Name:

Emily Hart

Two goals:
1. Model a meaning-making process by using specific evidence.

2. Exemplify the idea that literal text isnt the only thing you can
analyze. Show that learners do meaning-making thought processes in
every day life.


Lesson Plan Text: Alors on Danse audio, video, and lyrics. Stromae.

# of Days
15 min
Prior Knowledge
Rhythm, tone, vocabulary in lyrics.
Lesson Objective(s)
Gather evidence to support and create an argument.
Lesson Assessment
Markings on text & well constructed paragraph with evidence from
text and inferences.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.9-10.3
Standards

Apply knowledge of language to understand how language

functions in different contexts, to make effective choices for
meaning or style, and to comprehend more fully when reading or
listening.

Materials Needed

Time

Highlighters/Pen.
Copy of lyrics to Alors on Danse.

Learning Task

3
Review experience with
Minutes listening to songs and not
knowing all the lyrics.
Especially in a different
language.

Methods or Procedures
Examples like popular songs where you
dont know the verse but you like the
song.

Teacher will ask students to make a
prediction of what the song will be about
based on the title alone.

Audio of
AoD

(3
minutes)

Practice listening skills keeping

in mind tone, rhythm, and pitch
of singer.

Gathering evidence from
listening skills.

Teacher will play AoD for 1 minute,

audio only.


Students will write down observations
based on the audio. (2 minutes)

Video of
AoD.

(3
minutes)

Use visual evidence to support a

claim on what type of story the
song is trying to tell.

Gathering evidence from visual
interpretation skills.
Use textual evidence to support
a claim of what the song means.

Teacher will play video for 1 minute.

Students will write down observations
(2 minutes) based on the video alone or
in conjunction with the audio.
Students will engage with the text for 2
minutes.

2 minutes writing time.

Synthesizing sources of
evidence to come to a
conclusion statement of
meaning.

Students will structure a claim based on

three or more pieces of evidence from
the song as a whole.

AoD
Lyrics

(4
minutes)
Final
Analysis
2
minutes
+