Lesson Plan For Grade 7 English

Teacher Name: Mahmuda Sheikh

Grade Level: 7

Lesson Topic: Metaphors

Subject: English
Unit: 2.4

Analyze
Learners

Create a a class website on iTunes U. Post all resources on the class website
ensuring students can access the material multiple times in reader friendly
formats.

Provincial
Learning
Objectives
and ISTE
Student
Standard(s)

ISTE Student Standards (2016):

Knowledge Constructor
Creative Communicator
Global Collaborator
Learning Objectives:
Following general outcomes from the ELA Program of studies are
targeted:
General Outcome 2.4: choose appropriate strategies for generating
ideas and focusing topics for oral, print and other media texts
General Outcome 4.4:
present

ideas and opinions confidently, but without

dominating the discussion, during small group activities and

short, whole class sessions
identify and use explicit techniques to arouse and maintain
interest and to convince the audience

Identify
Teaching
Methods
(Pedagogy)

How will you teach this lesson? What methods will you use?
This lesson will be delivered through 4 stages using various pedagogical
approaches.
First I will use a instructionist approach by defining metaphors and
presenting the following example of using metaphors to explain
personalities:
Monologue: 10 things to describe myself in metaphor
Next I will use the cognitivist, constructionist and connectivist approaches
through scaffolding some original examples and providing the following
worksheet to work through:
Metaphor and Simile: About You
This worksheet will allow students to make connections amongst previously
provided examples and examples from the worksheet, to construct their
own examples. It will also clarify the difference between similes and
metaphors
Then I will use the connectivist approach and have students exchange
comments or suggestions with at least two classmates.
Finally I will use the constructionist approach by introducing students the
project. Students will be required to choose an object or animal that will be
used a metaphor to introduce themselves. They will be given a choice
between using Google Slides or SimpleBooklet (from Google Drive Apps) to
create a short presentation illustrating the metaphor. Example use for each
tool will be provided, and connecting SimpleBooklets to the Google Suit will
also be demonstrated for those interested in using it. This presentation will
be used to supplement a short in class talk. Students will be asked to submit
the script of the talk with the presentation, as the presentation is only a
visual illustrative supplement to the talk (it is not meant to contain the
script).

Select
Technolog
y Tools and
Materials

What forms of media or other materials will you be using as a partner in this
lesson? Identify the topic of the lesson, the learning target you are meeting,
and the technology tool you have chosen
Topic

Learning
Target

Technology
Materials

Tools

and

What media (websites, apps, etc.) do you

need?

Based on a Lesson Plan from

Hutchinson Public Schools. (n.d.). Hutchinson Digital Learning ISD 423 Lesson Template.
Hutchinson: Hutchinson Public Schools. Retrieved from
https://www.iste.org/docs/pdfs/hutchinson--mn--exemplar--lesson--planning--te
mplate.pdf?sfvrsn=0.06727381399832666

What materials
supplements)?

Metaphors

Creative
communication

(devices

and

other

IPads with access to wifi and web

browser and iTunesU installed.
A IWB connected the classroom
computer.
Google Suites(Docs or
SimpleBooklet)

The iPads will have iTunesU installed so students can access their resources
conveniently. Students will use their schools Google Suite account to create
their presentations. They can choose between using the already existing
Google Slides app or connecting the SimpleBooklet app to their Google
Suites. Student may choose to use cliparts from the media libraries or take
pictures of their own work to add to their presentations.
Presentations will be submitted to the iTunesU class page. They will then be
presented to the class during the talks using the interactive white boards.
ITunesU is a free learning management system created by Apple inc. I can
post assignments and resources, accepts assignments submissions and
grade within iTunesU.
SimpleBooklet is also a free application that can be connected to Google
Suites. Users must be at least 13 years in age unless supervised by an adult
or teacher. All content created on SimpleBooklet is confidential and solely
owned by the creator unless published by the creator. Using this technology
will require FOIP consent from parents.
What is your desired outcome for this activity?
Students will create a short presentation to supplement their talk. It is not
intended to be very comprehensive or contain the entire script of the talk. It
will rather, be used to highlight key phrases of the talk, and illustrate those
key features. Students will not be assessed on the artistic quality of
illustrations; they will rather be assessed on the relevance of illustrations to

Based on a Lesson Plan from

Hutchinson Public Schools. (n.d.). Hutchinson Digital Learning ISD 423 Lesson Template.
Hutchinson: Hutchinson Public Schools. Retrieved from
https://www.iste.org/docs/pdfs/hutchinson--mn--exemplar--lesson--planning--te
mplate.pdf?sfvrsn=0.06727381399832666

the metaphor and its qualities that are being compared to their own
personalities.
Connection
to Horizon
Report
2016 K-12
Edition

Short-Term Trends: Students as Creators

Students will enhance their understanding of metaphors through
engagement in creating creative compositions and exploring creative ways
of representing themselves.
Mid-Term Trend: Collaborative Learners
Students will enhance their understanding and ideas through exchanging
comments and suggestions.

Learning
Theories

Instructionism:
Students will be given the definition of metaphor along with multiple
examples.
Cognitivism and Connectionism:
Students will further explore the concept by building on their prior
knowledge and making connections while completing the worksheets.
Constructionism:
Students will learn through creating and sharing their own work.

Adoptions
for Virtual
Learning
Environme
nts

Publish Lecture contents:

Publish videos and readings(transcripts) of the lecture contents.
Online Submission:
Make all material and resources available as usual, make a fillable format of
the worksheet to be handed in online.
To keep the outcomes unchanged ask students to use screencast o'matic
and and submit video as final project.

Affordance
and
Constraints
as per UDL

Affordances
ITunesU supports close-captioning, dictation, increased contrast, and black
and white view.
Constraints
The app is only available for idevices. ITunesU is only accessible through the
web browser on computers.

Based on a Lesson Plan from

Hutchinson Public Schools. (n.d.). Hutchinson Digital Learning ISD 423 Lesson Template.
Hutchinson: Hutchinson Public Schools. Retrieved from
https://www.iste.org/docs/pdfs/hutchinson--mn--exemplar--lesson--planning--te
mplate.pdf?sfvrsn=0.06727381399832666

Formative
Assessmen
t
with
Learner
Participatio
n

How do you plan to assess your learning targets formatively?

What data do you plan to gather, and how will it guide your
instruction?
Seeing the scripts of the talks and the content of the presentations will help
me assess student understanding of metaphors.

Evaluate
and Revise

Briefly reflect on the lesson below. Discuss what went well, and
what can be revised for next time.
Positive and negative points will be noted during the presentations. Overall
evaluation will be completed after completions of the lesson.
Go over your formative assessment data. What does it tell you
about what and how kids learned in your lesson? Did the lesson
meet the goals of the learning objectives? Why or why not?
Positive and negative points will be noted during the presentations. Overall
evaluation will be completed after completions of the lesson.

Based on a Lesson Plan from

Hutchinson Public Schools. (n.d.). Hutchinson Digital Learning ISD 423 Lesson Template.
Hutchinson: Hutchinson Public Schools. Retrieved from
https://www.iste.org/docs/pdfs/hutchinson--mn--exemplar--lesson--planning--te
mplate.pdf?sfvrsn=0.06727381399832666