TEP Core Lesson Plan Template

Lesson Preparation

Topic/Day Persuasion Mapping

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.2.1
Write opinion pieces in which they introduce the topic or book they are writing
about, state an opinion, supply reasons that support the opinion, use linking
words (e.g., because, and, also) to connect opinion and reasons, and provide a
Standard(s) concluding statement or section.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.2.2
Write informative/explanatory texts in which they introduce a topic, use facts
and definitions to develop points, and provide a concluding statement or section.

Objective(s) The students will compile one opinion sentence with no grammatical
(Blooms/DOK)
errors and at least two reasons, for this opinion, details to explain, and a
concluding sentence within the time given.
Materials/ Computers for each student, Informational books from which students
Resources/Safety
can select information, pencils, and paper to record information.
Technology The website, www.readwritethink.org should be accessed for everyone.
Vocabulary/ Persuasive essay, facts versus opinion, details, topic sentence,
Academic
Language
punctuation, capitalization, subject/verb agreement.
Student Grouping This will be an individual activity.
Differentiated If there are students who have trouble reading or writing ideas, the
Instruction/ Access
for All Students
instructor will lead information compilation and shadow student in any
way that is necessary for students acquisition of knowledge and
application.
Modifications/ If there are not enough computers for each student to have their own,
Accommodations
they will have a printout of the outline in which they will write their
ideas for topics, and details
Learning-Teaching Process Time

Activate A whole-group instruction that the instructor will focus on opinions that 15
Student
Interest
the students may have about anything that they find interesting. For min
those who are having issues trying to decide what may be a good topic
to write about, they can hear others verbalize ideas, and they can make
their own decisions.

Activate Prior Instructor will ask questions that will begin with the phrase, What do 10
Knowledge
you think about about and Why? Stick to ideas that are relatable to min
second graders.
 I can get all of my ideas about a topic together so that I can write a
I can good paper for others to understand why I have those ideas.

Lesson Core Formative Assessment Time

The students will be instructed to use Instructor will walk around the 10
a computer or a device that can room, helping those who are min
connect to the internet and has a having trouble navigating to the
keyboard, and navigate to the website. For those who are still
website. The students will then start a having issues figuring out what
Content
Exploration
new map and continue by typing ideas to write about, instructor may
into the topic prompt. ask prompting questions:
What type of animal do you
like? Do you like (certain
animal, time of day, type of
food, kind of game)?
Instructor can help students who Instructor will read students 10
needs assistance in sentence structure sentences as they type to min
Modeling
by giving examples of acceptable use conclude how well good
of grammar on a projector, if possible, sentence structures are being
or on a whiteboard. utilized.
The students will continue writing Instructor will walk around the 10
sentences that follow the form that is room to make sure that the min
set up in the map. students understand how the
Guided Practice
topic sentence must be
followed by main ideas which
will follow reason or details for
those ideas.
Independent The students will use the information the instructor has given to write 10
Practice/Assignment/
Homework their detail sentences using facts and opinions. min

Students will be instructed to save their maps in a file that will be saved 2
Closure on the computer to return to the ideas after more research can be done min
on their subjects.
Summative Assessment (End of Unit)

The end of this unit would be when the finished product of the essay
that the students would write is printed and turned in. The cohesiveness
of the ideas, the fact checking, and the persuasive nature of the essay
would be the assessment.

2
 Lesson Reflection (Complete after lesson)

The instructor can log in to the computers and view the files of the
students to see how well the students followed instruction and how
efficiently the students worked in the allotted time.