Student Teacher: ______________________________

Daily lesson plan

Group: Secondary 5 Grade level /Program: Language Arts Period length: 80 MINS

Goals for the period (what do you want students to “walk away with”?)
àBy the end of the class I want students to be able to analyze and write about the allocated text of literature
in 1984.
à I’ll know they can do this when I review their next mini responses/tests.
Competencies to be developed Evaluation criteria (What will you EVALUATE today?)
o C1 ✓ Through working in groups C1: _ ✓_ Participation in oral interaction __ Content of message _ ✓_
on the questions. Articulation of message
o C2 ✓ Through class discussions of the C2: _ ✓_ Evidence of Understanding _ ✓_ Reinvestment of
questions answered in groupwork. understanding
o C3 C3: _ _ Content of message _ _ Formulation of message

Period Start-up Routines

Taking attendance, writing the agenda on the board, and reminding the students of the due date of the 1984
project and that the Mini Response is due at the end of the day.

Activity Min.

Teacher introduces the grammar unit on dashes and their uses in speech and writing. This is
done through a PowerPoint lecture. The students answer questions about dashes with the aid of 25 minutes
the teacher through the PowerPoint as well.

Teacher briefly summarizes the assigned reading of the novel, 1984, to refresh the students’ 5 minutes
memories before they complete the next activity. The teacher reviews the key events and
characters involved.

The teacher instructs each group to answer their allocated questions in writing. The teacher 20 minutes
informs them that they will review the questions together as a class after the group discussion.
Students work in groups and document their answers.

The teacher calls on each group to share their answers with the class and discuss their answers 15 minutes
with the other group and the teacher.

Students continue working on their 1984 projects with their groups or independently. 15 minutes

End of class reminders / routines ... hook them for the next class
Remind the students of the upcoming assignments and their due dates.
2014-2015 Daily lesson planning template 1
Homework (to assign and collect):

Read 1984 pages and hand in 1984 Mini Response at the end of the day.

Daily lesson planning template 2014-2015 2