Secondary Lesson Plan Template Grade level and subject discipline: Length of class:

ELL

45 minutes

LEARNING GOALS to be addressed in this lesson (What standards or umbrella learning goals will I address?): ELL PROFICIENCY STANDARDS (Level 4): Interpret non-literal language used in a text, recognize aspects of a passages style and structure and recognize literary techniques IOWA CORE STANDARD: Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in the text, including figurative and connotative meanings; analyze the impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone, including words with multiple meanings or language that is particularly fresh, engaging, or beautiful. (RL.11-12.4.) LEARNING OBJECTIVES (in ABCD format using verbs from Blooms Taxonomy): 1. Students will identify examples of figurative language seen in their daily lives. 2. Students will describe the affect figurative language has on the reader. 3. Students will develop their vocabulary and reading skills through observation and discussion of figurative language examples. KNOWLEDGE (What facts, concepts, or vocabulary words will students need to know or be taught in order to accomplish these objectives?) ELLs will need to grasp the concept that not all text is literal Students will look up the definition of figurative to contribute to the concept formation discussion Students will need to learn the academic vocabulary for the main types of figurative language that will be used for the activity in the next class (hyperbole, simile, personification, alliteration) Students will define the concept of figurative language as a class and be able to find examples of it in their lives SKILLS (What skills will they need to have been taught in order to accomplish these objectives?) Students will need speaking skills sufficient to participate in class discussion and small group discussion Students will need reading skills to process the meaning of the phrases discussed Students will deduce the meaning of new words based on context clues **Note: This lesson will take place the class period before students look for examples of figurative language in chapter one of The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian

RESOURCES/MATERIALS NEEDED (What materials and resources will I use?):

- Examples of figurative language from comics, songs, advertisements, and poems HYPERBOLE: Whirlpool Commercial and song Holy Grail first 15 seconds PERSONIFICATION: Pier 1 Imports Commercial and Hey Diddle Diddle Nursery Rhyme and The Giving Tree book and "At The Library" poem SIMILIE: Forrest Gump clip and chorus of Wrecking Ball song ALLITERATION: Tongue Twister and Dr. Seusss Amazing Alphabet Book ALL: 10 Things I Want to Say to a Black Woman has examples of all four types - White board for the class brainstorm of critical attributes - Class layout for small group and class discussions (desk pods) - Computer and projector to show examples ASSESSMENT (How will I know if students achieve the learning goals/objectives?): 1. Students will contribute to small group and/or class discussions to develop speaking and vocabulary skills. 2. Students will choose one example from 10 Things I want to Say to a Black Woman and explain what the figurative language does to make the piece of writing more interesting. They will hand this in as an exit slip to allow for students to discuss in small groups and formulate ideas, but still give credit to the quieter students. 3. Students will find their own example of figurative language. It can be from a song, a book, a poem, an advertisement, or a comic, as long as it is appropriate. They will label the type of figurative language and write a paragraph analyzing why it fits that type, and bring it next class. LEARNING PLAN (How will you organize student learning? What instructional strategies will you use? How will you scaffold for student learning?) (Write in outline format). Hand out graphic organizer to class to begin the concept-formation lesson (see below) Discuss the definition of figurative and language separately. Have you heard of this concept before? Based on the definition, what do you think it is? When have you heard this term or seen it used? Begin talking about the four specific types of figurative language that will be the focus of our lesson. Go through each term individually and give the examples and term definitions. How do we know it is this type of figurative language? Students fill in graphic organizer with the example they like the most and some sort of visual to remind them. I will write out the class brainstorm on the board. (20 minutes) After discussing the specific examples, I will play the video of the spoken word poem, 10 Things I Want to Say to a Black Woman. (link above) I will hand out a written version of the poem so students can follow along more easily (see below). This will help differentiate and assist readers who are more visual or auditory learners. (10 minutes)

After we listen to it once and read through it as a class once (first time is for enjoyment, second time to pay attention to word choice and language), I will assign each table group one of the numbers from the poem to focus on (I will pick out the section numbers that have the most examples of figurative language). As a group, students will find an example within their section of the poem and why it fits that type. Each group will share out their example and I will ask all students to annotate on their copy of the poem. The group discussion will help students at varying levels help each other understand the concept and gain confidence before sharing out with the class. (10 minutes) As an exit slip, students will write down their favorite example from the poem and why it stood out to them and made the piece interesting. This allows for students who are more advanced to choose a new example, or struggling students to use an example we discussed in class and reflect on why they like it. (5 minutes) I will also hand out an assignment sheet that asks students to find an example of one of the four types of figurative language discussed in class. It can be from any medium they choose (foul language or inappropriate content will result in a poor grade, but can be from a song, advertisement, comic, book, poem, etc.) This gives students the opportunity to use their individual interests and also does not require technology because it can be found in a newspaper or at the library for students without access to computers at home.

