Lesson Plan

Teacher Candidate:

McKenna Cope

Date: December 4, 2016

Grade and Topic: 2nd Grade, English and Language Arts

Length of Lesson: 45 minutes for 2 days

Mentor Teacher:

School: University of Memphis

IDT 3600

UNIT/CHAPTER OBJECTIVE/GENERALIZATION/BIG IDEA:

The multi-application lesson is part of a unit covering the question words who,
what, when, where, how, and why in order to understand key details of a text as stated
in CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.2.1.
LESSON OBJECTIVE:

Given a book of choice and a computer, TLW successfully create a graphic organizer using the question
words.
Given a computer, TLW successfully post their graphic organizer to their Weebly page.
Given a computer and their Weebly page, TLW write two or three sentences demonstrating a clear
understanding of their book with a score of three out four on the rubric.

The goal of this lesson is for students to demonstrate a clear understanding of the
question words who, what, where, when, why, and how in order to know key details in a text.
Students provide visual representations and write reflections to demonstrate understanding of
their book of choice.

STANDARDS ADDRESSED:

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.2.1 Ask and answer questions as who, what, where, when, why, and
how to demonstrate understanding of key details in a text.
3. Research and Information Fluency: Students apply digital tools to gather, evaluate, and use
information.
b. Locate, organize, analyze, evaluate, synthesize, and ethically use information
from a variety of sources and media

MATERIALS:
1. Students book of choice
2. Computer
3. Internet Access to:
a. Kidspiration
b. Weebly.com
c. MS Clipart Gallery
Students will use the websites stated above as resources for the graphic organizer,
pictures, and the blog website. The Weebly page will allow student to upload their graphic
organizer and write a reflection. Students, upon completing the activity, will save their work to
their own Weebly page. A sample of the product is available here:

BACKGROUND and RATIONALE:

Students will demonstrate a clear understanding of the question words who,
what, where, when, why, and how in order to understand key details of the text.
Academic Language is not addressed in IDT 3600.
This lesson is a continuation of CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.2.1.
We will refer to the summary created here as we continue to explore different texts.
We will also use our outlines for a unit on creative writing.
I am aware that the lesson will be differentiated for students who did not master the
objectives and for those ready for enrichment. However, modifications are not covered in
this course and are not part of this particular lesson.

PROCEDURES AND TIMELINE:

Introduction:
Begin by having students read their book of choice.
Provide some brief information about the plot of their story.
Follow this with a brief discussion pointing out that the stories may be a little
difficult to understand if you do not know all the meanings of the question words.
However, for the next two days, the students will be using pictures and a graphic
organizer to make the book and the question words easier to understand.
Procedures:
1. Prior to the computer (15 minutes)
a. Teacher Procedures: After the introduction, ask the student to briefly describe a possible
picture that would illustrate each question word.
b. Student Procedure: Students will orally, briefly describe a picture of image for each
question word.
2. At the computer (45 minutes)
a. Teacher Procedures:
i.
Have students open both their Weebly page and Kidspiration.
ii.
Direct students to the MS Clipart Gallery website.
iii.
Monitor and assist as needed.
b. Student Procedures:
i.
Open MS Word, Weebly page, and Kidspiration.
ii.
Begin to create the graphic organizer.
iii.
After all the graphic organizer is typed, add pictures to correlate with each
question word.
iv.
Take screenshot of the final result.
v.
Log in to Weebly page.
vi.
Drag the image box to where you want your graphic organizer to be.
vii.
Upload the screenshot.
viii.
Drag the text box over.
ix.
Write a two or three sentence reflection demonstrating understanding of the
book and the question words.
3. After the computer (30 minutes)
a. Teacher Procedures:
i.
Ask students to each stand up, and briefly describe their book using the
question words.
b. Student Procedures:
i.
Stand up and briefly describe the book using the question words.

Closure: Students express what they did and did not like about this project. Teacher asks students for questions.

ASSESSMENT EVIDENCE:
Criteria

Graphic
images
represent
each
question
word.

Very few or none of

the chosen
graphics represent
the concepts of
the question words.

Only a few of
the
chosen graphics
clearly or
somewhat
clearly
represent the
concepts of the
question words.

Almost all of the

chosen graphics
clearly represent
the concepts of
the question words.

All of the chosen

graphics very
clearly represent
the concepts of
the question words.

Submissi
ons to
Weebly

There was no
submission to the
students Weebly
page.

Only one of the

two required
submissions
were present.

Both required
submissions were
present. But they did not
accurately reflect the
students knowledge of
their book and the
question words.

Both required
submissions were
present. The reflection
and graphic organizer
clearly demonstrated
their knowledge of
their book and the
question words.

Reflection
s

The reflection does

not demonstrate an
understanding of
the question words
and what they
mean to a text.

The reflection
demonstrates a
somewhat
vague
understanding
of
the question
words and what
they mean to a
text.

The reflection
demonstrates a
somewhat clear
understanding of the
question words and what
they mean to a text.

The reflection
demonstrates a
clear understanding
of the question words
and what they mean to
a text.

MODIFICATIONS:
I am aware that modifications will be made for students who did not master the objectives and for those ready for
enrichment. However, modifications are not covered in this course and are not part of this particular lesson.

Student Sample