EXPLICIT INSTRUCTION LESSON PLAN FORMAT

Name: Heather Lamping

Lesson Title: Charlottes Web
Grade: 4th Grade
Elementary
Type of Lesson:
Practice/Review
(CHOOSE ONE)
Objective(s):
After the students have read the book,
they will be able to describe characters,
retell the main event, and give specific
examples from the story to support
what they are saying.

Date of lesson: November 4, 2015

Content Area: English
School: Milan
Multicultural Goals:
(based on Bennetts MC curriculum goals 16)
Assessment Tool(s): Worksheet and
informal assessment
Assessment Criteria: I am looking at how
the students is able to describe a
certain character, how a student
answers when asked to give the main
event of the story, and give specific
examples

Academic Standards:
4.RL.2.1 Refer to details and examples in a text when explaining what a text says
explicitly and when drawing
inferences from the text.
4.RL.2.2 Paraphrase or retell the main events in a story, myth, legend, or novel;
identify the theme and provide
evidence for the interpretation.
4.RL.2.3 Describe a character, setting, or event in a story or play, drawing on
specific details in the text, and how
that impacts the plot.
Differentiation/Adaptations: (How will my instruction be different for students who are not
yet ready for this level of skill; How will my instruction be different for students whose skills
are beyond this lesson?)

Same Skill one grade level below (include Standard)

Same Skill one grade level above (include Standard)

Background Knowledge/Prerequisite Skills:

For this lessons student will need to
know how to read a chapter book and
have an idea of how to describe the
characters in little detail.

Multiple Intelligences/Learning Styles &

Blooms Levels:
Linguistic, logical/mathematical,
spatial, interpersonal, intrapersonal

Materials: Books, paper, pencils,

computer, barn decorations, barn cutout

Technologies Implemented:
Computer

Modifications: Longer time to take test

More time to read the story
Notes given to student ahead of time
Anticipatory Set: At the beginning of the lesson I plan to have the room decorated
up in a barn theme. If possible have a barn cardboard cutout to help the students
get in the mood of reading the book. When the students walk into the room I will
have barn animal noises playing from the computer. Students will each have a
book at their desk and there will be place mats sat out around the rocking chair in
the library area for the students to sit on while we read the book together.

Procedures: For my lesson I plan to start out reading the book together and we will
be playing a game with the book called popcorn. It is when the teacher starts out
reading the first paragraph or so and then stops and picks someone else to read
the next paragraph or till they are ready for someone else to read. The student
then picks another student to read next and that continues until we are done
reading for the day. Through the book when a main character is mentioned I will
be asking the students who is this character. After we have finished reading for
the day I will then again ask the students to pick a main character and describe
them to me, and describe what part they play in the book. That will happen every
day when we read. After we have finished the book completely the students will
get in a group of 3 and will be asked to pick one character from the story and to
draw what they think they should look like. Then the students will present their
pictures to the rest of the class and describe the character they have chosen and
what impact that character had on the plot of the story. They will then be asked
to tell me on their own what the main event was in the whole story.
Closure: After the students have read the book, they will be able to describe
characters, retell the main event, and give specific examples from the story to
support what they are saying. The students will be required to take a worksheet
home as homework to complete and bring back the next day. It will help prepare
them for the test that is the next day. Then the next day when they bring back
the worksheet they will be required to complete a informal assessment to test
what they have learned and if they have learned about describing characters,
retelling the main event, and give specific examples from the book to support
their answers.
UDL Chart: