Lesson Plan

Grade-High school freshman

Class- Language Comprehension
Goal- Students will be able to comprehend the importance of reading between the lines and
closely read texts to find evidence that supports their opinions. Both in writing and orally,
students will be able to create an argument supporting an opinion that is not similar to their own.
Analyze Learners:
During the transition into high school, incoming 9th grade students will need to take and master
English one from middle school. It is important that they have mastered how to read and should
be on 9th grade reading level. It is important that this lesson plan meets every individuals
learning styles. As for ESL students I will include a movie of the story we will analyze.
State objectives:
TEKS (by specific indicator number such as 110.31 b1D to create the symbol , hold down
the alt key and type 0167 then release the alt key)
ELA-Literacy.W.9-10.1: Write arguments to support claims in an analysis of substantive topics
or texts, using valid reasoning and relevant and sufficient evidence.
(6) Multiple genres: listening, speaking, reading, and writing using multiple texts--literary
elements. The student is expected to:
(4) Comprehension skills: listening, speaking, reading, and writing using multiple texts. The
student is expected to: make inferences and use evidence to support understanding;
C) give presentations using informal, formal, and technical language effectively to meet the
needs of audience, purpose, and occasion, employing eye contact, speaking rate such as pauses
for effect, volume, enunciation, purposeful gestures, and conventions of language to
communicate ideas effectively;
ELA-Literacy.RL.9-10.1: Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what
the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text
Objectives:
- Both orally and in writing, students will be able to defend an opinion about the guilt or lack
thereof of the narrator of The Tell-Tale Heart by citing thorough and detailed textual evidence.
- Draw pictorial representations, summarize, and give examples.
Select Media and Materials and Methods:
Classroom is arranged as a court and students take places. Jurors can be split into several juries
to avoid large groups
Art work as evidence
Tell Tale Hear full movie on YouTube
PowerPoint
Utilize Media, Materials, and Methods:
Choose a role by writing your name under a title
Judge (one)
Narrator (1)
Prosecution team (three to four)
Defense team including narrator (4-6)
Journalist (one or two)
Jury-remaining students
Students can choose to do a PowerPoint, poster or a lecture to support their opinions.
Require Participation: (ROLE PLAY) everyone must participate
Students can choose any of the roles that were assigned in the trial. They can also choose to
write as themselves. Each student must writes, from the POV of the role they chose.
They can be against or for the sanity or insanity of the narrator, by utilizing and explaining
textual evidence. Writing must include an argumentative made by opposing side during the trial.
Evaluate & Revise:
Students will be given a rubric to follow and will be graded off of the rubric.
Reflection
I had this lesson plan in mind since my high school teacher encouraged us to stage a court for
the novel, To Kill a Mockingbird. The biggest difference is that I always tweak my lesson plans
now since every teacher should anticipate having ESL students in their classroom. Making sure
that this lesson included teaching methods that supported different learners made me appreciate
the teachers who did the same for me in high school.