Renee Carney

CASEL program

Teacher work plan

Lesson Plan

Subject Area: Literacy (writing, comprehension, reading fluency) / Grade Level: 6
Content Standards/Benchmarks: R-Students read and understand a variety of materials., R-Students apply thinking skills to their reading; writing; speaking; listening; and viewing., W-Students write and speak for a variety of purposes and audiences. / Lesson Title: Classroom of Courage and Respect Lesson 8
Respect
Objectives:
The student will know (concept): the concept of theme; new vocabulary.
The student will be able to (demonstration):
An ability to think about and respond to a writing prompt; recall of information from the novel; fluency skills.
Materials/Resources Needed:
4 copies of Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank; 3 journals; 4 copies of text hand-out from diary entry from Diary of a Young Girl; timer; themes.
Assessment: Diagnostic Formative Summative (circle one)
Formal Informal (circle one)
Description: Writing prompt, hot read, share out, reading comprehension questions.
Instructional Steps:

Teacher Role/Action/Instructional Strategy

One student will do a one-minute, timed, cold read of the diary entry.
Students will graph the result.
The other two students will answer the daily writing prompt in their own personal diaries. The writing prompt is, “Give me an example of a time you showed respect for another person. How did you demonstrate respect?”
The students will take turns doing the cold read until all students have read and all students have answered the writing prompt in their diaries.
Teacher will read the same diary entry twice as students read along in their heads. Teacher and students will discuss challenging vocabulary.
Students will then practice reading the text on their own for one minute.
Students will each do a one-minute, timed, hot read with teacher.
Students will graph the result.
Students will answer reading comprehension questions and write a short retell of the diary entry.
Students and teacher will discuss the answers.
Students and teacher will discuss the themes of Diary of a Young Girl. Students can share out responses to writing prompt.
Teacher will read diary entries and make comments for students to read next class. /

Student Response/Behavior/Learning

Students perform a cold read with expression, fluency, and accuracy.
Students will graph the result (words per minute) on a Six-Minute Solutions fluency graph.
Teacher defines multi-syllabic words and ensures students are able to pronounce and understand pronouns. The teacher reminds sweep syllables into words to blend them together.
Students will then practice reading the text on their own for one minute before doing the hot read.
Students perform a cold read with expression, fluency, and accuracy.
Students will graph the result of their hot read (words per minute) on a Six-Minute Solutions fluency graph.
Students can share out responses to writing prompt.
Adaptations and Enrichments:
Vocabulary enrichment; academic language development; oral language development; discussion of themes.
Closure: Students and teacher will discuss the themes of Diary of a Young Girl. Students can share out responses to writing prompt; homework assignment read pages.
Reflection: