GENEVA COLLEGE

BEAVER FALLS, PA
LESSON PLAN FORMAT

Name: Kaylee McCall Date: 3/21/22

Course: English Grade Level: 8

I. Topic and General Goal

Demonstrate reading fluency and reading comprehension through an autobiography.

II. PA Common Core Standards

Standard - CC.1.2.8.L
Read and comprehend literary nonfiction and informational text on grade level, reading
independently and proficiently.

Standard - CC.1.2.8.C
Analyze how a text makes connections among and distinctions between individuals, ideas, or
events.

Standard - CC.1.2.8.H
Evaluate authors’ argument, reasoning, and specific claims for the soundness of the arguments
and the relevance of the evidence.

III. Learning Objectives

The students will be able to participate in a simulation readers theater to read scene 3of The
Diary of Anne Frank.

IV. Materials
● https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=97kl3CwHNms&t=4830s
● Curriculum text book
● White Board
 ● Dry Erase Markers

V. Lesson
A. Introduction
The teacher will review what took place in the previous scenes that they had listened to of The
Diary of Ann Frank. After the review, the teacher will tell the students that they will be doing the
next scene a little differently. The teacher will tell the students that instead of listening to the
audio recording, a few students will get to be one of the characters and will act out the scene.

B. Lesson Development (Activities, Procedures)

The teacher will tell the students to turn to the scene in their textbook and skim over the
characters that are included in the scene. The teacher will write the name of the characters in the
scene on the board and will then write down each students’ name next to the character as they
volunteer. Once all of the characters have been spoken for, the teacher will tell the student with
the opening character to begin.

C. Closure (Summary)
To close out the lesson, the teacher will display the scene that was just acted out by the students
on the smart board. The teacher will play the scene for the students to watch to close out the
lesson.

VI. Assessment/Evaluation
While the clip of the scene is playing, the teacher will pause at different points to check the
student's understanding of what is happening and why it is happening.

VII. Differentiation
Process: The teacher will permit the students to remain at their seats as they “act” out the scene
to decrease anxiety.

Accommodations
For the student that avoided volunteering for a part, the teacher will give the student(s) the
shortest lines in the play.

VIII. Interdisciplinary Connections

History/Social Studies: The students are learning about the Holocaust through Anne Frank’s
diary.
IX. Self-Evaluation
My original plan was to have the students act out the scene, but the teacher that took over the
class since the former classroom teacher left used up the first 20 minutes of the class period to
check student completion on IXL assignments. With only 20 minutes left to the class period, I
decided to play the acted out scene for the students to watch. This took up 10 of those minutes
and so with the remaining 10 minutes, I led a class discussion about the scene and how the story
has progressed since they first started it.