The lesson plan aims to have students apply reading strategies like focus questions and anticipation guides to comprehend Ernest Hemingway's short story "Hills Like White Elephants". Students will free write in response to focus questions, learn background on the author and story, complete an individual anticipation guide, discuss it in pairs, and then discuss as a class which anticipation guide statements they are most interested in seeing addressed in the story. The lesson evaluates students through their written responses, completion of the anticipation guide, and participation in class discussions.
The lesson plan aims to have students apply reading strategies like focus questions and anticipation guides to comprehend Ernest Hemingway's short story "Hills Like White Elephants". Students will free write in response to focus questions, learn background on the author and story, complete an individual anticipation guide, discuss it in pairs, and then discuss as a class which anticipation guide statements they are most interested in seeing addressed in the story. The lesson evaluates students through their written responses, completion of the anticipation guide, and participation in class discussions.
The lesson plan aims to have students apply reading strategies like focus questions and anticipation guides to comprehend Ernest Hemingway's short story "Hills Like White Elephants". Students will free write in response to focus questions, learn background on the author and story, complete an individual anticipation guide, discuss it in pairs, and then discuss as a class which anticipation guide statements they are most interested in seeing addressed in the story. The lesson evaluates students through their written responses, completion of the anticipation guide, and participation in class discussions.
11/17/15 Lesson Objective: After reviewing Kelly Gallaghers strategies for framing and focusing the reader, the UTL 640E cohort will work individually and in pairs to apply the strategies of focus questions and anticipation guides in preparation for reading and comprehending the big ideas of Hills Like White Elephants by Ernest Hemingway in order to better understand how to implement reading strategies to create meaningful reader experiences in their future classrooms. Resources/Materials (for the lesson itself): Copies of Hills Like White Elephants Copies of Anticipation Guides Scrap pieces of paper PPT on projector (attached in email) Steps in Lesson: Engagement (5 minutes) (Skyla) will give an overview of Deeper Reading by Kelly Gallagher to cover the guiding topics of the book. Students will then free write in response to one or both of the two focus questions. If someone made a decision for you, what would your reaction be? What if that person was someone you loved? What are the differences between talking and truly communicating? Active Learning Explain (10 minutes): (Skyla) will present background information on Ernest Hemingway and Hills Like White Elephants to show students Gallaghers ideas of using background knowledge to help students comprehend any historical or author references needed to understand the story. o (Sarah) will then present the anticipation guide and students will work individually, in pairs and come together as a class to discuss. Apply (5 minutes): (~2 minutes) Students will complete their anticipation guides individually, agreeing or disagreeing with each statement on a scale of 1 to 10. (~3 minutes) Students will get with a partner to discuss their degrees of agreement and disagreement with each statement. Evaluate (5 minutes): As a whole group, we will discuss the students reactions to the anticipation guide statements and ask for volunteers to share what their pair discussed and agreed/disagreed on. (Sarah) will also review why Gallagher
recommends using anticipation guides and what purpose they
serve in reading. Closure (5 minutes) We will ask the students Which statement from your anticipation guide are you most looking forward to seeing developed in the story when you read? and will also ask students what they thought of these three strategies (focus questions, background info and anticipation guides). Evaluation Strategies: Formal writing response to focus questions Informal completion of anticipation guide and discussing in pairs Informal class discussion at end