WORLDLANGUAGELESSONPLAN

Unit: FrancophoneTravel Class/GradeLevel:III LessonNumber:4

STAGE1:Whatwillstudentsknowandbeabletodoattheendofthislesson?
What are the learning targets for this lesson?
Do

Interpretive Interpretive Interpersonal Presentational Presentational
Listening Reading Communication Speaking Writing

Learning Target: I can describe the events of a trip.

Know
What vocabulary, structures and/or culture do students need to know in order to do what you have targeted?
Vocabulary related to travel, transportation, tourism
Writing structure of a blog post
Destination-specific cultural information

STAGE2:Howwillyouknowthatstudentsmetthelearningtargets?
What will they do to demonstrate that to you and themselves?

Students will write a blog post describing the events of a day of travel (based on itineraries previously
developed by the students).
Students will fill out handouts during class deconstructing a blog post and planning a blog post.

STAGE3:Howwillyoufacilitatethelearning?
What activities will be used that will allow students to meet the learning targets?
What will the teacher be doing? What will the students be doing?

BellRinger/Sponge/Warm-up(8min)
How can you capture the students energy and commitment for todays lesson? Time:
Warm Up: Students will read an excerpt from a travel blog and write down 2-3 things that they 5 min
like about the post. 3 min
Turn & talk - students will share their thoughts with their partners.
LearningEpisode (20 min)
Primetime 1 Practice/Downtime Primetime 2 Time:
1. Introduction 5 mins
a. Review/Connect todays lesson to yesterdays lesson
b. Go over the learning target for today
c. Go over the agenda for today
2. New Material: Deconstructing a blog post 5 mins
a. Purpose: Why would someone write a blog?
b. Audience: Who reads blogs?
3. Practice
a. Students will identify & write down the purpose and the audience of the sample 5 mins
blog post
4. Regroup
5 mins
a. Students will discuss in groups to agree on the purpose/audience of the
sample blog post. One or two group will share with the class.
LearningEpisode (20 min)

Lesson Plan Template adapted from STARTALK Lesson Plan Template: http://startalk.umd.edu/lesson-planning/
 Primetime 1 Practice/Downtime Primetime 2 Time:
5. Brain break: stretching 2 mins
6. New Material (continued): Deconstructing a blog post 5 mins
a. Content: Whats in a blog?
b. Structure: What is the structure of a blog post?
7. Putting it all together: Planning a blog post 3 mins
a. Students will receive & preview planning handout, writing checklist, rubric
8. Practice
5 mins
a. Students will fill out a handout preparing for their own blog post (ex. Why might
you write this post? Who would your audience be? What are you going to be
writing about? What is a possible title for your post?)
9. Regroup
5 min
a. Students will discuss their blog plan with a partner & provide feedback.

Closure/CelebrateLearning (7)
How do you return students attention to the learning targets to affirm what they can do now Time:
that they couldnt do at the beginning of the class? 3 mins
Give students a chance to share some of their plans with the class: titles, questions, pictures,
etc.
4 mins
Answer final questions, revisit the learning target, summarize takeaways from todays lesson,
preview tomorrows lesson

MaterialsNeededforthislesson

Sample blog post

General blog post handout
Student blog post organizer/planner
Writing checklist
Self-Assessment Rubric
Student itineraries
Powerpoint
Whiteboard + Markers

AdditionalQuestionstoConsiderDuringLessonPlanning

Do the activities in the lesson

provide sufficient opportunities for understanding new words before expecting production?

provide multiple, varied opportunities for students to hear new words/expressions used in highly
visualized contexts that make meaning transparent?

provide students with an authentic purpose for using words and phrases?

engage ALL students (vs. just one or two at a time)?

give students a reason for needing to/wanting to pay attention and be on task?

vary in the level of intensity and physical movement from one to the next?

take an appropriate amount of time considering the age of the learner?

make the learner the active participant and not the teacher?

Lesson Plan Template adapted from STARTALK Lesson Plan Template: http://startalk.umd.edu/lesson-planning/
Reflection/SuggestionforRevision

Whatwentwellintodayslesson?

Whatneedstobeimproved?

Lesson Plan Template adapted from STARTALK Lesson Plan Template: http://startalk.umd.edu/lesson-planning/