Lesson Plan Template

Name: Caitlin Stevenson Class/Subject: 8th Grade English Date: February 27, 2012 Student Objectives/Student Outcomes: Students will be able to define cyberbullying and identify the consequences and the ways in which it can be stopped. Students will be able to write an extended response using the article Cyberbullying and the story Two Lives Too Many Content Standards: 2. Determine a central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text, including its relationship to supporting ideas; provide an objective summary of the text. 4. Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience. (Grade-specific expectations for writing types are defined in standards 13 above.) Materials/Resources/Technology: 35 copies of Cyberbullying and Two Lives Too Many Teachers Goals:
The teacher will be able to gauge whether or not her students can use sources to back up claims in an essay. The teacher will be able to guide her student to find relevant information in an article or story.

Time

Start of Class
5 minutes 30 minutes 30 minutes Journal Check Students will silently read the article Cyberbullying We will read the story Two Lives Too Many together as a class and discuss

Introduction of Lesson: Lesson Instruction:

Assessments/Checks for Understanding: I will check for understanding during our class discussion and by having students write and extended response essay Closure/Wrap-Up/Review: I will explain the extended response question and students will Start working on the essay to be due the next day. Self-Assessment:
After reading the essays I realized that they desperately needed a review of how to write an essay and how to incorporate sources.

15 minutes