My Favorite Chaperone Lesson Plans

Lesson Topic: My Favorite Chaperone by Jean Davies Okimoto HMH Collections text page 3-26
Standards Addressed in this Lesson: RL1,2,3,4  W 2,4,9a, 10  L1c, 4a, 4d
Learning Goals/Target for this Lesson (Are all the “knows” and “will be able to’s” addressed by specific learning activities?)
Students will know ·      Five Stages of  Plot-exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution ·      Character Traits	Students will be able to ·      recognize and analyze the elements for a story’s plot and the author’s method of characterization. ·      Write a summary to retell the plot of the story in their own words. ·      Recognize direct and indirect characterization
Lesson Essential Question: (What question—from your Student Learning Map and/or your Learning Goals/Target and based on your grade-level standards—will direct and focus the learning in this individual lesson? Is this question at least a Level of Learning 3?) ·      How do the character’s interactions help you to understand the challenges of being an immigrant in a new country? ·      What is the turning point that begins to resolve Maya’s conflict? ·      What should a summary include?
Activating Strategy: (How will you hook students at the beginning of the lesson and activate and/or build the necessary prior knowledge?) ·      Word Splash-list different countries on the Smart Board.  See if the students can add to the list regarding where their ancestors came from.  ·      Show them a map of the Soviet Union-give a little about the region ·      Read about the author
Key vocabulary to preview and vocabulary strategy: (What content-specific vocabulary will students need to know in order to make meaning of the learning in the lesson and what strategy will you use to guide students to understanding?) sponsor              stun                 contributing            shifting           dispatcher scuffle                 whimper        contribute                immigrate
Lesson Instruction:
Learning activity 1-Level up Tutorial: “Plot Stages” 1. Watch the tutorial as a whole class 2. Complete practice tab-5 questions-use individual white boards for students to answer Assessment Prompt for LA 1: Complete a plot diagram on My Favorite Chaperone		Graphic Organizer: Plot diagram “Defining Characterization” Handout Assignment: Interactive graphic organizer-sequence/flow chart
Learning activity 2-Developing Character: “STEAL” 1. Distribute the handout on direct/indirect characterization “STEAL” 2. Google UTube video on STEAL 3. Use the Cat in the Hat or any story to introduce the STEAL process Assessment Prompt for LA 2: Complete a “STEAL” Chart on Maya-What do we learn through Maya’s conversation?
Learning activity 3-Creating a Summary (TE pg. 30a) 1. Teach the students how to write a summary 2.  View Level Up Tutorial: Summarizing 2. Summarize the story used with the STEAL activity Assessment Prompt for LA 3: (Is the level of thinking/learning required by the students increasing as the lesson progresses?) Complete a written summary of My Favorite Chaperone
Formative Assessment: TBD
Summarizing Strategy: Students will answer the three essential questions of the lesson.