Sample Reading Lesson Plan 2019
Reading Lesson Plan Part II: “The Trouble with Television”
Date(s): 2/28-3/13 (extended time due to Terra-Nova Testing)
Class: 8 ELA
When: 2nd period
Standards Assessed: RI.1.3, RI.2.4, 3.8, W.1.1.a-e, W.2.6, W. 3.9, 4.10, SL.1.1, L.3.4, L.3.5, L.3.6
SWBAT: Students will investigate various persuasive techniques and apply what they’ve learned when they write a persuasive essay on a topic of their choice.
Essential Question: How much information is enough?
Academic Vocabulary: adjectives, alliteration, loaded words, anecdotes, assertion, bias, connotation, credibility (appeal to authority), evidence, exaggeration, figurative language, generalizations, jargon, pronouns, attacks, appeals to reason, appeals to emotion, repetition, rhetorical questions, fallacies
Values Infusion: Students are to be Christ-centered when choosing sides of the persuasive essay topics.
Topic: Persuasive Writing Techniques and the Prewriting Process
Materials: Pearson, “The Trouble with Television”, Persuasive Technique Posters, Persuasive Techniques Study Buddy kit, MAP data, Support for Writing to Sources: Evaluation WS with essential question (big question) vocabulary—WSs 78, 83
Lesson Background: Students are preparing to write a persuasive essay utilizing at least three of the techniques they have learned in class. Students will identify which techniques his or her study buddy used in his or her essay. Therefore, students must master the techniques before he or she can apply them.
Lesson Day 1: Students are introduced to 15 other persuasive techniques (that are not in the narrative essay they studied, “The Trouble with Television.” Students get in study buddy groups to work on the Persuasive Techniques Prewriting assignment with their classmates to learn about these new techniques.
Lesson Days 2-3: Students continue to work on the Persuasive Techniques Prewriting sheet in their study buddy groups.
Lesson Day 4: Students review the persuasive essay, “The Trouble with Television,” and discuss the five different persuasive techniques that MacNeil uses in his essay. Students identify those techniques and discuss how they are or are not effectively using the prewriting worksheet. Students discuss their findings with their study buddies.
Lesson Days 5-10 (extended time due to Terra-Nova Testing): Students begin their rough drafts on a persuasive topic of their choice. They must use at least three different techniques in their essays. Students will then peer edit/assess essays and identify the techniques and rate whether or not it was effective or not.
