Guided Inquiry Lesson Plan #3 – Writing

TED 521
Kira Olson-cohort 91
Unit/Class/Grade:
Creative Writing/English/Grade 9
Standard(s):
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.9-10.3
Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique,
well-chosen details, and well-structured event sequences.

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.9-10.3.D
Use precise words and phrases, telling details, and sensory language to convey a vivid picture
of the experiences, events, setting, and/or characters.

Language Supports:
Handouts are printed clearly
Materials Needed:
Powerpoint lesson on teacher’s computer, linked to projector onto whiteboard
Handout of chapter from Great Expectations
Handout of images and instructions for activity
Objective: Possible Challenges /Misconceptions:
Students will engage in creating and writing a Student’s might not engage in the challenge to
scene focused on the setting use their creativity and write something that
doesn’t evoke effective storytelling
Formative Assessment:
Teacher will grade 5 points for participation in group activity and 20 points for final assignment,
opening scene of a novel
Opening: Teacher Actions Student Actions
Activate prior knowledge and Teacher will lead discussion Think about stories they have
student interest- teacher presents an based on the questions “what read and reflect on what scene
interesting situation, phenomenon,
or dilemma that helps students
do we expect to find out when means
connect to the content a writer ‘sets the scene’?

Introduction:
Getting students ready - teacher
introduces the task and makes sure
students understand what they are
trying to accomplish, but not how
they are to do it
Teacher will shoe a clip of an Watch and take notes while
opening scene of a film they read the excerpt
adaptation of Great
Expectations, prepping the
class with a handout of the
scene in written from the
book. After watching they
will highlight on their hard
copy all the ways Dickens

Body of lesson:
Students working on content -
teacher observes students, monitors
their progress, and provides
clarification as necessary
Closure:
Wrapping Up - teacher facilitates
group discussion, helps students
share their work/progress, helps
students make connections, and
ensures that big ideas are brought
forward
sets the scene
Students will be given a page
with four images on it. They
will choose an image and
base the opening scene of a
novel on it, drawing in
characters and using
techniques they have been
learning thus far.
Students will swap their
scenes with each other and
write down a genre that they
think would be most suitable
for their partner’s story and
why.
Students will write an
opening scene of novel they
will come up with on their
own base on an image they
choose. They will incorporate
techniques they’ve learned
including sight, sound, strong
vocabulary, foreshadowing.
Students will provide
feedback to their partners and
come up with what they think
the genre would be of the
opening scene.

Guiding Principles
o Students must be given opportunities to grapple with the content
o Students are actively engaged in the construction of knowledge
o Vocabulary and notation are introduced in context and as needed