Lesson Plan ~ The Academy for Technology & the Classics ~ Cultivating Fearless Learners

Instructors name:
Ayers

Course/Grade:
Grade 11 AP Language and Composition

Week of:

Unit Name:

04/11 04/15

PARCC ASSESSMENTS

(1A)*Essential

Question(s):
How does the author utilize diction, organization and
character development to create a quality piece of nonfiction?
(1A) Common Core/State Standards:
W.11-12; RI.11-12; SL.11-12
(1E) Other considerations: Modifications, accommodations,
acceleration, ELL, etc. All accommodations and modifications
indicated in student IEPs will be followed. Any needs of ELL students
(modification of assignment length, modification of assignment
complexity, modification of source reading, etc.) will be implemented.

Connections (prior/future learning):

Students will connect with past experience analyzing nonfiction work.
(1A/1B)

(1D) Resources/Materials:

Computers
PARCC Assessments
Norton Reader

Assessment (How will you monitor progress and know students have successfully met outcomes? What happens
when students understand and when they dont understand?
(1F)

Daily: direct observation

This Week: PARCC Exams
Goals/Objectives
MONDAY
(1C) Learning Target: Students will show improved skills
in multiple choice completion by answering items on an
online platform.
(1C) Do Now: What strategies do you plan to employ in
order to do well on the PARCC exams?
In class, students will read College Pressures in the
Norton Reader. They will prepare themselves for a
Socratic dialogue in Friday.
When the reading is complete, students will take a
laptop and begin practice items on Learnerator.com.

PARCC EXAMS
WEDNESDAY

PARCC EXAMS
:
THURSDAY

PARCC EXAMS

Lesson Activities for instructor and students

(1F)Embedded Formative Assessment: multiple choice

items
(1B)Closing Activity: As a whole class, we will discuss what
we learned today and how we will use these skills in the
future.

FRIDAY
(1C) Learning Target: Students will improve their skills in
speaking and listening. They will show their learning by
engaging in Socratic dialogue.
Do Now: Please produce the opening question(s) you
have prepared for todays discussion. Be ready to share
it with the class and explain why this particular question
is important to you and important for us to explore.
(1C)

(1F)Embedded Formative Assessment: Observation of

oral discussion and written notes
(1B)Closing

Activity: Students will briefly discuss high

points and areas of growth in the Socratic dialogue.

Socratic dialogue: College Pressures from the Norton

Reader
*Refers to NMTEACH Rubric:
1A-Demonstrating knowledge of content
1B-Designing coherent instruction
1C-Setting Instructional outcomes
1D-Demonstrating knowledge of resources
1E-Demonstrating knowledge of students
1F-Designing student assessment

Formative Assessment includes, but is not limited to:

Exit tickets, white board response, consensagrams, red/green cards, formal or
informal student conferences, sticky note assessment.