PaulThoma

LukeWelch
AshleyWingate

LessonPlan:Homophones

LessonOverview
Studentsandateacherwillworktogethertoidentifydifferenttypesofhomophonesand
studentswillbeabletocorrectlyusethecorrectformofahomophoneinwrittensentences.

BackgroundInformation
Students:
206thand7thgraders
Gender:10boysand10girls
Ethnicity:20Hispanic
Englishexperience:moderatetolowlevelofEnglishspeakingability.AllfluentinSpanish
LearningEnvironment:
Technologylevel:Eboards,internetaccess,oneinstructorstationwithaprojector.

TheLessonPlan

LearningObjectives
1. Studentswillunderstandcommonhomophonesandwillbeabletocorrectlyusethe
properformofthehomophoneinasentence.

2. Studentswillbeabletoidentifyinasentenceifthecorrecthomophoneisusedornot.

3. Studentswillbeabletowritesentencesusingthecorrecthomophones.

Standards
6thand7thgradeCaliforniastandards
L.4.1g.Correctlyusefrequentlyconfusedwords(e.g.,to/too/twothere/their).
1e.RecognizevariationsfromstandardEnglishintheirownandotherswritingandspeaking,
andidentifyandusestrategiestoimproveexpressioninconventionallanguage.*
2b.Spellcorrectly.
4a.Usecontext(e.g.,theoverallmeaningofasentenceorparagraphawordspositionor
functioninasentence)asacluetothemeaningofawordorphrase.

4d.Verifythepreliminarydeterminationofthemeaningofawordorphrase(e.g.,bychecking
theinferredmeaningincontextorinadictionary).
5.Demonstrateunderstandingoffigurativelanguage,wordrelationships,andnuancesin
wordmeanings.
a.Interpretfiguresofspeech(e.g.,personification)incontext.
b.Usetherelationshipbetweenparticularwords(e.g.,cause/effect,part/whole,
item/category)tobetterunderstandeachofthewords.
c.Distinguishamongtheconnotations(associations)ofwordswithsimilardenotations
(definitions)(e.g.,stingy,scrimping,economical,unwasteful,thrifty).
6.Acquireanduseaccuratelygradeappropriategeneralacademicanddomainspecific
wordsandphrasesgathervocabularyknowledgewhenconsideringawordorphrase
importanttocomprehensionorexpression.
http://www.cde.ca.gov/be/st/ss/

RequiredMaterials
Projector
Eboard
Slideofhomophones
Powerpoint
Paper

Procedures
1) Asktheclasswhattheythinkahomophoneis.
2) OnEboard,showcorrectdefinitionofahomophonealongwithexamplesofcommon
homophones(5minutesforthefirsttwosteps)
3) OntheEboard,haveaslidewherestudentsdragthecorrecthomophonefromabank
ofwordsontheleftsideofthescreentotherightsideofthescreenwhichhasanother
versionofthehomophone.Alsohavethestudentstryandexplainthedefinitionof
eachhomophonetheypairedup.(1015minutes)
4) Afterthepreviousstepiscompleted,bringupthenextslideontheEboard.These
nextcoupleslideshavesentencesthathavehomophonesinthem.Studentswillbe
calleduptocirclethecorrecthomophone(eachversionwillbelisted)andgivea
reasonwhythatisthecorrectversionofit.(510minutes)
5) Thenextslidewillhavesentenceswithblanks.Studentswilldragthecorrect
homophonefromthewordbanktocompletethesentence.(510minutes)
6) Next,studentswillbegivenasheetofpaperandaskedtowritedownthree
sentences(thatdifferfromtheonesthatweregiven)thatcontainthecorrectuseofthe
homophoneaswellasotherproperEnglishLanguageskillslearnedsofar.(1015
minutes)

Assessment

Pointvalue

Usageof
Homophones

Correctform
andusageof
homophone

Correctusage
ofhomophone
butformmight
notbecorrect

Correctusage
and/orform
mightnotbe
correct

Multiple
incorrectuses
ofhomophones
orno
homophones
used

CorrectSpelling Nospellingor
Minorspelling
andgrammar
grammarerrors andgrammar
errorsbutit
doesnotmake
itdifficultto
understand
whatisbeing
said

Manyspelling
andgrammar
errorswhereit
attimesmakes
itdifficultto
understand
whatisbeing
said

Manyspelling
andgrammar
errorswhereit
cannotbe
understood
whatthewriter
issaying

Participationin
classroom
activity

Thestudent
wouldnot
participate
unlesscalled
upon

Noparticipation
atall,even
whencalled
upon

Thestudent
wasactively
participating
throughoutthe
lesson

Thestudent
was
participatingin
someportions
ofthelesson

Weareassessingourstudentsinformallybywatchingthemdragthehomophonesfromthe
wordbank,andhowwelltheycandefinethetwoorthreedifferenthomophones.Also,when
theyarecalleduptocirclethecorrecthomophoneandhavetogiveareasonwhytheycircled
it.Weareassessingourstudentsformallybygivingthemaworksheetthattheyhavetoturn
inwhentheycompleteit.