Sample Lesson Plan – Secondary Level

Lesson Plan – DAY #5

PLANNING PHASE
Performance/ Task-based Objectives:

1. 
   Students will be able to orally present their ‘season’ poster to the class in English.
   
2. 
   Students will be able to work together in teams during the unit review game activity.
   
3. 
   Students will be able to correctly answer questions during the game activity to demonstrate comprehension and retention of topics reviewed during the unit.
   

Lesson Outline:
National TESOL Standards:

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  Goal 1, Standards 1, 2, 3
  
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  Goal 2, Standards 1, 2, 3
  
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  Goal 3, Standards 1, 2
  

TEACHING PHASE
(1) Preparation
Warm-up Activity: The teacher puts up a list of trivia/ fun facts about each of the four seasons using either an overhead projector or ‘doc cam’. She asks for volunteers to read each item aloud to the class.
Prior knowledge: Many students are familiar with the popular TV game show ‘Jeopardy,’ after which the unit review game activity is modeled.
Language Goals: (How is instruction scaffolded/ differentiated for a wide array of ELLs?)
This lesson is scaffolded for lower level ELLs by incorporating lots of visual aids during the poster presentations and game activity. They will also have the support of their teammates during the game. The Jeopardy game is differentiated for all levels because the answers on the game board will be ranked in order from easiest to hardest in language level proficiency.
(2) Presentation

Activities

Multilevel activities:
Students briefly present their posters to the class, describing what they included on their posters and why.

The teacher divides the class into two or three teams, being careful to achieve a balanced mix of ELLs at different proficiency levels in each group. She then reviews the game rules and models how the game is played using volunteers. In addition to the basic rules of ‘Jeopardy,’ the teacher provides specific team rules, which encourage/ require all students to participate.

The class then plays the ‘Jeopardy: Four Seasons’ game, which has the following five categories: Calendar, Activities, Holidays, Weather, and a fifth ‘mystery’ column. The game is designed to review topics, vocabulary, etc. that were presented and practiced during the unit on Seasons.

Four Skills:

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  Listening: Students listen as other students present their posters. Students listen as each Jeopardy answer is read aloud; they must then listen to their teammates as they determine the correct question response.
  
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  Speaking: Students orally present their posters to the rest of the class. They also speak to their teammates during the game and present their responses orally to the teacher.
  
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  Reading: Students read the Jeopardy categories and game answers as they appear on the game board.
  
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  Writing: Students write out some of their own Jeopardy answers for the teacher to use for additional rounds of the game.