ELA Middle Years Methods

5E Lesson Plan Template*

This assignment is worth 20 points. A draft will be submitted in week 5 for feedback. The
final plan to be graded will be submitted during Week8.

Colleen Hagan
Your Name
Lesson Subject Area ELA 7th and 8th grade

Specific Topic Genesis Begins Again

Appropriate CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.7.2
Standards being Determine a theme or central idea of a text and analyze its
addressed development over the course of the text; provide an objective
summary of the text.
Instructional At the end of this lesson the students will be able to:
Objectives (Bloom 1. Engage in meaningful discussion about the themes of the novel
Level) 2. Identify similarities & differences between Genesis’ world and
Minimum of three their own world
3. Understand the definitions of racism and colorism.
ENGAGE Ask students what themes they found in the novel or what stuck
Activities out to them. Maybe how they even felt while reading the novel.
This will get the conversation rolling.
Identify 2-3 themes as a class.
EXPLORE Have the students complete the first page of the handout
Activities (attached), focusing on similarities and differences between
themselves and the novel.
EXPLAIN Have students that want to share, share out loud to the class. Talk
Activities about how their similarities and differences relate to the themes.
Then the students will continue onto the second page of the
handout.
ELABORATE In small groups answer these questions:
Activities - Why did the author choose these themes for her novel?
- How were these themes represented? Cite evidence from
the novel.
On your own:
- Choose one theme and write about how it made you feel
or how you relate to it.
EVALUATE Define racism and colorism and site examples of how it is shown
Activities in the book. What is the difference between these two terms?
How do they both affect Genesis and other characters throughout
Quality is never an accident. It is always the result of intelligent effort.
There must be a will to produce a superior thing.
John Ruskin
 ELA Middle Years Methods
the novel?
References N/A
Materials & Book
Equipment Pencil
Paper
Handout
Internet/YouTube
Handouts (attach)

Quality is never an accident. It is always the result of intelligent effort.

There must be a will to produce a superior thing.
John Ruskin