Lesson Plan Format

Kristina Mayfield, Jaime Factor, and Wyatt Freeman

History, Special Ed, and Communication
English
10 th grade
Persuasive Essay Writing
Topic
State Standards

ISTE Standards

addressed in lesson activity:

Standard 2: Modes and Forms of Writing. The student will write for a
variety of purposes and audiences using creative, narrative,
descriptive, expository, persuasive, and reflective modes.
addressed in lesson activity:
Standard 4: Students use critical thinking skills to plan and conduct
research, manage projects, solve problems, and make informed
decisions using appropriate digital tools and resources.

Materials

Handout with graphic organizer: 1 containing views

supportive of the War on Terror; 1 containing views against
the War on Terror

Learning Objective

TSW form an educated opinion about the justifications

behind the War on Terror/ Iraq and write an essay to support
his or her views with Logos, Pathos, and Ethos statements.

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Prior Knowledge,
Bellwork, or
Pre-Lesson Work

Hook, Launch, or
Beginning of Lesson

Class Discussion or
Whole Class Instruction

5 minutes

5-10 minutes

20 minutes

TTW informally assess students current

knowledge about The War on Terror,
by asking if they know what year Iraq was
invaded by the United States
TTW ask students if they who Saddam
Hussein is
TTW show students:
http://www.history.com/this-day-inhistory/war-in-iraq-begins

TTW present 1 video introducing Iraq War/

War on Terror.
TTW stop periodically and ask students to
express support for one position or the
other
TTW refer back to 3 examples of a thesis
statement using Ethos, Logos, and Pathos
from slide show presentation
TSW compose an essay that supports or
does not support War on Terror/ Iraq War

Independent Practice or
Group Work

Dr. Jessica Koch

10-15 minutes

Differentiation:
visual impairments: print out each slide to
aid students with visual impairments.
Refer back to examples of 3 theses
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Commented [1]: Assessment piece? If so, good tie in.

Higher level: Students who seem to finish

quickly- encourage these students to
proofread, changing sentence beginnings,
writing with compound, complex, and
compound-complex sentences.

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Closure and
Summative Assessment

Dr. Jessica Koch

5 minutes

TTW ask students again if they have any

questions, as well as walk around the room
to see how the students are progressing on
their essays.
Essays will be assessed on if they meet
criteria of at least five paragraphs, a thesis,
proper citation (as is stressed in all classes),
and defending position with three
supporting statements (scholarly sources)

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