Common Core Aligned Lesson Plan Template

(adapted from TST BOCES Oct. 2011)

Teaching Candidate: Christopher Weber Subject: Resource Room Grade: 9

LESSON ELEMENT
1. Common Core Learning
Standard(s) Addressed:
2. Learning Target(s):
(What will students know & be able to improve upon their skills in reading(silently and aloud), text
do as a result of this lesson?)
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.CCRA.SL.
1 Comprehension and Collaboration
1. Prepare for and participate effectively in a range of
conversations and collaborations with diverse
partners, building on others’ ideas and expressing
their own clearly and persuasively.
This will be evident when students engage in class
discussions and analysis about their assigned reading
passage in order to comprehend the given text to the
greatest extent possible.
1 Key Ideas and Details
1. Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to
support analysis of what the text says explicitly as
well as inferences drawn from the text.
This will be evident when students read the assigned
passage aloud and silently, annotate, and analyze the text
in order to arrive at a detailed, comprehensive
understanding of it.
As a result of this lesson, students will be able to build and
analysis and comprehension, annotation, and answering
questions effectively and correctly with greater frequency.

3. Relevance/Rationale: (Why are the The skills in this lesson transcend pure subject matter. The
outcomes of this lesson important in ability to read and comprehend effectively, along with
the real world? Why are these articulating one’s ideas, are critical life skills in being
outcomes essential for future successful in the 21st century job market and world at
learning?) large.

4. Formative Assessment Criteria for Success in this lesson can be measured in a couple of
Success: (How will you & your students different ways. Informally, student success can be
know if they have successfully met the measured based on the discussions that take place
outcomes? What specific criteria will be throughout the duration of the reading and analysis of the
met in a successful product/process? given passage. Student thoughts and articulation on this
What does success on this lesson’s subject matter will inform the educator as to how
outcomes look like?) effectively students are grasping the content at hand and
executing the skills necessary to do so. Formally, students
will be expected to answer a minimum of 7 seven out of ten
multiple choices correctly.
5. Activities/Tasks: (What learning
experiences will students engage in?
How will you use these learning
experiences or their student products
as formative assessment
opportunities?)
Students will read aloud and silently, analyze, annotate,
discuss, and answer questions on the reading, “The Statue
of Liberty.” Our discussions on this subject material will
serve as formative assessment opportunities as I can gage
how effectively the students are performing this wide
variety of critical kills.

6. Resources/Materials: (What texts, Students will be reading silently and aloud, annotating,
digital resources, & materials will be analyzing, and answering questions on the article titled,
used in this lesson?) “The Statue of Liberty.” This article can be accessed in each
of the student’s class notebooks.

7. Access for All: (How will you
ensure that all students have
access to and are able to
engage appropriately in this
lesson? Consider all aspects of student
diversity.)
The article, “The Statue of Liberty,” will be distributed
to each student’s individual class notebook to ensure
full and organized access with this material.
Additionally, there will be consistent class discussion
and review of the subject matter at hand in order to
ensure that all students are engaged, on the correct
pace, and understanding the material at hand to the
greatest extent possible.

8. Modifications/Accommodations: The teacher will probe and check in for understanding

(What curriculum modifications and/or as this learning activity takes place. The teacher will
classroom accommodations will you clarify and explain any points of confusion if
make for Students with Disabilities in necessary.
your class? Be as specific as possible.)