Mini Lesson Plan Template

Teacher Candidates: Kimberly Atterholt, Breanna Baughman, Kaley Landrum, Carly Nunez
Session Date: TBD
Student(s): Classmates
Grade Level: 5th

E:​ Essential Question (What standards-based question should your student(s) be able to
answer following the lesson?)

A:​ Activating Strategy (How will you activate prior knowledge and hook the student’s interest?)

T:​ Teaching (How will you teach / model / guide the student? Be specific and step-by-step.)

S:​ Summarizing Strategy (How will you wind up the lesson and help the student to summarize
what was learned? Help your student walk away with what you intended.)

E​ssential Question:

· ​Standard(s): ​ELAGSE5RL3: Compare and contrast two

or more characters, settings, or events in a story or drama,
drawing on specific details in the text (e.g., how characters
interact)

· ​Objectives/Goals: I can compare and contrast two

characters from a story.

· ​Assessment(s): Venn Diagram

A​ctivating Strategy: I will begin the lesson by showing the

students the iMovie created about the book. We will allow
the students to do a think aloud and make predictions
about the book based on the iMovie.
T​eaching:

I do: I will introduce the Weebly to the class and read

through the Summary of the book and the introduction of
the main characters.

We do: As a class we will begin to fill out a Venn diagram

together about Oreos and Ritz Crackers.

You do: The students will complete a Venn diagram based

off of the two main characters from the book (Annemarie
and Ellen).

S​ummarizing Strategy:
After all of the students have completed their Venn
Diagrams, they will share them with their small groups to
see what the similarities and differences are amongst their
peers. This will allow the students to check their work and
talk more about how they compared and contrasted the
two characters. After the small groups share, students will
be invited to share what was on their Venn diagram and
we will add it to the one on the board. Venn Diagrams if
they want to. Wrapping up I will ask the students what
they enjoyed about the story and what they learned from
comparing and contrasting the two. I will also ask them if
they think they could use these skills to compare and
contrast characters in other stories.
Lesson Reflection: