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Hunter Lesson Plan Template

Lesson Title and Duration Writing Rafts in Regards to Elf and Tarzan
Day Eight of Personal Memoir Unit
50 Minutes, 1 Class Period
Learner Outcomes / I can
Objectives (Write on the board so Analyze personal adaptation displayed within the
students and visitors are aware of movies Elf and Tarzan
student learning outcome) Write a RAFT based upon the main characters of the
movies

Standards (Colorado Academic CAS 2.1.a.ii: Determine a theme or central idea of a


Standards or other standards) text and analyze its development over the course of the
text, including its relationship to the characters, setting,
and plot; provide an objective summary of the text.
CAS 3.1.a.ii: Use narrative techniques, such as
dialogue, pacing, description, and reflection, to develop
experiences, events, and/or characters.
Materials Movies Elf and Tarzan
Needed Assignment sheet explaining a RAFT
Differentiated Learning Needs Prior enforcement
of writing circles
Anticipatory Set activities that help As a class, we will read a funny example of a RAFT
focus students on the lesson of the day (five minutes)
(the hook)
Teaching the Lesson Modeling: I will provide examples of RAFTS their
overall assignment sheet for their own RAFT
Modeling how will you
demonstrate the skill or Instructional Strategies: I will first read an example of
competency? the RAFT to the class. We will then watch excerpts of
the movies Elf and Tarzan. Students will get into their
Instructional Strategies writing circles and discuss how personal adaptation is
how will you deliver the presented in both movies.
lesson? Students will receive an assignment sheet explaining
that they must write a RAFT from the point of view of
Check for Understanding the main character is one of the movieseither Buddy
how will you ensure the skill or the Elf or Tarzan. This assignment sheet will tell
competency is understood by students that the main character must reflect on their
the students? own personal adaptation through a writing a diary entry.
Students will get class time to write their RAFT
For homework, students will finish their raft if not
finished.
Differentiated Learning Needs Differentiation:
Writing circles will
be determined
based on data and
writing level.

Students may also


choose different
writing formats
based on
advancement.
Guided Practice / I will be walking around during the discussion of the
Monitoring an activity directly personal adaptation highlighted in each movie.
supervised by the instructor that allows I will also be walking around during the individual
students to demonstrate grasp of new writing of students RAFTS.
learning. Instructor moves around the
room determining the level of mastery Differentiated Differentiation:
and providing individual remediation Learning Needs Students will be
as needed. placed in their
initially
differentiated
writing circles for
discussion and
idea-building.
Closure Statements or actions made At the end of the lesson, I will provide the assignment
by the instructor that help students sheet to their personal memoir. In their own personal
make sense out of what has just been memoirs, students will write about a time in which they
taught, to help form a coherent picture, had to undergo personal adaptation. Students will write
to eliminate confusion and frustration, an exit ticket that reflects on how an experience of their
and to reinforce major points to be own personal adaptation correlates with either Buddy
learned. the Elf or Tarzans personal adaptation.
Independent Students will be placed in their writing circles to
Practice a question or problem for discuss the personal adaptation evident in both movies.
students to ponder on their own or in Students will write an exit ticket that relates their own
small groups or pairs. The aim is to personal adaptation experiences with those of the main
reinforce and extend the learning characters in each of the movies.
beyond the lesson and ideally into real
world settings. This may be a Differentiated Learning Needs Differentiation:
homework assignment. Students will be put
into their writing
circles and discuss
personal adaptation
in regards to the
characters in both
movies.
Summarize, At the end of their RAFT, students will be asked to
Evaluate & Reflect after teaching write a few sentences reflecting on this experience (i.e.
the lesson, ask students to reflect on how it helped them think of their own personal
their learning. Instructors can also adaptation, how it helped them understand the depth
reflect on the lesson, its success, and and difficulty of personal adaptation)
how it can be improved. Students will reflect on the correlation of their own
personal adaptation with the personal adaptation
represented in both movies.
I will use this information to improve future lesson
plans.

RAFT TEMPLATE

R: Role
Either-- Buddy the Elf or Tarzan
A: Audience
Your Diary
F: Format
Diary Entry
T: Topic
Personal Adaptation
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Name: ________________ Date: _____________ Period: _________

Assignment:
Please get into your writing circles. In your groups, discuss how both Buddy the
Elf and Tarzan adapt to their surroundings. Write your groups thoughts in the
spaces below:

Buddy the Elf:

Tarzan:

Next, on the back of this page, write a diary entry as either Buddy the Elf or
Tarzan. In this entry, write about the ways your character had to adapt to their
surroundings and the difficulty of that adaptation. Focus on your voice, and write
as though you are the character you have chosen.
Final Assessment:
Write Your Own Personal Narrative

For your final paper for this unit, you will apply everything we have learned so far and

write a 2-4 page personal narrative. Your personal narrative must be centered on a time in which

you had to personally adapt to fit into your surroundings. Some examples of this might be: your

first day of middle school, moving to a new town, fitting in with friends, etc. In this assignment,

you need to use an intriguing introduction and a reflective conclusion. It should be clear to the

reader what the purpose of telling this story is. You will also be graded on the logical

organization of your story, your central theme and topics, your voice, and proper grammar and

spelling. I will be paying close attention to correct subject/verb agreement.

This assignment is worth 100 points. Provided below is the rubric in which you will be assessed:

Personal Narrative Rubric

4 3 2 1
Ideas/Voice -The theme of -The theme of -The theme of -The theme of

personal personal personal personal

adaption is very adaption is adaption is adaption is no

clear in the essay mostly clear in somewhat clear clear

-Student tells an the essay -Student tells a -Student does

engaging story -Student tells a somewhat not tell an

-Voice is strong mostly engaging engaging story engaging story

and authentic. story -Voice is -Voice is not

-Voice is mostly somewhat strong strong and not

strong and and authentic. authentic.

authentic.

Organization -Narrative -Narrative -Narrative tends -Narrative does

follows the story mostly follows to stray away not follow the
plot the story plot from the story story plot

-Narrative is -Narrative is plot -Narrative is

easy to follow mostly easy to -Narrative is not hard to follow

-Narrative is follow easy to follow -Narrative is not

organized -Narrative is -Narrative is organized

logically organized somewhat

logically organized

logically
Introduction -Introduction -Introduction has -Introduction -The writer does

grabs the the ability to does not grab the not use an

readers grab a readers readers introduction in

attention attention attention their narrative

-Introduces topic -Introduces topic -Introduces topic

in an engaging is somewhat is not engaging

manner engaging
Conclusion -Conclusion is -Conclusion is -Conclusion is -The writer does

reflective somewhat not reflective not use a

-Conclusion reflective -Conclusion conclusion in

identifies the -Conclusion does not address their narrative

moral of the somewhat the moral of the

story addresses the story

-Conclusion ties moral of the -Conclusion

the entire story story does not tie the

together -Conclusion entire story

somewhat ties together

the entire story

together
Grammar -Narrative is free -Narrative has a -The narrative is -The narrative is
of spelling and few spelling and hard to unreadable due

grammar errors grammar errors understand due to many spelling

-Narrative uses -Narrative uses to many spelling and grammatical

perfect subject/verb and grammatical errors

subject/verb agreement errors -Narrative does

agreements mostly correctly -Narrative not use correct

misuses subject/verb

subject/verb agreements

agreements

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