LESSON PLAN TEMPLATE

Introduction to non-fiction (informational text) 4/5 PLP

Date Lesson Title Grade Level
45? Language arts Unit Lesson 1
Time in Lesson Subject
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Learner Outcomes from the Program of Studies

What SPECIFIC outcomes will be addressed in this lesson?

Understand the difference between fiction and non-fiction

Main objective in simple (grade 6 reading level) language Assessment Strategies

How will students have changed in what they understand/know/are able to What will I seek as evidence of learning? How will I employ formative
do/appreciate as a result of this lesson? assessment? How will I use prior assessments in this lesson?

By the end of this lesson students will…

- understand the difference between fiction and non-fiction - sorting texts into fiction and non-fiction categories

Resources Personalization/Differentiation
What materials/resources/technology will be required? How will I attend to the needs of ALL learners in this lesson?

- Short passages at different reading levels

- Print out of short non-fiction and fiction passages for students - Help students when doing tasks, teacher can help them with
to cut out and sort into categories reading and understanding words

How will I ENGAGE (Hook) students in the lesson; ACTIVATE prior knowledge; and LINK this lesson connect to prior lessons?

Start by talking about books they have read, and things they like to write about that relate to non-fiction
Adapted from Wiggins, Grant & J. McTighe (1998)
 Learning/Activity Sequence
How will students ENGAGE, EXPLORE, EXPLAIN, ELABORATE, and/or EVALUATE their understandings of the outcomes.

What is the TEACHER doing? What are the STUDENTS doing? Approx. time
Answer questions, raising their hand if they have 20 min.
What is non-fiction? something to say
- Relate non-fiction to the word informational
- Explain that it is not made up like story books
- Explain that it gives you concrete information
about topics, it does not change from person to
person
- It is NOT opinions
- It is facts about real people places and things
- Ask if they have ever read non-fiction books on
raz kids?
- Make sure they understand that you need to write
non-fiction books as if it were for an “alien”
Answer questions, raising their hand if they have 15 min.
something to say
Read short passages aloud, have students identify
whether it is fiction or non-fiction Identifying whether passages are fiction or non-fiction

Explain activity Doing the task, asking for help if needed 15 min.

Give each student a set of non-fiction passages to sort.

Have them cut them out and place them in the right
category on their chart

If students get through the first passage easily they can

have the second set

Adapted from Wiggins, Grant & J. McTighe (1998)