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4 22 Gswla Plan
4 22 Gswla Plan
4 22 Gswla Plan
Core Components
Subject, Content Area, or Topic
GSWLA English 10
Student Population
Block 1 GSWLA 18, 4 Male, 16 Females
Block 4 GSWLA 25, 6 Male, 19 Females, 2 504’s. 3 IEP’s, 1 BIP
Learning Objectives
10.4 The student will read, comprehend, and analyze literary texts of different
cultures and eras.
h) Explain the influence of historical context on the form, style, and point of
view of a literary text(s).
Materials/Resources
● Sticky Notes- (To meet the needs of students with high anxiety- These students
can write their thoughts or questions to contribute to the socratic discussion and
pass it to a neighbor or a moderator to read out to the group. The Tally Marker
Students would count these as times that student spoke.)
● JC Socratic Seminar Sheet (Students will have this completed prior to the
Socratic Seminar. They will use this to discuss)
● JC Socratic Instructions
● JC Socratic Seminar Exit Ticket
● With the classroom already being set up in a circle, the Beach Ball warm
up will be a great SEL Activity for the students.
● How it will work:
● TTW have a blown up a large beach ball and will write a question on each
color panel.
● TTW have the class stand in a circle and throw the ball between them.
When students catch the ball, they must answer the question on the panel
their right thumb is on.
Question Examples:
1. What is the most important goal that you want to accomplish during your
lifetime?
2. What is one thing you did over the weekend?
3. (Anticipatory question for Franz Kafka’s “Metamorphosis” that we’re
reading after Julius Caesar)... If you were a beetle for a day, what would
you spend the day doing?
4. If you had to spend a month without your phone, what would you do?
5. What do you want to be when you graduate?
6. If you started a restaurant, what kind of food would you serve?
7. If you had all the resources you needed what would you create?
8. If you had 20 minutes to run into any store of your choice and pick one
thing of your choice regardless of price what would it be?
9. You’ve just been chosen to go on tour with your favorite music
group/artist, who is it?
10. A movie is being filmed about your family during a holiday. What’s the
movie titled? Is it a comedy, drama, or horror movie?
11. If I sat this candy/snack on your desk right now and said don’t eat it, you
would eat it. You couldn’t resist. What is it?
12. Which color crayon are you, and why?
*Guided Practice
N/A
*Independent Practice
● [Students will have been working on their Socratic Seminar Sheets
for two class days: 4/18-3/19 in order to prepare for the Socratic
Seminar discussion for this plan 4/22]
Entire Assessment
Class Students will Participate in the Socratic Seminar. Students must discuss
Block at least 2 times.
There will be 2 Moderators and 1 Tally Marker:
● Moderator/Facilitator (2 Students)
○ These students will be in charge of:
■ reiterating topic questions
■ keeping the conversation of the group on topic
■ moving the seminar to the next question when the first
has been thoroughly addressed.
■ the moderator and anyone else in the circle can also
ask clarifying questions:
● “can you expand off of that a bit more,” or “what
did you mean by…”
● Tally Keeper
○ This student will be given a list of names in the class.
○ They will be in charge of:
■ Tallying how many times a student speaks during the
seminar
■ Calling on and encouraging other students who haven’t
spoken so that they can have the opportunity to give
input or add thoughts.
■ Making sure everyone has had an opportunity to speak,
and that the same people are not always leading the
conversation.
5 min *Closure
[Bell 1: Class will end 10 minutes early to put desks back in place for Bell 2
Bell 4: Will not end early]
Lesson Reflection. To be completed following the lesson. Did your students meet the objective(s)? What
parts of the lesson would you change? Why? (Professor will determine if reflection goes here or in written report).