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Lesson Title: Murder at Maywood Manor

Grade: 7
Class/Subject: ELA
Unit: Stories
Lesson Duration: 80 Minutes
Date: October 28, 2020- 2nd Class

OUTCOMES FROM 2013 MINISTERIAL ORDER: Cross-curricular Competencies

Outcomes (a to j from M.O.):
A) Know how to learn: to gain knowledge, understanding or skills through experience,
study, and interaction with others
B) Think critically: conceptualize, apply, analyze, synthesize, and evaluate to construct
knowledge
C) Identify and solve complex problems
D) Manage information: access, interpret, evaluate and use information effectively,
efficiently and ethically
E) Innovate: create, generate and apply new ideas or concepts
F) Create opportunities through play, imagination, reflection, negotiation, and competition
with an entrepreneurial spirit
G) Apple multiple literacies: reading, writing, mathematics, technology, languages, media,
and personal finance
H) Demonstrate good communications and the ability to work cooperatively with others
I) Demonstrate global and cultural understanding, considering the economy and
sustainable development
J) Identify and apply career and life skills through personal growth and well-being
OUTCOMES FROM ALBERTA PROGRAM OF STUDIES
General Learning Outcomes:
2- Students will listen, speak, read, write, view and represent to comprehend and respond
personally and critically to oral, print and other media texts.
3- Students will listen, speak, read, write, view and represent to manage ideas and
information.
Specific Learning Outcomes:
2.3.4- identify the narrator's perspective, and explain how it affects the overall meaning of a
text
3.3.6- assess if the amount and quality of gathered information is appropriate to purpose and
audience; address information gaps
3.3.7- connect new information with prior knowledge to build new understanding
OUTCOMES stated in learner friendly language
Students will:
● Students will identify the narrator’s perspective, and compare and explain how the
different points of view affect the overall meaning of a text
● Students will assess if the amount and quality of gathered information is appropriate to
the purpose of solving the mystery. Specifically they will determine whether the 1 st
Person or 3rd Person narration provides better quality information
● Students will connect new information with prior knowledge to build new understanding
in relation to the mystery
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ASSESSMENTS
Pre-assessment (prior Formative: Summative (if applicable):
knowledge) (if applicable): Discussions

Google Forms
LEARNING RESOURCES CONSULTED
Resource #1: Murder at Maywood Manor
MATERIALS AND EQUIPMENT
 Chromebooks
 Murder at Maywood Manor slides
LESSON PROCEDURE
Student Differentiation:
N/A
Introduction (time: 2 minutes )

Hook/Attention Grabber:
Greet Class

Transitioning from Hook to Body:

Students will complete their daily learning target.
Body (time: 36 minutes )

Learning Activity #1: Murder at Maywood Manor

I will lead students through the Murder at Maywood Manor activity. This will not be finished
during this class and will go into the next LA class.

Filler (if necessary):

Students can work on missing work, work on their Choose Your Own Adventure Stories, or
work on their Story Planning
Closure (time: 2 minutes )

Transition To Next Lesson(s):

Students will tidy up their space and get ready for their next class
Reflections on lesson: