Pre-Observation Conference Questions

(to be completed by teacher prior to pre-observation conference)

Teacher Name: _Valerie LaVersa______________________ Date: ___11/5/2020_____________

Content Area: _MS ELA____________________________

Observer: __Ms. Young__________________________ Date of Observation: _11/10/10_____

Please provide brief answers (bullet points or narrative) to each question.

Learning Goals and Objectives

1. What is/are your lesson objective(s)?
To define, model, and assess knowledge of figurative language.

2. How is/are the lesson objective(s) aligned with state curriculum standards?
Figurative language in included in CCSS RL.8.4
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.8.4
Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text,
including figurative and connotative meanings; analyze the impact of specific
word choices on meaning and tone, including analogies or allusions to other
texts.
3. What information/data did you use to design this lesson? How did the information/data
influence the planning of this lesson?
This lesson comes straight from StudySync which the main curriculum as mandated by the
district.

Assessment
4. How will you know if your lesson objective(s) was/were achieved?
From the Your Turn quiz that concludes the lesson.

Created by: Betty Young (2020)

 Instructional Strategies and Activities
5. What teaching strategies will you use to teach this lesson? What resources will be utilized?
Guided reading, video demonstrations, and modeling. Resources are StudySync and an
excerpt from Paul Revere’s Ride.

6. Why did you choose these strategies and resources?

Even though this lesson is provided by the district, I stand by it because of the proven
strategies. I probably wouldn’t have chosen this excerpt, however.

Connecting Learning
7. What is the academic relationship between this lesson with past or future lessons (Why this
lesson? Why now?)
Lessons in StudySync are cyclical. Figurative language will be addressed again later in
another unit. SS determines the placement of lessons.

Other
8. Please explain any special situations or circumstances of which the observer might need to
be aware. (If you are not responding to this optional question, type “N/A” below)
Again, these lessons are chosen for me; they are county mandated.

9. The observer will provide feedback on this lesson. Are there specific areas you would like
the observer to look for/focus on? (If you are not responding to this optional question, type
“N/A” below)
N/A

Created by: Betty Young (2020)