: Students will be assigned to write their own full paragraph, which they will use for a future essay assignment. If any time is left in class, it will be work time for them. The assignment will be due in two days

Learning Objective: After writing individual sentences, students will be able to put them together using transitions, correct paragraph structure, and correct citations to write a full paragraph

Evaluate

educbrid — 2024-09-10 18:14:23 UTC

This is an opportunity to evaluate students prior knowledge and what each group was able to accomplish