ENG OSSCLLesson 1 Friday, November 11th, 2014

Lesson
Social-Justice: Classism

Curriculum Expectations

Learning Goals

Overall Expectations:
Students will explore classism, and connect it to news
Use knowledge of writing forms, and of
articles, lyrics, and personal experiences.
the connections between form, audience,
and purpose, to write summaries,
information paragraphs, opinion pieces
(i.e., series of paragraphs expressing an
opinion), news reports, and personal
reflections, incorporating graphic
elements where necessary and
appropriate

demonstrate the ability to read and

respond to a variety of texts;

Specific Expectations:
use appropriate strategies to track and
record ideas and information while
reading informational and narrative texts
(e.g., use highlighter, note-taking, or a
visual organizer to identify key facts,
points in an argument, or events in a
narrative)

construct personal reflections, in paragraph form, choosing a clear focus and

using appropriate examples to explain
their thinking (e.g., set goals for reading
or writing; reflect about an important
accomplishment in their personal lives;
explain an important skill theyve
acquired)

Minds On

Approx. Time (5 min)

Q&A

I need a dollar by Aloe Blacc

Have the song playing as the students walk into the class, and get settled

Instruct students to pay attention to the lyrics and observe the video

Quick class discussion on observations of the song/video, and what the themes were
presented

Provide an example of where I have been treated differently based the way I have
dressed, and the ask if there are any volunteers who would like to share an experience

Introduce that the discussion leads us to our topic of classism- define it in web
organizer

Action!

Assessment
for Learning

Approx. Time (45 mins for placemats)

Assessment
as Learning

ENG OSSCLLesson 1 Friday, November 11th, 2014

Remind class about the respect rules we have established in class
Sensitive topics are going to be brought up over the next few lessons
Make a poster or refer to the respect poster of sounds like/looks like respect
Wall Street Activity
The teacher is the banker, dressed up, (may pick an additional banker depending on
class size)
The teacher has a safe at the front of the room with the best kind of chocolate/candy
As the teacher passes out unequal amount of sticky notes to the class, give
instructions, but do not tell the students what the sticky notes are for until all the sticky
notes are passed out
4 sticky notes can pay for a chocolate/candy
Students can be creative to earn more sticky notes
Debrief at the end of activity on how individuals felt during the activity
Unsinkable Class article
Hand out copies of the article to each student
Read the first two paragraphs to the class and demonstrate which parts of the article
you would highlight
Allow time for students to read in partners or alone, and to highlight important
information
In discussion ask the class about which parts of the article were surprising/interesting
to them
Discuss the graph, and how the students interpreted it
Consolidation

Approx. Time (10 min)

Journal Response
Choose either the lyrics from I need a dolla, your experience during the Wall Street
activity, the Titanic article, or a personal classism experience
Write a 1-paragraph reflection: Do you agree or disagree with classism? Provide
examples, and explain why

Next Steps
Preparation for persuasive essay; building on opinion topics

Active
participatio
n in
discussion,
writing, and
reading,
and in the
activity
Circulate
to see that
all
students
have
highlighted
key parts
of their
article

Assessment
of Learning
Collect
journal
articles,
mark out of
10 for
response
based on
P.E.E
criteria