Detailed Lesson Preparation Guide

Elementary Education
Name: Steven Lemmons

Title: Oh The Illustrations you will Find

Grade: 3

Concept/Topic: Keep Going Even When Times are good, bad, confusing!

Time Needed: 30-45 minutes

Note: A detailed lesson plan is specific enough for another teacher to read and teach
effectively. There should not be any question regarding what to do or how to do it.

Backward Design Approach: Where are you going with your students?
Identify Desired Results/Learning Outcome/Essential Question:

- The students will be able to use illustrations from the story and in their own words describe
what is going on. They will be able to understand setting and mood. Also the students will relate
an illustration to real life and describe a real life scenario.
Ensuring Lesson supports district and state goals
NCSCOS Standards:

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.3.7
Explain how specific aspects of a text's illustrations contribute to what is conveyed by
the words in a story (e.g., create mood, emphasize aspects of a character or setting)

Assessment Plan:

During the you do part of the lesson I will walk around and observe the students work. I will use their
worksheets to judge on how well the student:

1. Understand setting and mood

2. Describe illustration in their own words
3. Relate the illustration to a real life scenario

Meeting the student where they are:

Prior Knowledge/Connections:

I expect the students to know what setting and mood are. I also expect the students to be able to
assume what is happening by looking at an illustration.

Lesson Introduction/Hook:
Start of by showing the students a picture from the Wizard of Oz and the characters walking down the
yellow brick road toward the emerald palace. First have the students explain the setting, mood and what
they think is occurring. After that relate this picture to a real life scenario. Give an example and then
have the students share their ideas.
Heart of the Lesson/Learning Plans
Differentiation/Same-ation:

Allows students to focus on a specific illustration in the story Oh the places you will go and express
their ideas without restricting their critical thinking. Have the students discuss in groups and create
connections through drawing and describing what they drew. Engage the students by providing them the
opportunity to connect real life experiences to an illustration and share about their lives.
Lesson Development:

1. We do:
-Start the lesson by showing the picture from the Wizard of Oz.
-Have the students first discuss with a partner or small group about the setting, mood,
characters, etc.
-Ask students to share what they discussed. Next, have the students create a real life situation
from the illustration.
-Since the students will be doing this on their own later in the lesson, it is important to make
sure they understand the task. Give an example (this image shows 4 people working together to
achieve a goal).
-Read aloud Oh the Places Youll Go
2. You Do:
-Students work on describing an illustration from the story and relating it to real life situation.
Show the picture of the main character stuck on a birch.
-Have the students describe the deeper meaning behind the illustration (Sometimes life will hold
you back, dont be discouraged).
-Have the students redraw a situation similar to the illustration. Explain to the students that I
want them to think of a situation that they experienced that related to the illustration.
3. Share examples from students
4. Conclude reminding them to push forward no matter what.
Specific Questioning:
- Explain what you see in this image? Describe the setting, mode, character, and what is going on.
- What is the deeper meaning to this illustration? What is the illustrator trying to tell the reader?
- What connections can you make with a situation from your life?
- Can you relate your personal experiences to this illustration? What did you do during this
experience?

Concluding the Lesson/Closure/Debriefing:

To wrap up the lesson I would bring the class together and give a quick group discussion. Here I would
ask students about what they learned today. I would revisit the story and talk about the overall theme. I
want the students to understand the importance of persistence and motivation. I want the students to
understand that in our lifetime, challenges will occur and we have to believe in ourselves in order to
press on and be successful.
Materials/Resources:
Seuss. Oh, the Places Youll Go! New York: Random House, 1990. Print