CEP Lesson Plan Form

Teacher: Amanda Nickless Date: 04/18/17

School: Fort Collins High School Grade Level: 10 Content

Area: World Lit. and Comp.

Title: Book Club Foundations Lesson #: 1

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Content Standard(s) addressed by this lesson: (Write Content Standards

directly from the standard)

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.9-10.1

Initiate and participate effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-

one, in groups, and teacher-led) with diverse partners on grades 9-10 topics, texts,
and issues, building on others' ideas and expressing their own clearly and
persuasively.

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.9-10.1.B

Work with peers to set rules for collegial discussions and decision-making (e.g.,
informal consensus, taking votes on key issues, presentation of alternate views),
clear goals and deadlines, and individual roles as needed.

Inquiry Questions: (Essential questions relating knowledge at end of the unit of

instruction, select applicable questions from standard)

What makes a successful group project?

What are my expectations in a book club?

Evidence Outcomes: (Learning Targets)

Every student will be able to: (Create your own lesson objectives from the
standard, follow the ABCD format, using student voice)

I can:

Set the foundation for a successful book club experience by:

1) Reflecting on positive group work

2) Understanding my group responsibilities

3) Setting group norms.

List of Assessments: (Write the number of the learning target associated with
each assessment)

1) Prewrite and Discussion

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2) Creating bookmark

3) Filling out norming sheet within groups

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Planned Lesson Activities

Name and Purpose of Lesson Book Club Foundations
Should be a creative title for you and the This lesson is designed to set up positive book club experiences for the
students to associate with the activity. students. It allows them to set norms and makes them aware of both
Think of the purpose as the mini-rationale my expectations, and the expectations of other members of their
for what you are trying to accomplish groups.
through this lesson.
Approx. Time and Materials 50 Minutes
How long do you expect the activity to PowerPoint with Plan and Pre-Write
last and what materials will you need? Norming sheets for each group
Bookmarks to pass out to students
Scissors
Appropriate Amount of Book Club Books

Anticipatory Set For this lesson, the anticipatory set is the prewrite. The prewrite allows
The hook to grab students attention. the students to begin setting their own expectations about group work,
These are actions and statements by the and to reflect on what successful group work looks like to them.
teacher to relate the experiences of the
students to the objectives of the lesson,
To put students into a receptive frame of
mind.
To focus student attention on the
lesson.
To create an organizing framework
for the ideas, principles, or
information that is to follow
(advanced organizers)
An anticipatory set is used any time a
different activity or new concept is to be
introduced.
Procedures Teacher Actions Student Actions
(Include a play-by-play account of what 10 Minutes: Facilitate conclusion of 10 Minutes: Actively Participate in
students and teacher will do from the Fishbowl Discussion from previous the conclusion of the Fishbowl
minute they arrive to the minute they lesson Discussion
leave your classroom. Indicate the length 3 Minutes: Ask students to get out 3 Minutes: Get out laptop and

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of each segment of the lesson. List actual their laptops listen to instructions
minutes.) Read and explain both eJournal
Indicate whether each is: and pre-write prompt to students
-teacher input 5 Minutes: Take attendance while 5 Minutes: Complete the prewrite
-modeling students complete prewrite
-questioning strategies 5 Minutes: Facilitate discussion of 5 Minutes: Participate in discussion
-guided/unguided: prewrite 7 Minutes: Fold bookmark and
-whole-class practice 7 Minutes: Hand out book marks listen to instructions on how they
-group practice explain bookmarks (how to fold, will be used
-individual practice how they will be used)
-check for understanding 7 Minutes: Explain norming sheets, 7 Minutes: Listen to explanation of
-other display book club groups and allow norming sheets, find a book and
students to get books and get into get into a group
groups 11 Minutes: Discuss norms with
11 Minutes: Circulate while groupcopy down page number
students have their first book club breakdown
meeting 2 Minutes: Reflect on success
2 Minutes: Review objectives and criteria individually
preview students for next period
Closure The closure for this lesson is the last couple minutes when I take the
Those actions or statements by a teacher time to review the learning target as a class and ensure all groups feel
that are designed to bring a lesson prepared for their next book club meeting.
presentation to an appropriate conclusion.
Used to help students bring things
together in their own minds, to make
sense out of what has just been taught.

Differentiation This lesson, and the unit with book clubs, utilizes built in differentiation
To modify: If the activity is too advanced through employing a variety of checks for understanding in which
for a child, how will you modify it so that students can get support from the instructor or from peers. Students
they can be successful? have also been given choice about books prior to this lesson, where a
To extend: If the activity is too easy for a variety of texts allowed to accommodate varied student abilities.
child, how will you extend it to develop
their emerging skills?
Assessment 1) Prewrite and Discussion
How will you know if students met the

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learning targets? Write a description of 2) Creating bookmark

what you were looking for in each
assessment. 3) Filling out norming sheet within groups

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Post Lesson Reflection

1. To what extent were lesson objectives achieved? (Utilize

assessment data to justify your level of achievement)

2. What changes, omissions, or additions to the lesson would

you make if you were to teach again?

3. What do you envision for the next lesson? (Continued practice,

reteach content, etc.)

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