Unit 3 Reading 2 “Classrooms without Walls”

Lesson Plan Day 3

Content Objectives

 SWBAT review the contents of paragraph #6-#10

 SWBAT organize outlines for the personal response paragraph

Language Objectives

 SWBAT identify the main ideas and supporting details of advantage and disadvantage/problem
of using technology in the classroom.
 SWBAT summarize main ideas and supporting details in the reading #2

Materials

 Slideshow
 Worksheet

Learning Experiences
1. Review (10 mins)
a. Check and compare paraphrased sentences
i. Check sentences if it makes sense
ii. Find the other ways to paraphrase sentences from their pair
b. Check answers Q skills activity B
i. Share answers with peers in small groups
ii. Check answers in a whole group

2. Review reading #2, paragraph #6-#10 (35 mins)

a. Discussion Questions (10 mins)
i. What does this author talk about in paragraph #6 - #10?
ii. What are advantages of using technology in the reading#2?
iii. What are disadvantages/problem of using technology in the classroom?
iv. What are three solutions to some problems?
 Do you agree with them?
b. Summarize author’s ideas in reading #2 (25 mins)
i. Show example of summary
 Main ideas
 Supporting details
ii. Write down the summary of author’s idea in 2-3 sentences
 Identify the main ideas and supporting details of advantages of using
technology
 Identify the main ideas and supporting details of disadvantage of using
technology
3. In-class Writing: Personal Response Paragraph (20 mins)
a. Explain the personal response paragraph
i. Agree or disagree with the ideas in the reading #2
ii. Reasons why you agree or disagree with the reading #2
b. Work on the outline
i. Topic sentence
ii. Three reasons and examples of student’s opinion
iii. Concluding sentence

4. Homework (5 mins)
a. Q skills: activity C, D, & E (pp.67 - 68)
b. Keep working on the personal response paragraph
c. Read Whirligig, Chapter 4 by 12/2