Intern Name: Kayla Kwiatkowski

Lesson Title (Subject/Topic): (Virtual) The Lady or the Tiger

Grade: 8th grade Honors
Length of Lesson: 50 Minutes (adjusted dismissal)
Date Taught: 02/14/2021
LESSON PLAN TEMPLATE
Overview In this lesson…
8.5 The student will read and analyze a variety of fictional texts, literary nonfiction, poetry, and
drama.
a) Analyze how authors’ development of characters, conflict, point of view, voice, and tone
convey meaning.
b) Identify cause-and-effect relationships and their impact on plot.
c) Explain the development of the theme(s).
Standards of d) Explain the use of symbols and figurative language.
e) Make inferences and draw conclusions based on explicit and implied information using
Learning references to the text for support.
f) Identify and analyze characteristics within a variety of genres.
g) Compare/contrast details in literary and informational nonfiction texts.
h) Compare and contrast the authors’ use of word choice, dialogue, form, rhyme, rhythm, and
voice in different texts.
i) Compare and contrast authors’ styles.

● I can analyze how the story The Lady Or The Tiger

● I can make make inferences and draw conclusions using references
from the text
Learning Target ● I can explain the development of the theme of the Lady or the Tiger
● I can Identify cause-and- effect relationships and the impact that they
have on the plot

Necessary Prior ● Each Student will need to already read the lady or the tiger
Knowledge ● They must know how to analyze non fiction text
● Apply skills to answer questions about the story.
Materials Every student will need a Chrome book, and access to the internet.
In the pear deck the students will draw what the arena looked like by
referencing the description from the text.
Introduction/Hook Link to the pear deck

Instructional The students will play a Gimkit based and a Kahoot on the Lady or the Tiger.
Link to Kahoot
Activities & Link to Gimkit
Strategies
Vocab:
● Barbaric
Key Vocabulary or ● Rising Action
Concepts ● Falling action
● Semi Barbaric
 The Kahoot and Gimkit will allow me to see which students understood the
Assessments novel. The opening and closure questions will show if the students are able to
respond to a question by analyzing and referencing the text.
The students will answer the question,”What do you think was behind the
Closure Activity door, the lady or the tiger?”through the pear deck.
No accommodations needed.
Accommodations
www.peardeck.com
www.kahoot.it
Resources www.gimkit.com

Reflection on a Lesson Plan Taught

Virginia Teachers for Tomorrow
Intern Name:
Lesson Title (Subject/Topic):
Cooperating Teacher & School:
Grade:

1. What steps did you go through to create this lesson? With whom did you talk, discuss, or
edit your lesson?
I discussed this lesson with my cooperating teacher Mrs. Horner. We decided that I would
teach on the 14th, and that my lesson would be a review of the short story, The Lady Or The
Tiger. Mrs. Horner gave me her login information for Pear deck, and then I created the Hook
and the closing assessment questions. Next I created a Gimkit for the students to play, and I
found a good Kahoot that they could also play! I shared all of the materials and this lesson
plan, and she helped me make it perfect!

2. How did the SOLs and Objectives help focus your instruction?
The SOLs and Objectives helped me focus on my instruction, because they gave me a
guideline to go off of.

3. What parts of the instructional plan worked as you anticipated?

The kahot and Gimkit worked perfectly! The questions on the Pear deck worked great as
well!
4. What, if any, adjustments needed to be made once you begin?
We ended five minutes early, so I would have spent more time looking at the drawings that
the students drew.

5. How well did you anticipate the materials needed?

I feel that I anticipated the materials that were needed, since the students each have a
chromebook and internet access at home.

6. How effective was the assessment you chose to use? (If no assessment was used, what will
the future assessment be and how will you gauge its effectiveness?)
The closing question/assessment was successful, because it showed me which students
understood the short story, by looking at their responses.

7. To what degree do you feel that this lesson was a success? What evidence do you have for
the success of the lesson? (Hint: Student learning is the key to a lesson’s success!)
This lesson was a review of the Lady or the Tiger, and I feel that it was a successful lesson,
because the students got to review and analyze the story.

8. How did the time spent preparing for your lesson contribute to its success?
I started planning this lesson before spring break, so I had about two and a half weeks to
prepare, which contributed to the success of the lesson because I had so much time to
perfect the lesson with Mrs. Horner.

9. If you could do this lesson again with the same students, would you do anything differently?
If so, what?
I would look over the students pictures for a little bit longer just because the lesson ended
five minutes early.

10. Any last comments/reflections about your lesson?

It was so much fun to teach my first lesson all by myself, and I am extremely grateful that
everything worked well, because it was a virtual lesson which can lead to technical
difficulties sometimes. I am so excited to to get to teach my first in person lesson plan!