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Date: 02/03/15
School: Walt Clark Middle School
Grade Level: 8th
Content Area: English Language Arts
Title: Elements of Purpose: Whats the Point?
Content Standard(s) addressed by this lesson: (Write Content Standards directly from the
standard)
Standard 3: Writing and Composition
Concepts and skills students master: 1. Stylistic devices and descriptive details in literary and
narrative texts are organized for a variety of audiences and purposes
Students can:
v. Establish and maintain a controlling idea appropriate to audience and purpose
This means: Correctly identifying the purpose of others and conveying purpose within my own
writing.
List of Assessments: (Write the number of the learning target associated with each
assessment)
1. At the beginning of the lesson we will be asked to identify the purpose of a variety of
examples (social media, blogs, speeches, instruction manual, dictionary, etc.). Their
ability to demonstrate their understanding of what purpose is will allow us to navigate
necessary instruction for remainder of lesson.
2. Groups will complete a task as assigned by unique prompt. They will complete the
prompt for their assigned purpose and target a specific audience and present their
results with the class (scaffolding).
3. Students will complete individual purpose statements for items presented throughout
guided instruction. This will provide for individual assessment/check for understanding.
4. Students will complete a Ticket out the Door where they describe a time when theyve
composed something for a purpose other than school. They will include what they did
and why they did it. This will allow us to check for understanding on the concept of
purpose and its use within students writing.
To create an organizing
framework for the ideas, principles,
or information that is to follow
(advanced organizers)
An anticipatory set is used any
time a different activity or new
concept is to be introduced.
Procedures
(Include a play-by-play account of
what students and teacher will do
from the minute they arrive to the
minute they leave your classroom.
Indicate the length of each
segment of the lesson. List actual
minutes.)
Indicate whether each is:
-teacher input
-modeling
-questioning strategies
-guided/unguided:
-whole-class practice
-group practice
-individual practice
-check for understanding
-other
Differentiation
To modify: If the activity is too
advanced for a child, how will you
modify it so that they can be
successful?
To extend: If the activity is too
easy for a child, how will you
extend it to develop their emerging
skills?
Assessment
How will you know if students met
the learning targets? Write a
2.
What changes, omissions, or additions to the lesson would you make if you were to
teach again?
3.
What do you envision for the next lesson? (Continued practice, reteach content, etc.)
2) Dictionary Definition
3) Blog
4) Facebook Post
6) Cartoon
7) Planner Entry
8) Image
Prompts for Activity (in table groups, one prompt per group given on index cards)
Sample Prompt for Modeling: Create a Facebook post describing a movie you saw this
weekend. The movie was terrible and you want to share your critique with others.
1) Write a blog post about the fluctuating weather in Colorado. Your post should be reflective,
engaging, and appeal to an adult audience who frequently visits the popular weather blog to
which your response could be posted.
2) Compose a new dictionary definition for the word practice that could appear in an online
dictionary. Include pronunciation, definition, and examples of its use in a sentence, typical with
a dictionary definition.
3) Create a summary for a film, video game, or book of your choosing. This summary should be
composed in a way that it could be included on the film, video game, or books Wikipedia page.
4) Create a mock-advertisement for a popular toy. This can be print-based or a commercial. You
will be responsible for presenting how you would create this or acting out the action for the
class. If doing a print-based advertisement, descriptions of images and slogans should be
included.
5) Create a how-to-guide instructing your classmates how to make the perfect banana split. This
should include a brief introduction and a step-by-step process.
6) Imagine you are the coach of a girls soccer team. Your team is currently down by 2 points.
Prepare a motivational speech to rally them into putting in their best effort to gain the win.
7) Write a letter to your parents explaining your actions and/or apologizing for a recent
transgression. It is your intent to have your parents reverse their decision to ground you.
8) Pick your favorite game (either board game, video game, etc.) and explain to your grandparents
why that game is better than any others.