Direct Instruction Lesson Plan Template

Teachers: Subject:
Isel Reyes English
AZ State Standards:
Analyze three prevalent themes portrayed in William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet through the creation and
development of an analysis-based essay.

Learning Objective:
Given William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, students will analyze at least three themes to discuss in an essay.

Evidence of Mastery (Measurable):

¨ How will you assess if your student achieved mastery of the lesson objective?
¨ Determine the type of demonstration/activity the student will use to demonstrate mastery of the objective.
¨ What is the condition and degree, the setting or situation in which the student will be able to express the depth and extent of
learning?
¨ What is an exemplar student responses with the level of detail you expect to see?

I want students to accomplish this by the creation of an analysis-based essay that they will need to have done
within a week of starting this lesson.

Key Academic Vocabulary: (Consider Bloom’s Materials Needed:

Verbs) William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet
Analyze, Examine, Investigate, Compare, Break down Computer

Opening Activity
¨ How will you activate student interest?
¨ How will you connect and uncover prior knowledge?
¨ How will you present the lesson objective in an engaging and student-friendly way?

Teacher will ask students to share, in a quick-fire round, words they associate with Romeo and
Juliet. Students will then be given a graphic organizer with questions that allude to the themes
in the play.

Instructional Input “I do”

Teacher Will: Student Will:
¨ How will you model/explain/demonstrate all ¨ What will students be doing to actively capture and
knowledge/skills required of the objective? process the new material and connect to their prior
¨ What types of visuals will you use? knowledge?
¨ How will you address misunderstandings or ¨ How will students be engaged?
common student errors that may be uncovered
within prior knowledge?
¨ How will you explain and model behavioral
expectations?
¨ Is there enough detail in this section so that
another person could teach it?
Teacher will demonstrate the theme of “love” while looking Students will be able to make notes in their binder or on their
at Act II Scene 2. Teacher will quickly recap and pull out computers of the teacher’s example. They can then reference
quotes that support/show evidence of “love” between this when they are working on their own. They will be able to
Romeo and Juliet using the classroom projector. At least ask clarifying questions if they need to.
three quotes will be chosen, and students will need to do

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 the same; students can use their graphic organizer as a
guide. Teacher will explain to students that they will do the
same on their computer document of the play and a Word
document. Students will use act summaries from previous
lessons to search for their own theme and teacher will
show how to do so. Teacher will then write up a short
paragraph that will form part of a bigger essay.

Guided Practice “We do”

Teacher Will:
¨ How will you provide guidance to all students as
they practice?
¨ How will you ensure that all students have multiple
opportunities to practice new content and skills
with your support?
¨ How will you utilize the support of peers within this
practice?
¨ Is there enough detail in this section so that
another person could facilitate this practice?
As a whole group, teacher and students will go to Act III
Scene 1 and dissect it for the same theme, this time,
between Romeo and Mercutio. Teacher and students will
work together to find two examples. Then, as table groups,
the students will look for at least another three examples of
friendship love between Romeo and Mercutio. Teacher will
have group members check each other and provide
support for the quotes they chose.
Student Will:
¨ How will students be engaged?
¨ How will students practice all knowledge/skills required
of the objective, with your support?
¨ How will you elicit student-to-student interaction?
¨ How are students practicing in ways that align to
independent practice?
Students will work with the teacher to find examples where a
friendship love is evidenced between Romeo and Mercutio.
Students will now be following along on their own copies of the
play on their laptops. They will work with their group to find
these examples and use one another to make sure the quotes
work for the theme,

Independent Practice “You do”

Teacher Will:
¨ How will you plan to coach and correct during this
practice?
¨ How will you provide opportunities for remediation and
extension?
¨ How will you clearly state and model academic and
behavioral expectations within the collection of
evidence of mastery?
¨ Did you provide enough detail so that another person
could facilitate the practice?
Teacher will now let students work alone on another theme
they find using the act summary first. Teacher will go
around the classroom to each group for quick
understanding checks and then will pull anyone who needs
one on one help to a separate table.
Closing Activity:
¨ How will students reflect on learning?
¨ Summarizing and stating the significance of what they learned.
¨ Acknowledge the new information that was added/developed within their schema.
Student Will:
¨ How will students be engaged?
¨ How will students independently practice the knowledge and
skills required by the objective?
¨ How are students practicing in ways that align to
assessment of collection of evidence of mastery?
¨ How are students using self-assessment to guide their own
learning?
¨ How are you supporting students giving feedback to one
another?
Student will have to answer why they believe their
quotes show evidence of the theme they have
chosen. They can use their table group to get
reassurance as well. Students will use previous
notes on essay writing to then form their essays.

As an exit ticket, students will write on a half sheet of paper one of their themes and what it contributes to
the play or why they think it is important. Their knowledge will also be analyzed through their essays at the
end of the week.