This lesson plan addresses the grammatical concept of parallelism. The teacher will have students take a pre-test on parallelism, watch a lecture video, and work on a parallel structure worksheet. The lesson targets Colorado English language arts standards for 10th grade related to demonstrating command of standard English grammar, specifically parallelism. The rationale is that mastery of parallelism can improve writing fluency and it is an area many students at the school need further instruction in based on issues seen in their writing.
This lesson plan addresses the grammatical concept of parallelism. The teacher will have students take a pre-test on parallelism, watch a lecture video, and work on a parallel structure worksheet. The lesson targets Colorado English language arts standards for 10th grade related to demonstrating command of standard English grammar, specifically parallelism. The rationale is that mastery of parallelism can improve writing fluency and it is an area many students at the school need further instruction in based on issues seen in their writing.
This lesson plan addresses the grammatical concept of parallelism. The teacher will have students take a pre-test on parallelism, watch a lecture video, and work on a parallel structure worksheet. The lesson targets Colorado English language arts standards for 10th grade related to demonstrating command of standard English grammar, specifically parallelism. The rationale is that mastery of parallelism can improve writing fluency and it is an area many students at the school need further instruction in based on issues seen in their writing.
This lesson plan addresses the grammatical concept of parallelism. The teacher will have students take a pre-test on parallelism, watch a lecture video, and work on a parallel structure worksheet. The lesson targets Colorado English language arts standards for 10th grade related to demonstrating command of standard English grammar, specifically parallelism. The rationale is that mastery of parallelism can improve writing fluency and it is an area many students at the school need further instruction in based on issues seen in their writing.
Content Area: English Language Arts Introduction ______________________________________________________________________ Content (CDE) Standards addressed by this lesson: 3.3.a. 3.3.a.i. Learning Target(s): By the end of todays lesson I will be able to explain what I do and do not understand about the grammatical concept of parallelism. Todays Journal Prompt: Free Response Before enlightenmentchop wood, carry water. After enlightenmentchop wood, carry water. Zen Buddhist Proverb. Step-by-step minute procedure: (50 min classes, daily): Journal prompt free response (5 min.) Parallelism Pre-Test (5-10 min.) Parallelism lecture (15 min.) Video here Work on parallel structure worksheet. I do-we do-you do. (~20 min.) Assessments: Pre-test Parallel Structure WS Rationale, why this lesson matters to teach: Parallelism is a major concept in the English language and mastery of it can dramatically improve sentence fluency. The CDE standards for 10th grade state that students need to be able to demonstrate command of standard English grammar and usage when writing and speaking; and first among the grammatical elements that 10th graders should focus on is parallelism (standards 3.3.a. and 3.3.a.i.). Not only is parallelism a key focus in the 10th grade ELA standards, but in the month that I have been at TVHS, it is clear that there is a need for further parallel structure instruction. Student writing is riddled with verb tense switches and, predominantly, with lists that are not parallel (e.g. trains and a bus are public transportation rather than trains and buses are public transportation). Parallelism is an easy grammatical element to lose track of, especially when trying to construct longer, more complex sentences.