Your Name: Audrianna DeLacour

Title of Unit: How Has Great Technology Changed Us?

Title of Lesson: Day 15 How has great technology changed us? Discussion
Grade Level(s): Grade 11
Objective(s): Students will be able to interpret other students thoughts and ideas.
Students will be able to relate their ideas to other students ideas.
Students will be able to construct their own ideas based off of the
information theyre presented.
Students will be able to formulate their own opinion about technology and
how it changes us.
State Standards:
CC.1.2.11-12.A Determine and analyze the relationship between two or
more central ideas of a text, including the development and interaction of
the central ideas; provide an objective summary of the text.
CC.1.5.11-12.A Initiate and participate effectively in a range of
collaborative discussions on grade-level topics, texts, and issues, building
on others ideas and expressing their own clearly and persuasively.
CC.1.5.11-12.B Evaluate how the speakers perspective, reasoning, and
use of evidence and rhetoric affect the credibility of an argument through
the authors stance, premises, links among ideas, word choice, points of
emphasis, and tone.
CC.1.5.11-12.C Integrate multiple sources of information presented in
diverse formats and media (e.g. visually, quantitative, orally) in order to
make informed decisions and solve problems, evaluating the credibility
and accuracy of each source and noting any discrepancies among the data.
CC.1.5.11-12.G Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard
English when speaking based on grade 11-12 level and content.
Rationale: Students need to be able to speak effectively and intellectually about a topic
someday in real life. They also need to be able to form ideas on the spot after someone
else brings up a topic.
Procedures:
Lesson Beginning
Introductory Review
o Yesterday you had the persuasive magazine ad art gallery for the
technologies you created. How did you like that activity?
Motivation/Focus
o Have students talk with someone near them about something they could
change if they would have to do another persuasive ad someday

Anticipatory Set/Advance Organizer

o Have students make a note in their journal about the things they could change
and what they think they did well on

Lesson Development
Instruction (presentation of content with student involvement)
o Have students form a circle
o Explain that were discussing how great technology has changed us
o Tell students youd like them to incorporate everything weve talked about the
past three weeks into this discussion
Practice and Feedback
o Go over guidelines for participating in the discussion
These are the same as the guidelines from the Socratic seminar
o Give each student a rubric to fill out for the student to their right
o Make sure all students understand the rubric
Student Involvement
o Ask the question again
From what weve learned during this unit, how has great technology
changed us?
o Begin with having everyone write down their answer
o Have someone say their answer this will start conversation
o Try to have the students keep the conversation going
o If that does not work, come up with questions that relate to what theyve been
discussing to get them back on track
Follow-up questions
Application questions
o Have a closing question
Tell us if youve changed your mind about how great technology has
changed us and why
Lesson Ending
Review and Closure
o Exit slip
Reflect on technology, what youve learned about it, and how you feel
now
o Dont forget to hand in your journals before you leave! I will be grading
them over the weekend.
Preview of Next Lesson
o We will be beginning a new unit next week, so no homework. Have a great
weekend!
Assessment: I will be asking questions during the lesson and checking students answers,
correcting them when needed. The discussion will be assed by the rubrics. I will fill out
my own rubric for the students and then take the peer rubrics into consideration when

giving the students grades. The students journals will be collected every week for a
completion grade.
Materials Needed: Journals, computers, projection screen, chalkboard/whiteboard,
chalk/dry erase markers, lesson plan, rubrics.
References:
Haag, Karen. "Socratic Seminar Lesson Plan." (n.d.): n. pag. Liketoread.com.
Liketoread.com. Web. 6 Dec. 2016.
"Socratic Seminar Rules and Goals." Paideia. National Paideia Center, 05 Oct. 2015.
Web. 6 Dec. 2016.
"Strategies for Socratic Questioning." Paideia. National Paideia Center, 30 Nov. 2015.
Web. 6 Dec. 2016.
Special Adaptations: Do you need to make special adaptations for specific students?
How?
Anticipated Difficulties: Some students may not want to participate during the
discussion, resulting in bad grades. If I see anyone struggling, I will try to give them a
chance to speak or redirect the conversation.
Reflection: To be written after the lesson is used.