Lesson Plan (Place Cartier) Name: Matthew Kennedy

School: Place Cartier Adult Ed. Centre Course: English

Date: September 29, 2016 Cycle/Year: Sec. V
Duration: 150 minutes (2:00 - 4:30) Location: Place Cartier -- Rm. 9
Learning 1. By the end of todays class, students will be able to demonstrate their ability to
Opportunities work both autonomously and in teams of 7-8 by participating in 4 stations of 25
minutes each.
2. By the end of todays class, students will be able to demonstrate their ability to
use two reading strategies and identify two literary terms by reading a short story
by Ray Bradbury (and through the guidance of Margot, Spec. Ed. Tech.).
3. By the end of todays class, students will, together as a team, be able to produce
an annotation of a poem.
4. By the end of todays class, students will be able to individually test their
writing/grammar readiness by completing a grammar activities autonomously.
5. By the end of todays class, students will be able to compose a concrete poem.
Big Idea Poetic expression, inquiry, and analysis
ELA Competency 1: Speaking (fun attendance; discussion with peers through group work)
Competencies Competency 2: Reading (comprehension -- short fiction and poetry)
Competency 3: Production/writing (reading comprehension response, poetry, grammar
activities)
Prof. Comp. / 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 12
Teaching Skills
Student Skills Reading comprehension, poetry analysis, collaborative work/inquiry, team work, creative
expression
Materials Bristol board, Bradbury short story (on SMART board) + reading strategy handouts,
grammar activity package, pens/markers/highlighters, white paper, laptops, one iPad
Time Plan
Attendance, Announcements, and Daily Journal
2:00 - 2:05 Students arrive and pick up file folders
2:05 - 2:12 Fun attendance: My favourite Star Wars character and why I like them
2:12 - 2:20 Daily Journal: What I liked (or didnt like) about studying Star Wars

Learning Activity(ies) and/or Tasks
2:20 - 2:45 1. Station 1: Poetry annotation w/ laptops (in groups; room 9)
2:45 - 2:50 Change stations + tech break
2:50 - 3:15 2. Station 2: Concrete digital poetry w/ iPads (w/ Matthew room 9)
3:15 - 3:20 Change stations + tech break
3:20 - 3:45 3. Station 3: Reading strategies & Bradbury (2 mini groups; w/ Margot in room 12)
3:45 - 3:50 Change stations + tech break
3:50 - 4:15 4. Station 4: Grammar activities (individual activity; in room 12)
4:15 - 4:20 5. Exit card / Post-it note: Reflection on stations activity
NOTE: Teacher will form for groups of 6-8 (depending on attendance) and students will
rotate stations in order (i.e. 1 2; 2 3, etc.) -- see website for additional details

McGill MATL 2016

Lesson Plan (Place Cartier) Name: Matthew Kennedy

Post-Lesson Meetings
4:20 - 4:30 As needed

Homework
N/A

Assessment Exit card, collect and analyze reading strategy handout (with Margot), collect and
curate digitized poetry
Post-Lesson Students appeared to really enjoy the movement through each station. This approach also
Reflection allowed students to get to know our Spec. Ed. Tech. a little bit more. Student exit cards
confirmed that most students enjoyed completing stations, and that they preferred the
ones where they worked collaboratively.

McGill MATL 2016