Half Hollow Hills School District

Building Formal Lesson Plan

Id

Teacher

Building

Department Cert Type

3564 Courtney Freer West Hollow (053) ENL

Tenure Date Opened Observation Date Observer

Professional Tenured 10/18/2016

10/13/2016

Date Closed

Milton Strong 10/24/2016

Desired Results
What are the goals for the lesson?
The primary goal of this lesson is for students to familiarize themselves working with Google Classroom and the new Chromebooks. Additionally,
they will apply their annotation skills utilized when reading My Name in order to produce their own Name Poem independently.
Common Core Standards for this unit that apply to this lesson as well as the unit goals: {specific to this lesson as well as scaffolded lessons}:
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.6.1
Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.6.1.E
Recognize variations from standard English in their own and others' writing and speaking, and identify and use strategies to improve expression
in conventional language.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.6.4.A
Use context (e.g., the overall meaning of a sentence or paragraph a word's position or function in a sentence) as a clue to the meaning of a
word or phrase.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.6.5
Demonstrate understanding of figurative language, word relationships, and nuances in word meanings.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.6.5.A
Interpret figures of speech (e.g., personification) in context..

What do you want students to know, understand and be able to do?

Firstly, students will be asked
to reflect upon a piece of music
that matches the music the
characters father plays in the
vignette. Although the lyrics
are in Spanish, students will be
asked to make an inference
based on the tone of the
speaker and the sound of the
instruments in the background.
Then, each teacher will share
their name version as a model
for students, displayed on the
SmartBoard.

Lastly, students will log onto

ChromeBooks, open Google
Classroom and begin working
on their own Name Poem
independently. They will be in
groups so they can provide
assistance and edit one
another while working. This is
a transition for the students
into the world of digital writing.
All work will be submitted and
graded on Google Classroom.

How does this lesson fit with a larger unit?

The goals for this lesson fit with a larger unit as well as cross-curricular because students must be able to identify and utilize the parts of speech in
their writing across the subjects. Additionally, students must be able to fluidly use literary devices in their writing gain a better understanding of
how to write like a writer. Lastly, this unit & lesson gives students the opportunity to listen and share their thoughts and ideas orally in groups, as
well as help one another. This helps students to feel comfortable not only asking the teacher for assistance, but asking their peers for assistance

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as well.

Learning Plan
How do you plan to engage students in the content?
I have developed PowerPoints,
Prezis, worksheets as well as
shorter activities such as minilessons in class for this
ongoing Grammar unit on the
Parts of Speech & Literary
Devices. Students have just
completed reading and
annotating the vignette, My
Name and now they will have
had the opportunity to share
something about themselves
and assist each other
throughout the process. It is
my hope that the students will
be engaged throughout the
lesson as well as with one
another to complete the tasks
that support the goals for this
lesson.

What will you do?

Teacher will begin with a Do now, playing a Mexican Folk song, to settle students into class. Then, teacher(s) will introduce the name assignment
and share their own versions of the assignment, next teacher will instruct students to get their computers and assist in the log-on process as well
as the Google Classroom process.

What will the students do?

Students will begin with a Do Now: Listen to the following Mexican Folk Song. On loose leaf, write down 5 words you would use to describe the
mood or tone of the song. Circulate, Share out. Oral Assessment.
Learn about My Name Poem assignment, Listen to teachers model their poem as examples.
Login to Google Classroom & begin crafting their poem.

Assigned Evidence
How do you plan to assess student achievement of the goals? What procedures will you use? (Use Upload Files on the Track Assignment
view to include any tests or performance tasks, with rubrics or scoring guides. After Upload, use the edit button to put Lesson Plan in the
File Description field.) How do you plan to use the results of the assessment?
I will assess progress throughout the lesson through modeling, questioning, and careful monitoring of student understanding. The culmination
of the lesson is the students turning in their assignment on Google Classroom. The assignment will be commented on and graded via a rubric.
Grades will also be entered into Infinite Campus. This will allow for students to have a digital portfolio of their work for the 2016-2017 school
year. Students will be able to monitor their growth and progress throughout the year.

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