School: Bishop Carroll Catholic High Grade Level: 9 Content Area: ELA
Lesson Idea/Topic and Students will define influence and reflect on what influences them in order
Rationale/Relevance: to jump into the unit. The class will develop a definition, but the students
will take it or leave it as they reflect on outer influences. This will serve as a
pre-reflection that will compare to their final reflection.
Class of 23
Content Standard(s) addressed by this lesson: (Write Content Standards directly from the standard)
3.1. Literary and narrative texts develop a controlling idea or theme with descriptive and expressive language
Students will develop an understanding of outside influences in their lives through reflection and exploration.
Inquiry Questions: (Essential questions relating knowledge at end of the unit of instruction, select applicable questions from standard)
Every student will be able to: (Create your own lesson objectives from the standard using student voice)
This means: I will participate in defining influence with the class and complete a personal reflection on influences in my life.
List of Assessments: (Write the number of the learning targets associated with each assessment)