Benchmarks Focused on:

-Shows they can respond to student ideas

-Can make decisions for future instruction based on assessment
Lesson Plan (10/26 and 10/27):

Lesson Objective(s) -SWBAT have a productive discussion with their peers about
the reading.
Standards CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.9-10.1.D
Respond thoughtfully to diverse perspectives, summarize
points of agreement and disagreement, and, when
warranted, qualify or justify their own views and
understanding and make new connections in light of the
evidence and reasoning presented.

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.9-10.1.B
Work with peers to set rules for collegial discussions and
decision-making (e.g., informal consensus, taking votes on
key issues, presentation of alternate views), clear goals and
deadlines, and individual roles as needed.
Materials Needed ● Zoom Access (Computer, Tablet, or Phone)
○ Zoom App/Link
○ Breakout Rooms
● Independent Reading Material
○ Book, article, graphic novel, newspaper, etc.
● Writing Notebook/Doc to take notes or write
● Slides
○ https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1_enz
4yz0wxsF5ecxZY2e_cPQ6VFeiei1tQ05Pi1rFXs/
edit?usp=sharing
● Prep Work Chapters 1 and 2 (previously completed
homework)

Time Learning Task Methods or Procedures

20min R+R - Independent Reading Time for
20 mins
- “Read and Relaxation”
5min Quick Write: Write about a time - Write for 5 minutes straight
you had plans and they changed - Can be written in a document or
or went wrong. their notebook
- Teacher models this by writing
with them
10 min Class Discussion - After the quick write time is
over, I will share with the
students what I wrote about
 during my 5 mins. Students will
then be able to volunteer and tell
me what they wrote about in
their writing time.
- After this discussion I will
reframe this question and
connect it back to how Lennie
and George’s plans do not go as
they think in the novella we are
reading (​Of Mice and Men​)
20 Book Club #1 - Students will be put into
breakout rooms of 3 or 4
students
- This will be their new “home
teams”
- Students will have a 15-20
minute discussion on chapters 1
and 2 of the novella, using their
prep work for guidance
- Students will become used to
this process because their book
club will meet two more times
for this novella
10 Participation Google Form - I will walk students through how
to complete a google form, rating
their book club member’s
participation on a scale of 1-3
- Students will complete this form
in class
15 Recap of Book Club Discussions
- I will ask one member from each
book club to give me a short
recap of the main points or
questions discussed in their
breakout rooms
10 Introduce Homework and - I will show students what their
Reading prepwork is for chapters 3 and 4.