Cindy Dorton

Microteach 2 7th Grade ELA

Educ 5311

Lesson Cycle 7th Grade

Lesson Title/Topic: Capitalization

Concept: Learn rules for capitalization

Standards/Rationale: 110.19 (20) (A) oral and written conventions/handwriting, capitalization, and
punctuation. Students write legibly and use appropriate capitalization and punctuation conventions in
their compositions. Students are expected to use conventions of capitalization.

Learning Target: The student will follow Assessment: Completed capitalization

capitalization rules 70% of the time on a worksheet
practice worksheet.

Materials:
Computer
Youtube video
Power point (Goddess Capita)
Pen
Paper
Worksheets (http://www.ereadingworksheets.com/free-grammar-worksheets/capitalization-practice.pdf )
Kagan Cooperative Learning, page 6.34 (roundtable)
https://americanliterature.com/childrens-stories/the-little-red-hen

Lesson Cycle: (Direct instruction)

The teacher will: The student will:

Focus/Mental Set: (Approximately 5 minutes) Watch the video/slide show and
The teacher will show a brief slide show of discuss it.
some Greek gods (introduction to Greek gods
and goddess 2 minutes 49 seconds,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=3Dc_mkH2pGE) and then a slide show of
the Grammar Goddess - Capita

Teacher Input: Watch powerpoint, take notes, and

- Go through the Goddess Capita/Capitalization evaluate the examples on the
powerpoint with the students. The powerpoint powerpoint presentation
will outline capitalization rules with examples
and emphasize the individual rules found on the
powerpoint.

Guided Practice: - Organize into assigned groups.

- Group students into groups of four. - Have paper/pen and pencil
Students need pen/pencil and paper. ready
 - Kagan structure page 6.34 (roundtable).
Ask students (one student per group) to
think of one capitalization rule and an
example of it. Give time to think (30-60
seconds). Then, have students write the
rule and example.
- Walk around the room
observing/helping students
- Instruct student to discuss his/her
answer with their group.
- Repeat activity. Students cannot use the
rule/example used previously.
- Call on individual students to give one
of the capitalization rules
- When instructed by the teacher,
write down one capitalization
rule and apply the rule in a
sentence.
- Discuss answers in group.
- Answer when asked aloud (if
called on) to give one of the
capitalization rules. May phone
a friend if needed.

Independent Practice:
- Work on completing the
- Pass out worksheet worksheet
(http://www.ereadingworksheets.com/fr - Use notes as needed
ee-grammar-worksheets/capitalization- - Complete worksheet before
practice.pdf) and instruct students to class time tomorrow
independently complete the worksheet.
- Instruct students to have worksheet
completed by class time tomorrow

Closure: Students discuss with their partner at

least two rules of capitalization.
Have students turn to their buddy and explain at
least two rules of capitalization.

Options:
Enrichment: Have student write a short
story focusing on using correct
capitalization.
Reteach: Peer to peer teach capitalization
rules. Find examples of correct
capitalization in a short story
(https://americanliterature.com/childrens-
stories/the-little-red-hen). Highlight and
write the capitalization rule out beside the
capital letter.

Modifications/Correctives:
Use modifications from IEP for individual
students

References:
Kagan Cooperative Learning (2009)