COEPD LESSON PLAN TEMPLATE

Teacher Candidate: Allison Butcher

Content Area: Lesson Topic: Length (timing) of Lesson:

9th Grade- ELA Film Day 50 Minutes

INSTRUCTIONAL OUTCOMES
WV Standard(s):

ELA.9.23
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 Text Types and Purposes.)

ELA.9.25
Use technology, including the Internet, to produce, publish, and update individual or shared writing products, taking advantage of technology’s capacity to link to other
information and to display information flexibly and dynamically.

Learning Objective(s):

SWBAT role-play as a journalist in Romeo & Juliet.

SWBAT explain how they would expand their videos if they were allowed to be longer than 3 minutes.

Formative Assessment:

Films

PREPARATION
Materials/Resources:

Video camera, dry erase board, internet access,

 INSTRUCTIONAL PROCEDURES
*Highlight BLUE for materials/GREEN for technology
*Highlight PINK for instructional strategies
*Highlight YELLOW for discipline-specific academic language/vocabulary

Procedural Steps Questions Differentiated Instruction

Activating Strategy/ Time Imagine you have to turn your

Introduction The following will be displayed on the dry erase board, broadcast into a movie, which This activity is good for
5 “Imagine you have to turn your broadcast into a movie, famous actor/actress would play students who lack motivation
mins which famous actor/actress would play each part?” each part? to be more engaged since the
topic is enjoyable and light.
Who would like to share?

Core Instruction Time

Reminding students again
Videos 30 Picking up from where they left off yesterday, have the Does anyone have any questions about the time of their videos
mins students finish recording their broadcasts. Ensure that all about their videos that cannot be is good for students who may
group members are assisting with this task and remind answered by a group member? have memory issues or trouble
students again that each video can be no longer than 3 focusing.
minutes total. Also remind the students that their videos
must be at least 1 minute long and that they cannot read
directly from their script.

Video Editing 10 Have each student get a laptop. Using the knowledge Does anyone need help inserting the This activity works well for
mins from the soundscapes activity from week 1, insert sound sound clips? auditory learners because it
clips into your videos for more entertainment. gives them the opportunity to
hear what is happening and
ensures that they will be more
engaged during the
presentations because they
learn best this way.
 Closure Time
Have the students write a reflection about what they What would you do differently if you This writing activity encourages
5 would do differently if they were able to make videos were able to make videos that were the students to see how their
mins that were longer than 3 minutes. longer than 3 minutes? writing could be used for the
future. This would be good for
Students may share if there is enough time. Who would like to share? students who lack motivation.

Contingency Time
If there is a planned or unplanned interruption, then
students should not insert sound clips into their videos.