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Student Centered Lesson Plan
Student Centered Lesson Plan
-Each group of 4 will have 5 minutes (20 minutes total) to present their opinion, findings and
arguments to the judges. The other 3 groups will have rubrics to be grading the other teams as the
present their case to the judges. The judges will have rubrics for each groups as well.
-The judges will have 10 minutes to come to a conclusion- Will the ceremony of 12 continue?
Closure: The class will the leave character and have a brief 10 minute discussion of the
verdict. Are they surprised? Which group swayed the judges most? Would a ceremony of 12- type
system work in our world? Which characters in the novel would have made the best judges?
Materials Needed:
1. Copies of The Giver
2. Envelopes
3. Presentation materials- poster board, PowerPoint, overhead project, computer, etc.
Assessment/ Evaluation:
-Informal Assessment- walk around and observe as the students are forming their
arguments.
-Formal Assessment- collect student evaluation rubrics to count 60%
-Teacher evaluation rubric to count 20%
-Teacher observation and assessment to count 20%