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Modified SIOP Lesson Plan

STANDARDS: Grade 11-12




THEME: Adolescent Literature
LESSON TOPIC: Micro-Teach Adolescent Literature Using Multimedia
OBJECTIVES:
Language: Students will be able to observe and express their opinions about the book cover
Students will be able to illustrate what they learn about Christopher by listing some
essential features
Content: Students will be able to identify the unique qualities about the narrator which the
teacher raises in several discussions
Students will be able to create a mind map to distinguish the characters and define their
relationship with Christopher

LEARNING STRATEGIES:
-Guiding questions and critical thinking
-Decoding
-Observation
-Whole class discussion
-Group discussion
-Interpreting facial expressions
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-Drawing mind map
- Creating a journal
-Note-taking
MATERIALS: Smart board, PowerPoint, paper, pencil/marker/crayon, computer
MOTIVATION: (Building background)
The purpose of designing the symbols and put it next to the novel is to lead the students to step
into Christophers world. Christopher is a special boy who has his own analysis and
interpretation about the world. Throughout the whole book, the narrator, Christopher himself,
will lead the readers to decode how he sees the world.
-The teacher shows students the book and asks them to observe the book. Do they find
something interesting about the book? (One of the students should be able to discover that all the
chapters are labeled in prime numbers)
-To raise students interests and curiosity, the teacher shows PPT slide 1. It is the cover of the
book. The teacher asks students to read the cover and talk about the book.

The teacher can ask students the following questions:
1. What is special about the cover?
2. What do you think the book is about?
3. Do you think it is a novel about a dog?
4. Why is the picture of the dog upside down?
5. What are the mysterious symbols next to the cover? Are they some kind of codes? Can you
decode the symbols?


PRESENTATION: (Language and content objectives, comprehensible input, strategies,
interaction, feedback)
-The focus of this lesson is to introduce the narrator, Christopher to the students. Students are
going to get to know him, to read with him and discover all the hidden mysteries with him,
including who is the murder of his neighbors dog.
-To motivate, engage student participation in class, activate students prior knowledge and raise
their curiosity of Christopher, the teacher asks students to think of a facial expression in mind
and draw on the board. The teacher asks the class to guess what the faces look like to them. The
teacher then shows slide 2 and 3 and asks students how they interpret those facial expressions.

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Modified SIOP Lesson Plan

The teacher can ask students the following questions:
1. Do you know what those pictures mean?
2. How do you interpret those facial expressions?
3. Do you know when someone is happy, sad, angry, frustrated or excited? How do you know?
After the discussion, the teacher will play the video clip on YouTube (slide 4). It is a monologue
by Christopher.


PRACTICE AND APPLICTION: (Meaningful activities, interaction, strategies, practice
and application, feedback)
- The teacher divides students into several group and assigns reading chapters for the groups.
Each group has to draw a mind map about the characters they read in the assigned chapter and
define their relationship.
-Each group has to keep a journal and write about the events, characters and their own thoughts
about the book.

REVIEW AND ASSESSMENT: (Review objectives and vocabulary, assess learning)
Book Trailer
-The teacher plays the book trailer (slide 5). After the video, the teacher asks students to discuss
something they found might be hints about the book.
Guiding questions:
Can you tell me something more about the book? The boy? The dog? The mother? The
relationship between the boy and the father?
-After finishing the book, each group has to create their own book trailer as the final project.


EXTENSION: It is not very often that readers can meet the author and talk about the book. It
is very exciting to hear what the author says about the origins of the book.
An interview with the author, Mark Haddon. See how he talks about his own view about this
book (slide 6).