StudentTeacher:_KarineDeschamps_

Daily lesson plan

Group:
mins

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Grade level /Program: Sec.4 PEI

Period length: 75

Goals for the period (what do you want students to walk away with?)

By the end of the class I want the students to understand what is expected of them for the poetry memorization project. They will
also know which strategies they can choose from in order to successfully learn a poem (or anything else by heart).
I will know they can do this when they come up with a list of strategies that they could use and choose at least one they will use
and hand in their exit card with their choice at the end of the period.

Competencies to be developed

Evaluation criteria (What will you EVALUATE today?) NO EVALUATION TODAY

C1
C2
C3

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C1: __ Participation in oral interaction __ Content of message __ Articulation of

message
C2: __ Evidence of Understanding __ Reinvestment of understanding
C3: __ Content of message __ Formulation of message

Functional Language for speaking

and writing (expressions)

Learning strategy:

Whatdoyouthink Cooperative
learning
Thispoemisabout
(love,death,power
Cooperative learning techniques:

[ ] Think-Pair-Share
[ ] Pair work
[ ] Jigsaw

Language conventions (grammar &

punctuation)

Vocabulary Focus:
(Up to 8 words you want students to learn today)

Poetry

Theme

Teacher-centred techniques:

Techniques

[ ] Graffiti
[ ] Teacher-led discussion [ ] Individual
[ ] Learning groups Work
[ ] Cold calling
[ ] Scaffolding

[ ] Readers Theatre
[ ] Choral Reading
[ ] Student generated

[ ] Competition
[ ] Gaming:
[ ] Other:

Period Start-up Routines (Attendance, Menu on board, collecting homework, handing out materials, silent reading etc.)

Greetatdoorandgivethemapaperwithapoetsnameonitthesewillbeusedforquickgroupformation
lateron.Menuonboard,attendance,quotationswrittenonboard(4mins)
Poetryisawayoftakinglifebythethroat.

RobertFrost

PoetryistruthinitsSundayclothes.

JosephRoux
1.

Activity

(Activate prior Intro

Break it down into point form steps for students

Write the instructions you will give students

Teaching techniques
Individual / paired / groups
cooperative learning structure?)

Activation of prior knowledge

Whole class
1) Last class, we played memory games and explored
some strategies that we can use to memorize things we
Teacher centered
want to learn .What are some of those strategies again?
T.
writes onTeacher
board, points
posters.
Modelling:
reads to
a short
poem aloud, projects the Whole class
poem on the S.B., and invites students to analyse the
Teacher-Centered
poem together; provides information and insight where
Modelling
needed.
Waiting for Marianne by Leonard Cohen

2014-2015 Daily lesson planning template

Rationale

Min.

(Your pedagogical reasons / Goals

What teaching STEP is this?)

Refresh memory about

strategies, start thinking
about poetry

Before asking students to

analyze a poem, we will do
one together.

5
7

1.

Activity

Break it down into point form steps for students

Write the instructions you will give students

Teams analyze: All teammates read the poem.

2 or 3 teammates analyze the general meaning of the
poem.
1 teammate with a smart phone does some research
about the poem and the poet.
They determine together who will read the poem aloud,
who will report their analyses, and who will tell classmates
about the research findings.

Teaching techniques
Individual / paired / groups
cooperative learning structure?)

Cooperative learning
4 teams of 4, 2 teams of
3

Goal? Closure:

Min.

Students work together to 10

understand the poem and
analyze it in a general way.
They negotiate for roles.

All those with Adrienne

Rich on their paper, join
together in this corner of
the room, etc.

Teams present:
Whole class
One or more students read the poem
Another student gives us a summary of their analyses
Another student tells us about the context surrounding the
poem and salient facts about the poem or poet (historical
context, background information about the author,
importance of the poem itself, etc.)
Classmates listen and make their choice of poem to learn
based on presentations.

Poem Choice:
Sign-up sheets for each poem will be posted around the
room
Exit card:
Take out a piece of loose-leaf.
Students will be asked to: 1) write your name, 2)write the
poem of your choice, 3)why you chose it, 4) what

Rationale
(Your pedagogical reasons / Goals
What teaching STEP is this?)

Sign-up sheets posted

on the wall, prior
Individual

Students are exposed to

36
poems from male and
female poets from various
eras and various cultural
contexts. They build their
appreciation for the art-form
as well as their self-efficacy
understanding poetry.
Students have an
opportunity to speak to the
whole class. Students listen
and choose the poem they
want to learn.
Students know where the
4
sheets are posted, they will
get their first or second
I will know their choicse
3
and whether they feel
confident about their
choice.

End of class reminders / routines ... hook them for the next class

Exitcardhandin.Forthenext2classes,wewillhearyourinterpretations!
Anticipated problems
Timing

Solutions/Plan B
Press students to be efficient with their time during presentation. If
extra time, show a you tube clip of a 10th grade poetry recitation
competition winner. URL https://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=ZpuGuqfvgv0

Materials to prepare
Online timer for teamwork
Cards with poets names on them for group formation
Sign-up sheets for each poem to be posted on the wall x7
Handout explaining the project and the evaluation rubric x26

Homework (to assign and collect)

Be ready to recite your poem next class!

Daily lesson planning template 2014-2015

Extra prep: watch this at home for inspiration

10th grade poetry recitation winner
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZpuGuqfvgv0

Post-teaching
assessment

Your reflections

1. Extent to which goals for

this period were reached
(based on observable
elements from criteria OR
based on targeted criteria)
0%? 100%?
2. Strong points including
what can be kept
(classroom management,
pacing, teaching
strategies, student
response, goals set,
activities)

3. Problems encountered
(classroom management,
pacing, teaching
strategies, student
response, goals set,
activities)
4. Changes to be made for
future periods (If you had
to do it again...)
Add the proposed
changes to your lesson
plan using the track
changes function.

Daily lesson planning template 2014-2015