Lesson Plan Template Candidate Name: Tracy Williams

Strategy (circle one): Task Rotation; NAL; Mystery; Decision Making;

C/C Thinking; Metaphorical; Windows Notes;
Graduated Difficulty

Unit Name
Satirizing Society

Lesson Name Time Needed (Hours/Days)

Diffrentiate how we are assessed 1hr 30 min

Grade Subject Course

10th English Language Arts 10th Honors Literature and
Commposition
GA Standards of Excellence & TAG Standards
Please include both GSE & TAG Standards
GSE Standards
ELAGSE11-12RL2: Determine two or more themes or central ideas of text and analyze their
development over the course of the text, including how they interact and build on one another to
produce a complex account; provide an objective summary of the text.
TAG Standards
Advanced Communication:
2. The student produces written and/or oral work that is complex, purposeful, and
organized, includes relevant supporting examples and manipulation of language.
9. The student maintains a journal or log for self-reflection and/or self-evaluation.
Creative Thinking:
3. The student incorporates brainstorming and other idea-

Essential Question(s)
What should students know when lesson is completed?

How does an authors use of satire aid in effectively communicating an authors message?

Objective: Students will determine their readiness to complete a given assignment and evaluate
their own choices.

Teacher Lesson Preparation

Graduated Difficulty Handouts and Grouping of discussion groups

Activating Strategy (for example: Hook/Mini-Lesson/Warm-Up/Connection to Prior Learning)

Opening: Students will begin class by conducting a 20 minute recorded discussion on the novel
Candide.

(Prior Learning: Students will have read Candide and will be able to evaluate the authors
perspective on various thematic concepts.).

Mini Lesson: I will begin class by explaining the instructions for the recorded small group
discussions. Students will conduct a 20 minute discussion on the novel, and its connection to the
modern society.
I will then introduce students to the gradual release activity by giving each of the following activity
options that correspond with each of the four DOK levels. I will distribute the DECIDE graphic
organizer and explain that the students will be in charge of choosing the activity that is most
appropriate for themselves. They will use the DECIDE organizer to help make the choice.

Instructional Sequence and Activities including use of technology

Student Work period:
Students will spend the student work period working one of the four activities. I will wdvise students
that if they finish early they will need to move to the next activity because it was too early for them.
Level One- SOAPSTONE Graphic organizer and Rhetorical Precis

Level Two One-Pager (AVID Style) with level 2 DOK questions and activities.

Level Three- Write and extended response (3 paragraphs) analyzing Voltaires argument about
optimism and why evil exists in a world created by a benevolent god. You must properly integrate
quotations in support of your analysis. It would certainly help to reference the examples of Voltaires
rhetorical style you highlighted while reading Candide. Avoid mere paraphrase or summary of the
plot.

Level Four- Using, Voltaires biting satirical style as a model, create your own satirical short story or
poem criticizing any issue, institution or belief in Modern society. Your piece must include at least 3
of the 4 satirical techniques.

Closure:
Students will complete a sum it up Ticket out the door activity.

Assessment Strategies

Opportunities for SEC team teacher to collect data:

This lesson in itself will help me gather formative data about how students view their strengths and
weaknesses in my course and will help me decide where I can push students and what skills students
lack.

Differentiation
Scaffolds/ Interventions/Extensions/Enrichment

This activity requires students to determine for themselves what is challenging. This lesson also
pushes students to evaluate their own academic choices.

Materials/Links/Text References/Resources
4 different gradual release activities
Sum It Up Ticket out of the Door