Lesson Plan

of Lesson: 10/16/13

Pre-Service Teacher: Stephanie Strasdin

Date

Lesson Title/Description/Classroom Su !ect/Level: The American Dream and Of Mice and Men Introduction Lesson " 1 of 7 Time #llotted for this Lesson: 50 minutes $oals %&ust e from CCSS': 9-10.RL.2 Determine a theme or central idea of a text and anal !e in detail its de"elo#ment o"er the course of the text$ includin% ho& it emer%es and is sha#ed and refined ' s#ecific details( #ro"ide an o')ecti"e summar of the text. ( !ectives: *tudents &ill 'e a'le to understand the +American Dream, theme that is throu%hout the no"el the Of Mice and Men, throu%h ans&erin% t&o -uestions and #artici#atin% in #air &or.. Pre-)e*uisite +no,led-e and/or S.ills: *ome familiarit to &hat the +American Dream, mi%ht mean. /o, 0 .no, the students have this: Throu%h discussion and ans&erin% the -uestions$ students &ill 'e a'le to demonstrate their understandin% of this theme. &aterials/1*uipment/Supplies/Technolo-2/Preparation: %Descri e ho, 2ou ,ill distri ute and collect them' Their o&n sheet of #a#er and a #encil or #en. /ill use the o"erhead and the #ro)ector for the "ideo.

Procedure: Teacher Does3334

Tim e 15 min 4

Procedure: Students

Do3344 &otivation//oo./#nticipator2 Set: &otivation//oo./#nticipato - The teacher &ill introduce and sho& a r2 Set: 0ouTu'e "ideo that is a colla%e of - *tudents &ill acti"el &atch #ictures that sho& thin%s that resem'les the "ideo. the +American Dream, and has music to %o alon% &ith it. 15 minutes2 htt#344&&&. outu'e.com4&atch5 "617%I/780298 - /hen the "ideo is o"er$ the teacher &ill lead a %rou# discussion at some of the thin%s that the students sa& in the "ideo. - Teacher &ill list the ans&ers on the 'oard for a colla'orati"e list. - *tudents &ill offer u# ans&ers as a class. - *tudents &ill discuss &ith a #artner &hat sort of thin%s the sa& and could 'e considered #art of the +American Dream,.

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Teachin-/$uided Practice/0ndependent Practice: - Teacher &ill ha"e students ta.e out a #iece of #a#er and ha"e students 'rainstorm some of their o&n %oals for life. - <ach -uestion &ill 'e #ut u# on the o"erhead one at a time. 15 minutes #er -uestion2.

Teachin-/$uided Practice/0ndependent Practice: - *tudents &ill com#lete the -uestions3 List three %oals or dreams ou &ould li.e to accom#lish 'efore ou %raduate 7i%h *chool. List three %oals or dreams ou &ould li.e to accom#lish 'efore ou are thirt . List three %oals or dreams ou &ould li.e to accom#lish 'efore ou die. Teachin-/$uided Practice/0ndependent Practice: - *tudents &ill acti"el listen to the lesson and then &ill ha"e a chance to infer on their #a#ers &hat the thin. the dreams of Eeor%e and Lennie mi%ht 'e in the stor . - :nce students finish their list$ the &ill com#are their dreams to those the infer Lennie and Eeor%e mi%ht ha"e. - *tudents &ill circle an that are similar 'et&een the lists. Closure: - *tudents &ill turn in their #a#ers and recei"e chart to use &hile readin%.

- Teacher &ill roam and ans&er -uestions as &ell as ma.e sure students are on tas.. Teachin-/$uided Practice/0ndependent Practice: 15 min 4 - /ill #resent a Do&erDoint of a "er %eneral intro to the time #eriod$ settin%$ and the characters Eeor%e and Lennie Of Mice and Men.

- Teacher &ill a%ain circulate for -uestions.

5 min 4

Closure: - /ill 'rin% students 'ac. to%ether and ex#lains that their home&or. &ill 'e readin% the first cha#ter of the 'oo.. Also$ &ill let students .no& that the should 'e .ee#in% an e e out for certain dreams that the see as the read on a chart that &ill 'e handed to students as the turn in their #a#ers from the da . 1Bhart &ill ha"e the cate%ories3 Bha#ter5 Dream5$ /hose Dream5$ /h mi%ht this dream 'e im#ortant to this character52

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&eetin- 6ar2in- 7eeds of Students: Scaffoldin- for students ,ithout pre-re*uisite .no,led-e: 7ard co# of Do&erDoint and -uestions. 18tension tas.: *tudents can &rite a #ara%ra#h on &h the thin. that some of the dreams the had &ere similar or different to the dreams the t&o characters Eeor%e and Lennie mi%ht ha"e. #ssessment 1. 1vidence collected durin-/as a result of this lesson: Their #a#er that the turn in$ their #artici#ation$ and students sta in% on tas. as I &al. around. 94 Summative assessment is 10 da2s after this lesson4 1After the 'oo. is finished2. )eflection: 14 Did all the students meet the o !ectives: /o, do 2ou .no,:

)eflection: 94 Descri e an2 chan-es 2ou made as you were teaching the lesson4

)eflection: 34 ;hat ,ould 2ou chan-e a out this lesson plan efore 2ou teach it a-ain: Pa2 attention to situations ,here students either did not learn or alread2 .ne, the content ein- tau-ht4

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)eflection: <4 /o, did the results of this lesson influence the ,a2 that 2ou ,ill teach in the future:

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