Lesson Plan
http://www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/curriculum/secondary/english910currb.pdf
Grade and Subject: ENG 1LX/2LX
Date: December 14, 2021
Lesson Topic: Reading comprehension
Unit Topic: The House on Mango Street
Overall Expectations:
- Reading for Meaning: read and demonstrate an understanding of a variety of informational, literary, and graphic texts, using a range of strategies to construct meaning;
- Reading With Fluency: use knowledge of words and cueing systems to read fluently.
Specific Expectations:
- 1.1 Read a few different short, contemporary, student- and teacher-selected texts from diverse cultures, identifying purposes for reading;
- 1.3 Identify the important ideas and supporting details in a few different types of texts
- 1.4 Make inferences about simple texts and some teacher-selected complex texts, using stated and implied ideas from the texts.
Resources:
- Online:
- D2L
- Computer
- Internet access
- The House on Mango Street PDF
- Worksheets available on D2L
Learning Goals:
- Practice reading a variety of styles of literature.
- Answer questions using evidence from a text provided by the teacher.
- Respond to prompts in full sentences using evidence and my own thinking.
Success Criteria:
- I can read and understand short, contemporary texts.
- I can answer questions that prove my comprehension.
- I can make inferences and explain my own thinking in response to a short text.
Lesson
Opening Activity (25 minutes):
- Bell Work: Word search creation and completion
Lesson Application (90 minutes + 15 minute break):
- Read Sections 5-8 as a group
- Independently, students will complete the quiz on Section 5-8
- Time to catch up on yesterday’s work and missing work from the previous week.
Conclusion (20 minutes)
- Kahoot
Purpose/defense:
- Students will have to read prose from a diverse culture (Mexican-American, immigrant narrative).
- Students will have to identify important details and answer questions based on what they have read.