LESSON PLAN CHECKLIST: Did I hook my students by getting them excited about the topic? Did I introduce my learning objectives to the students (even if I just posted them in the room)? Are my learning objectives aligned with my state standards? Did I choose an instructional strategy/activity appropriate to the purpose(s) of the lesson? Did I organize my lesson clearly? Did I account for any downtime and/or transitions? Did I model or provide guided practice (if necessary)? Did I scaffold student learning (if necessary)? Did I assess my students learning (formative or summative)? Did I successfully bring the lesson to a close within the allotted time? Did I provide a bridge to the next lesson in my unit sequence? Did I provide anchor/enrichment activities for students who complete the lesson

early (if necessary)? Did I differentiate for my individual students needs?

Graphic Organizer:

10 THINGS I WANT TO SAY TO A BLACK WOMAN

By: Joshua Bennett

1. I wish I could put your voice in a jar. Wait for those lonely winter nights when I forget what God sounds like, run to the nearest maximum security prison and open it. Watch the notes bounce off the walls like ricochet bullets etching keyholes into the sternums of every brother in the room. Skeletons opening, rose blossom beautiful to remind you that the way to a black mans heart is not through his stomach, it is through the heaven in your hello, the echo of my unborn

galaxy that pounces forth through your vocal chords, and melts ice grills into oceans, baptising our lips, until harsh words fade from our memories, and we forget whywe stopped calling you divine in the first place. 2. When I was born, my mothers smile was so bright it knocked the air form my lungs. And i havent been able to breathe right since. its something about the way light dances off of your teeth. the way the moon gets jealous when you mock her crescent figure with the shape of your mouth, queen. you make the sky insecure. Self-conscious for being forced stares at your face every morning, and realise that the blues of her skin was painted by that symphony doing cartwheels on your tongue. 3. Who else can make kings out of bastards? Turn a fatherless Christmas into a floor full of gifts and a kitchen that smells likethe lord is coming tomorrow. We must eat well tonight. I used to think my sister was a blacksmith. The way she put fire and metal and made kitchen miracles at 14. Making enough food to feed a little boy who didnt have the words to say how much she meant to him back then, or didnt have backbone to say so the day he turned 20. 4. Your skin reminds me of everything beautiful I have ever known. The colour of ink on a page, the earth we walk on, and the cross that held my Saviour 5. Ive seen you crucified too. Spread out on billboards to be spiritually impaled by millions of men with eyes like nails, whomake martyrs of your daughters. So Im sorry for the music videos, for Justin Timberlake at the Superbowl, and the young man on the corner this morning. Madeyou just want to shed your flesh and become invisible. Never doubt, they only insults you because men are confused. Were trained to destroy or conquer everything we see from birth. 6. If I ever see Don Imus in public Ill punch him in the face, one time, for every member of the Rutgers and Tennessee womens basketball teams. Then ill show him a picture of Phylicia Rashad, AssataShakur, Eartha Kitt, my mother, my grandmother, and my 7 year old niece whos got eyes like fire bombs, and then dare him to tell me that Black women are only beautiful in one shade of skin. 7. You are like a sunrise in a nation at war. You remind people that there is always something worth waking up to.

8. When we are married I will cook. Do the dishes, and whatever else it takes to let you know that traditional gender roles have no place in the home we build. So my last name is an option. Babysitting the kids a treat we split equally, and our bed will be an ancient temple, where I construct altars of wax on the small of your back. We make love like the sky is falling; Moving to the rhythm of bed springs and Bel Biv Devoe, angels applauding in unison, saying this is the way it was meant to be. 9. My daughter will know her fathers face from the day she is born. And I can only pray that this superman complex lasts long enough, for me to deflect the pain this world will aim at her from the moment shes old enough to realise that the colour brown is still not considered human most places. But my daughter will have a smile like a wheelchair, and so even when I am at my worst, when the kryptonite of this putrid planet threatens to render me grounded, the light dancing off of her teeth, will transform the shards of my broken body into heart-shaped blackbirds, taking flight on the wind that reminds me of my saviours hands, of my daughters smile, of my mothers laugh when I was in her womb. 10. Never stop pushing. This world needs you now more than ever.