Learning-Focused Strategies Extending Refining Lesson Plan:
Name: Alexis Young, Emily McDuffie, Brooke Henderson, and Sara Lozano Date:
3/12/19 Grade Level: 4 Topic: Esperanza Rising Context: Anticipation
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ESSENTIAL QUESTION:
What is the most important
concept in this lesson? What
skills should the students
master?
What is the key question for this
lesson?
ACTIVATING STRATEGY:
How will you activate your
lesson, link to prior knowledge.
and promote knowledge of key
vocabulary words?
(Examples: KWL, word maps,
Wordsplash, etc.)
TEACHING STRATEGIES:
What instructional strategies will
you use in your lesson?
(Examples: graphic organizer,
distributed guided practice,
distributed summarizing,
collaborative pairs, etc.).
EATS
After watching the movie trailer, the student will reflect on what they think
will happen at the end of the book.
After reading the book the student will look back to what they predicted
will happen and if it happened or not. This will help them master
comprehension.
How will the student use their schema to predict what will happen in the
story? How will making predictions and using evidence to prove or
disprove their predictions help students’ comprehension?
We will watch a movie trailer with the student to activate their predictions
for what will happen in the book.
This will link their schema of other books the student has read to help
them predict what will happen.
The student will be focusing on the words predict, inference, and reflect.
I do:
 I will explicitly teach the students about making predictions and
checking their predictions with the text.
 I will show a movie clip to the students from the movie Toy Story,
and stop the clip in the middle to make predictions about what
will happen during the rest of the clip.
 I will play the clip all the way through and make notes when my
predictions are proved/disproved.
We do
 I will read a book to the students (I Need My Monster), and I will
ask them to make predictions of what they believe they will
happen in the story.
 I will write their predictions on the board.
 As we read the book, I will ask the students to make notes on
their paper in relation to the predictions that they made. Where
their predictions correct? Incorrect?
 Discuss the predictions that were made by the students, which
ones were correct? Which ones were incorrect? How do you
know?
 Introduce the Reading Rockets anticipations chart to the
students.
You do
 The students will watch the movie trailer for Esperanza Rising.
  After watching the trailer, they will look at the prediction
statements provided by the anticipation chart and decide
whether they agree or disagree with each prediction.
 As the students read the book Esperanza Rising, they will recall
the predictions that they made. As their predictions are
proved/disproved, they will write the page number where they
found the evidence, and also reflect on the prediction that they
made.

SUMMARIZING
STRATEGIES:
How will students summarize
what they are learning during
the lesson and at the end?
(Examples: Ticket out the Door,
3-2-1, etc.)
Answer the EQ.
The students will fill out a graphic organizer/chart that will display the
predictions they made, and will prove or disprove their predictions.
By filling out this chart, the students will be able to see the differences or
similarities in their predictions and the actual book. The students will add
evidence from the book or trailer to support their predictions. Referring
back to the graphic organizer and filling it in as they read will help the
students recall different parts of the novel, which will aid their
comprehension.

REFLECTION
How well did the student grasp
concepts in this lesson? Will you
use a re-teaching strategy after
this lesson?
Overall, I am hoping students will grasp the concept of the lesson. To
reflect on the book, students will get In small groups to discuss any
predictions made while reading Esperanza Rising. Students will will also
compare and contrast the hardships Esperanza face to other immigrants
and how her experience unique.

Resources and Artifacts

Anticipation Guide. (n.d.). Retrieved March 13, 2019, from
http://www.readingrockets.org/strategies/anticipation_guide

Esperanza Rising Discussion Questions. (n.d.). Retrieved March 12, 2019, from
https://www.scholastic.com/teachers/lesson-plans/teaching-content/esperanza-rising-discussion-
questions/