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Towson University Department of Secondary Education Lesson Plan Template
Towson University Department of Secondary Education Lesson Plan Template
Date: 10/06/2015
Objective
Assessment
Activity
Overall Lesson
Objective:
Rhetorical
Terms Practice
activity:
Rhetorical
Terms Practice
activity:
Students will
identify targeted
rhetorical devices
in given quotes and
explain their
purpose. After they
complete the
provided
worksheet, they
will switch with
another group and
analyze their
understanding.
responses,
changing the
analysis as they see
fit.
Materials Needed:
Technology Integration/Needs:
During this opening lesson, an overhead project is required for students to observe the
example presented by the instructor. Additionally, the overhead will be accessed at the end of the
activity, in order for the teacher to review the students work with them and ensure that they
understand the meaning and application of the rhetorical devices provided.
Lesson Procedure:
Opening Activity:
At the beginning of the lesson, I will ask students to remind me what they learned during
the previous class period. I will provide students with enough time to think about what they did
and, once I have a correct response from one of the students (identifying rhetorical devices or
techniques in a text), I will then transition into the main activity of the day. Before letting the
students break off into groups, however, I will model an example of the activity they will be
completing during the lesson (example attached with notes).
Time Allotted: ~5 minutes
Transition: Now that Ive modeled how to complete this review, Im going to
place you into groups so that you and your classmates can complete some more examples. [After
being placed into groups and while handing out the assignment sheets] Youll have five minutes
in small groups to fill out the sheet, determining if the device used is structural or meaning-based,
what the device is called, and why it is significant or how it impacts the audience. After that,
youll exchange your work with another group. At this point in time, you will have the
opportunity to analyze what the previous group has written and change or add on to their answers
accordingly. Can anyone remind me what the first step of the directions was? (Answer: five
minutes in small groups to analyze the quotation). Okay, your five minutes starts now!
Activity 1: Rhetorical Terms Practice
After being distributed into groups (via their birth days seven groups total), students
will have five minutes to fill out the assignment sheet with their partners. After the five minutes
are up, I will ask students to switch their sheet with another group and will analyze/change
material as they see fit. Once another five minutes are up, I will collect the students analyses
and prepare to discuss the answers with the class.
Time Allotted: ~15 minutes
Transition: Okay, you should be finishing up your responses Dont worry,
this isnt going to be graded based upon correctness. Were going to review these with you so
that you better understand rhetorical devices and why they are used. Mrs. Kuczynski, would you
like to take over for the review?
Activity 2--end: Further Discussion of Rhetorical Devices / Closing Activity:
These sections of the lesson will be handled by the primary instructor
Time Allotted: ~70 minutes
Circle one:
Structure
Meaning
Term: _____________________________
How/why is it being used?
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This note was a promise that all men, yes, black men as well
as white men, would be guaranteed the unalienable Rights of
Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.
-Martin Luther King, Jr.
Circle one:
Structure
Meaning
Term: _____________________________
How/why is it being used?
______________________________________________________________________________
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Circle one:
Structure
Meaning
Term: _____________________________
How/why is it being used?
______________________________________________________________________________
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