Common Core Lesson 1

Duration of lesson: 60 minutes

Grade Level: 6th Teacher: Miss. Rodriguez
Subject: ELA
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CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.6.5.A
Common
Interpret figures of speech (e.g., personification) in context.
Core and
Content
Standard(s)
2 ELA book
Materials/
Resources/ Flashcards
Lesson
Preparation White boards

Internet Access

3 ➢ Students will be able to understand each literary device.

Objective(s)
➢ Students will be able to define literary terms such as alliteration, metaphor, etc.

➢ Students should know why literary devices are used in a text.

☐ Level 1: Recall ☐ Level 2: Skill/Concept

☐ Level 3: Strategic Thinking ☐Level 4: Extended Thinking

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Webb’s Depth Level 2: Skill/Concept- Student will learn a new concept by learning new literary devices
of Knowledge used in writing.
Level Level 3: Strategic Thinking- Students will use the new concept to create their own
examples of metaphors, alliteration, simile, etc.

☐ Demonstrating independence ☐ Building strong content knowledge

5 ☐Responding to varying demands of audience, task, purpose, and discipline
College and ☐ Comprehending as well as critiquing ☐Valuing evidence
Career Ready ☐Using technology and digital media strategically and capably
Skills
☐ Coming to understand other perspectives and cultures

SAUSD Common Core Lesson Template (adapted)

 Demonstrating Independence: Students will be able to demonstrate independence by
looking up the definitions of each term in the book and writing without my assistance.

Using technology and digital media strategically and capably: Students can look up
the definitions online. As well as look up examples of literary devices.

☐ Communication ☐ Collaboration ☐ Critical Thinking ☐ Creativity

Collaboration: Students will be able to collaborate during the Think Pair Share part of
6 the lesson.
21st
Century Critical Thinking: Students will need critical thinking skills to create their own examples
Skills of each literary device.

Lesson Delivery
● Alliteration

● Personification

● Metaphor

● Simile
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Vocabulary/K ● Literary Devices
ey Terms
● Anaphora

● Repetition

● Figurative language

● Anaphora
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Differentiated ● English Learners- For my english learners I will have a print out sheet with each of
Instruction
the key terms in the lesson in spanish.

● Special Needs- For my special needs students I might have flashcards for them to
make it easier to memorize the word and it’s meaning. Also because we will be
constantly using these terms throughout the unit it will be good to have flashcards
which they can quickly refer to.
SAUSD Common Core Lesson Template (adapted)
 ● Accelerated (Gifted/Talented)- For my gifted students I would have them find
examples of each literary term online and write them down along with the definition.

9 1) Think Pair Share-After the lesson I will instruct my students to think about what
Assessments they have learned and what they think they will learn next. They will pair up with
a neighbor and share their ideas. At this time I will be walking around and
monitoring them making sure they are participating in meaningful dialogue.

2) Exit Ticket- When it is time to dismiss the class I will ask that each student write
down an example of a literary device. Students can write down metaphors, similes,
alliteration, etc. An example of this would be “She sells seashells by the seashore.”
Their examples of literary devices will let me know if they are understanding the
lesson or not.

10 Prior Knowledge, Context, and Motivation

Lesson I will begin class with a white board and a couple of drawings. On the whiteboard I will
Delivery draw symbols such as a cross, the statue of liberty, a heart, and a pot of gold. I will draw
the pictures individually and then show them to the students and give them a couple of
minutes to think about what the drawing represents. After a few drawings students will
see each symbol is used to represent an idea or quality. For example a cross represents
religion, the statue of liberty represents freedom, a heart represents love, and gold
represents power and wealth. This uses their prior knowledge because these are symbols
we see in everyday life. This will engage them because they are symbols they can connect
to. Also, the use of whiteboards and drawings will intrigue them.

Describe each step of the lesson

SAUSD Common Core Lesson Template (adapted)

 Teacher will…
➔ Begin the lesson by drawing
different symbols on a whiteboard.
➔ Give students a few minutes after
each drawing to analyze what it
represents.
➔ Ask students what they think about
when they see those drawings.
➔ Teacher will allow students to get a
whiteboard and draw a symbol and
have their classmates guess what the
symbol represents.
➔ Teacher will explain to students that
just as we have symbols that have
different representations writers also
use different literary devices that
represent ideas in their writing.
➔ Teacher will instruct students to
look up each definition in the ELA
book and write them down.
➔ Teacher will ask each student to
create their own example of a
metaphor, simile, etc as an exit
ticket.
SAUSD Common Core Lesson Template (adapted)
Students will…
➔ See the drawing and be intrigued.
➔ Students will analyze the pictures
and think about what the pictures
represent.
➔ Students will say answers like :
love, freedom, wealth
➔ Students will each get a white
board, draw a symbol, share with
their classmates.
➔ Students will highlight text from the
book as the teacher reads.
➔ Students will independently look up
each key term and write down the
definition.
➔ Students will fill out an exit ticket
with their own example of a literary
device that they learned from the
lesson.