LA Lesson Plan

Subject: Language Arts Lesson Focus: Types of Genres

Grade Level: 6 Teachers: Miller/Lyttle

Unit: 3 Theme Quarter: 1

Stage 1 - Desired Results
Content Standard(s) for Unit:
1.02, 1.03, 1.04, 5.01, 5.02, 6.01, 6.02
Areas of Interaction:
Environment / MYP Unit Question:
1.  How do you build a good story?
2.  Which characters are unforgettable?
3.  Who tells the story?
4.  What are life’s big lessons?
Essential Question: How does genre impact the way a reader approaches a text?
Common Core Standards: RL6.1;6.2;6.4;6.5
RI 6.1;6.2;6.7 / What students will be able to do:
SWBAT
·  Students will define, understand and analyze theme.
Stage 2 - Learning Activities
(Instructional Block)
Time / Activity/Explanation/Best Practices
(The “what” and “how”) / Selected Resources
5 minutes – Warm-up / D.E.A.R. / Independent Reading Book
15 Minutes- Complete SLC Scripts / As a class we will complete our SLC scripts in preparation for SLC’s on Friday. I WILL COLLECT SLC SCRIPTS!!! / SLC Script
10 Minutes – Guided Practice / Together we will define theme. (central message or central idea found within a piece of literature) Students will write this definition in their daybooks. As a class we will discuss the differences between theme and topic using page 318 in our textbooks. We will discuss the themes of various texts we’ve read this year. / Daybooks
Textbook
15 Minutes – Guided and Independent Practice / Together we will find the theme in a fable and a poem on page 319. Together we will answer the close read questions. / Textbook page 319 and Daybook
30 Minutes- Guided and Independent Practice / I will read the Japanese Folk tale “Gombei and the Wild Ducks” to the class. In partners they will answer the close read questions 1-6 in their daybooks.
5 Minutes – Packup / Write homework in planners, packup.
Lesson Reflection—Daily
Activity / What Worked? / What did not work?
Review
Instructional Input
Modeling
Reference Text
Guided and Independent Practice
Formative Assessment
Summary
Homework
Closure
Integration of Technology