Geneva College

Beaver Falls, PA

Lesson Plan Template

Name: ___________Stephen Nelson_____________________________________Date: _____2/4/21________

Subject: _________ELA_________________________ Grade Level: ________7th___________

I. Topic
Appositive Phrases

II. PA or Common Core Standards

Standard E07.D.D.1 - Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage.
Eligible Content E07.D.D.1.1 - Explain the function of phrases and clauses in general and their function in
specific sentences.
Eligible Content E07.D.D.1.3 - Place phrases and clauses within a sentence, recognizing and correcting misplaced
and dangling modifiers.

III. Learning Objectives: Objectives must be written using observable verbs

Objective 1 - During teacher guided practice, when given 10 sentences containing an appositive phrase, students will be
able to identify the appositive phrase and what it modifies, with at least 7 of the 10 appositive phrases and modified
words identified correctly.

Objective 2 - During teacher guided practice, when given 10 sentences containing an appositive, students will be able to
identify the appositive and what it modifies by underlining the appositive and circling what it modifies, with at least 8 of
the 10 appositives and modified words identified correctly.

Objective 3 - Independently after teacher guided practice, when given 10 sentences containing appositive phrases,
students will be able to identify the appositive phrase as well as the word(s) it modifies by underlining the appositive
phrase and circling the modified words, with at least 8 of the 10 phrases and modified words correctly identified.

IV. Materials
Elements of Language book (online version)
Elements of Language workbook (online version)
Smartboard
Devices for each student

V. Lesson Development
A. Introduction
Start the class with a Do Now, and have a designated student worker pass out their Do Now journals. Give them four
sentences and ask them to identify the subject and the verb in each. Then, have another designated student worker
collect the Do Now journals. This should take about 5 minutes for all classes.
Review the participial phrases homework from the previous night on the Smartboard, if any. This should take about 5
minutes.

B. Lesson development (activities, procedures)

Have students open their online Elements of Language book and go to pages 158-9. Explain to them that an appositive is
a noun which describes another noun, and that an appositive phrase contains an appositive plus any modifiers.
Complete the first five problems of Exercise 13 together before having the students complete the remaining five
problems independently, then review the students’ answers. Students should be monitored during this time using the
teacher’s device. This should take about 10 minutes. This is where Objective/Assessment 1 will be used.

Have students go to their online Elements of Language workbook, page 91. Complete Exercise A together (following the
instructions of Exercise B, rather than the ones given), before having the students complete Exercise B independently,
then review the students’ answers. Students should be monitored during this time using the teacher’s device. This
should take about 10 minutes. This is where Objective/Assessment 2 will be used.

If there is time, move to page 92. Complete the first three problems as a class before letting the students independently
complete the remaining seven problems independently. When they finish, go over the answers. Students should be
monitored during this time using the teacher’s device. This should take about 10 minutes. This is where
Objective/Assessment 3 will be used.

C. Evidence of differentiated instruction (content, process, product, or learning environment)

Learning environment differentiation - Students who struggle to focus or are easily distracted can sit at the front of the
room. Questions will be displayed both on the board (and on students’ devices) for visual learners and also read out loud
for auditory learners.

Process differentiation - Students who are struggling can be monitored from the teacher’s device and be given
immediate feedback while they work alone. Classes that show competency with appositive phrases early will be given
more of the exercise problems to do on their own, rather than as an entire class.

D. Closure (summary)
Have students reiterate what an appositive and an appositive phrase are. Assign homework as any exercises not
completed in class (exercise 13 in the book, and pages 91-2 in the workbook). With one minute remaining, have the
students pack up. This entire process should take about 2-3 minutes.

VI. Assessment/evaluation
Assessment 1 - During teacher guided practice, when given 10 sentences containing an appositive phrase, students will
be able to identify the appositive phrase and what it modifies, with at least 7 of the 10 appositive phrases and modified
words identified correctly.

Assessment 2 - During teacher guided practice, when given 10 sentences containing an appositive, students will be able
to identify the appositive and what it modifies by underlining the appositive and circling what it modifies, with at least 8
of the 10 appositives and modified words identified correctly.

Assessment 3 - Independently after teacher guided practice, when given 10 sentences containing appositive phrases,
students will be able to identify the appositive phrase as well as the word(s) it modifies by underlining the appositive
phrase and circling the modified words, with at least 8 of the 10 phrases and modified words correctly identified.
 VII. Modifications or accommodations
Students who struggle to focus or are easily distracted can sit at the front of the room. Students who are struggling can
be monitored from the teacher’s device and be given immediate feedback while they work alone. Questions will be
displayed both on the board (and on students’ devices) for visual learners and also read out loud for auditory learners.

VIII. Self-evaluation
To be completed after the lesson.

Cooperating Teacher Approval ________________________________________ Date ___________________