Beverley Manor Middle School

Language Arts
Daily Lesson Plan

Teacher’s Name: Kathleen Leigh Grade: 8th Date:9/12/17

SOL Strand Essential Knowledge: Learning Objective(s)​: Behaviors, Conditions, Criteria
8.7 G Revise writing 8.7 G
for clarity of content, ● apply​ revising procedures, including: Students will give feedback to a partner and revise their poem so that they can
word choice, sentence rereading; reflecting; rethinking; rewriting; improve and understand the ideas and word choice categories from the VDOE
variety, and rubric. They will know that they have succeeded if they have made several
including ​vivid vocabulary​; combining
transitions among changes and are working towards earning a 4 in each category.
paragraphs.
sentences for variety and rhythm; and providing
transitions between ideas and paragraphs
Bloom’s Taxonomy Instructional Procedures: Writing Methods Utilized
❏ Create Introduction: ❏ Pre-write
✓ Evaluate Bellringer 2 questions from released SOL ❏ Write
❏ Analyze Discuss questions and add new vocabulary word ❏ Reread
❏ Apply Direct Instruction: ✓ Revise
❏ Understand Today we are focused on a new stage in the writing process. Summarize first two stages, read ❏ Edit
❏ Remember notes for third stage. Discuss that revision is extremely important no matter what style of writing ❏ Finalize
you are doing, and that you can use the same method of revision we are doing with our poems Vocabulary
Differentiation Strategies Utilized today with your essay for your SOL
✓ Co-teaching - explain and introduce the STAR method of revision.
❏ Task
❏ Grouping I have a rough draft that I would like your help on. I’ve already started to make some revisions,
❏ Resources/Materials but I know that there are still a lot of ways that it could be better.
❏ Pacing - Share with students my rough draft and revised poem next to each other with the changes
❏ Outcome color coded according to the type of change. Talk through choices I made and why I did
❏ Dialogue & Support that.
❏ Assessment
Students will score my essay based on the rubric (word choice and ideas) and offer a rainbow and
a wish related to my word choice and ideas. We will then continue to revise the essay to address
the wishes.
Student Motivation
Total Participation Techniques Reminders
Independent Practice:
✓ Think-Pair-Share Tasks Are:
With their poem students will start to work on the Poetry Revision worksheet and then revise their
❏ Quick-Write ❏ Relevant &
poem.
❏ Quick-Draw Interesting?
1st part- self reflection checklist
✓ Thumb Up / Down Vote ❏ Incorporate Choice?
2nd part- peer feedback- Rainbows and Wishes
❏ Hold-Ups ✓ Incorporate Social
3rd part- write a goal for your poem.
❏ Chalkboard Splash Interaction?
❏ Other _________________ ✓ Are of Appropriate
Revise poem on Google classroom doc using suggesting tool that way they can see how much
they have changed. Level of Difficulty?

Closing:
 Beverley Manor Middle School
Language Arts
Daily Lesson Plan
Share with a partner one goal that you want to accomplish during revisions.

Additional Notes, If Necessary: