Lesson Plan Example Grammar Review

Teacher Candidate   Kim F. Patton      Lesson Topic_CRCT Grammar Review__ Date         March 14, 2010          Grade Level    8th      Approximate Time 55 minutes
Stage 1 – Desired Results
National Standards: 2.  Students apply a wide range of strategies to comprehend, interpret, evaluate, and appreciate texts. They draw on their prior experience, their interactions with other readers and writers, their knowledge of word meaning and of other texts, their word identification strategies, and their understanding of textual features (e.g., sound-letter correspondence, sentence structure, context, graphics). 6.   Students apply knowledge of language structure, language conventions (e.g., spelling and punctuation), media techniques, figurative language, and genre to create, critique, and discuss print and non-print texts. Georgia Performance Standards: ELA8R1. The student demonstrates comprehension and shows evidence of a warranted and responsible explanation of a variety of literary and informational texts. For literary texts, the student identifies the characteristics of various genres and produces evidence of reading that: Compares and contrasts genre characteristics from two or more selections of literature. Analyzes a character’s traits, emotions, or motivations and gives supporting evidence from the text(s). g. Analyzes and evaluates the effects of sound, form, figurative language, and graphics in order to uncover meaning in literature: i. Sound (e.g., alliteration, onomatopoeia, internal rhyme, rhyme scheme, meter) ii. Figurative language (e.g., simile, metaphor, personification, hyperbole, symbolism, imagery). h. Analyzes and evaluates how an author’s use of words creates tone and mood and provides supporting details from text. ELA8C1 The student demonstrates understanding and control of the rules of the English language, realizing that usage involves the appropriate application of conventions and grammar in both written and spoken formats. The student a. Declines pronouns by gender and case, and demonstrates correct usage in sentences. b. Analyzes and uses simple, compound, complex, and compound-complex sentences correctly, punctuates properly, and avoids fragments and run-ons. c. Revises sentences by correcting misplaced and dangling modifiers. d. Revises sentences by correcting errors in usage. e. Demonstrates appropriate comma and semicolon usage (compound, complex, and compound-complex sentences, split dialogue, and for clarity). f. Analyzes the structure of a sentence (basic sentence parts, noun-adjective, adverb clauses and phrases). g. Produces final drafts/presentations that demonstrate accurate spelling and the correct use of punctuation and capitalization.
Essential Question: Can you successfully answer all review questions correctly?
Stage 2 – Assessment Evidence
Performance Tasks: Review:  Jeopardy game	Other Evidence CRCT practice review book – Answer Sheet p161 CRCT on April 20,2010
Stage 3 – Learning Plan
Materials and Resources (Attach all templates.): Jeopardy Review PowerPoint Word Splash – Review words Computer/Screen/Elmo CRCT Review books and answer guide
Technology: PowerPoint – Jeopardy CRCT Review Game
Activating Thinking Strategies: CRCT is in FOUR days Word Splash – <On PowerPoint> What are your struggles?  List out ANYTHING you still have questions about and we will review.
Teaching Strategies: Whole Group: Jeopardy game for CRCT review.   My general purpose in creating and executing this game is to have a fun, collaborative, and creative way to review grammar rules and usage in our classroom, and for students to experience the challenge and higher level thinking required to master the CRCT. If the students play the game and put in a maximum effort, their retention of the review material will be strengthened. Individual:  After we play the game, the class will work independently in their CRCT workbooks (pages 137-152).
Evidence of Differentiated Instruction: Flexible grouping is consistently used.   I will conduct whole-class introductory discussion for Grammar Review for the CRCT.  We will play a game with the entire class.  I will divide the class into teams based on ability.  After the game, we will follow-up with independent work in their CRCT workbooks.  By using multiple ways of presenting the material, the students will have a diverse sampling of questions as they may appear on the CRCT. For students with physical or cognitive disabilities, such a diversity of examples may be vital in order for them to access the concept being taught.  Other students may benefit from the same multiple examples by obtaining a perspective that they otherwise might not.
Modifications for Special Needs Students: (IEPs, etc.)  I do not currently have any IEPs. ·   Provided written individual instructional guides to insure that students stay focused and on task ·   Provided visual aids to accompany the lesson objectives
Summarizing: Ticket out the Door: Answer Sheet Page 161
Stage 4 - Reflections
Pre- Teaching Reflection: Two weeks ago the eighth grade took a benchmark to show the progress they have made this year in ELA.  My cooperating teacher took the scores from that test and found areas that they are weak in.  I focused this lesson on several of those elements.  The quickest way to test their knowledge is to review with a game (germane).  I took all of the questionable areas and made a review game.  All of the questions came from other CRCT review test (coherent).  I feel good about the wording of the questions.  Often times the student will be familiar with the concept, but the wording of the test question will confuse them.   Jeopardy game for CRCT review.   My general purpose in creating and executing this game is to have a fun, collaborative, and creative way to review grammar rules and usage in our classroom, and for students to experience the challenge and higher level thinking required to master the CRCT (democratic). If the students play the game and put in a maximum effort, their retention of the review material will be strengthened.  We have not used the CRCT test prep booklets and the students need to be familiar with the test questions.  The review in the workbook will add to this review. POST-Teaching Reflection: This lesson went well, even though we had a fire drill during the middle of the class period.  Fortunately I was prepared and was able to show my classroom management skills.  At the beginning of the class, I had the students write down anything they felt they were still having trouble with.  I had them continue to write of this sheet during the review game of any item they felt they needed practice on.  I was very pleased to have such high participation.   The review game of Jeopardy went very well.  The students were able to see the screen and all of the components worked wonderfully!  I have a fear of everything going wrong on observation day, but it went well.  I am very happy with the participation from the game.  I think I will break them into smaller groups next time so I can hear more of the students answer and be able to get feedback from more of them.  When they had a question or I could hear that they were going to answer wrong, I asked several questions before going on to the next screen.  By discussing it, I felt they were catching on to the right answer.   I had made the review game based on the Benchmark test and feel I did a good job.  A couple of questions stumped them and it was good to talk them out.  Overall I feel the game was very productive in achieving a good review for the CRCT.  I just love it when things work they way they are supposed to!  Besides the fire drill, it was a great lesson!