Brettani Berry

NEVADASTATECOLLEGE TEACHERPREPARATIONPROGRAM LESSONPLANFORMAT Description of Classroom: This is a fourth grade classroom. Background: Students are currently working on summarizing and comprehension from readings. This two-day lesson will introduce students to the lyric summarizing tool, which will help them to summarize & comprehend information. Students are at an acquisition level. Content Objective(s): SWBAT describe the physical & personality traits of characters in the story entitled The Pit and the Pendulum. SWD ability to use reading strategies to summarize and comprehend information using a lyric summary. Language Objective(s): SW write a lyric summary and conduct one on their own. SW participate in group discussions. Nevada Standards: 3.4.9 Summarize formation
inability to summarize Information using a given format. Ability to summarize information. Ability to summarize information from above grade level text.

Key Vocabulary: Character Lyric summary Best Practices: Preparation _ Adaptation of content _ Links to background X Links to past learning X Strategies incorporated Integration of Processes X Listening X Speaking X Reading X Writing Teaching Strategies: Guided Comprehension Model Scaffolding X Modeling X Guided practice X Independent practice X Verbal scaffolds X Procedural scaffolds Application _ Hands-on X Authentic (Meaningful) X Linked to objectives X Promotes engagement Grouping Options X Whole Class X Small groups _ Partners _ Independent Assessment X Individual _ Group X Written _ Oral

Warm Up Activity: Teacher will lead class discussion to review what a summarization is. Students will engage in a story preview. She will point out the picture of "The Pit and the Pendulum, the main character, on the cover. Students are able to look at the pictures but are not given the opportunity to read the text yet. In their reading journals, students will be asked to respond to the following prompt: Based on what youve seen, what do you think the main character in this book will be like? (PREVIEW) Students are encouraged to make a variety of predictions (both physical & personality traits.) Lesson Sequence: Teaching Ideas: Lyric Summaries Text: "The Pit and the Pendulum" Explain: I explain summarizing and focused on using lyric summaries with narrative text. I explain that we would be selecting a familiar tune, such as a current pop song to use as the music for our lyric summaries and that we would format our writing as actual song lyrics. Demonstrate: To demonstrate, I used "The Pit and the Pendulum. Noting that we had different musical taste, I allowed students to vote on their favorite song. We analyze the top three songs students chose, and voted on Justin Bebers hit song, Baby. Next, we choose the essential story information. I used a think-aloud to begin the summary. I wrote the information on the board. Guide: Students volunteer information and I record it on the board. When we thought we had everything we needed, we reviewed the entire list. Then we began to write lyrics. I composed the first line to demonstrate how to change a word choice to make them fit. I initially used put on a fake face as an end word, then decided that it might be difficult to find a rhyming word. Practice: Students took over the lyric writing responsibilities with my continued guidance. They proposed numerous lines plus changes in ideas, word order, and word choices throughout the process. They voted on any significant changes. Reflect: After completing our whole group lyric summary, we reflected on what information needed to be included in a good summary, and how writing lyric summaries helped us comprehend. Chorus: He must die, must die, must die, oh Must die, must die, must die, oh Must die, must die, must die, oh Plot and plan for his death, yea Verse: He puts a fake smile on his face. He wants to kill him Hes a disgrace He wants his heart He wants his blood He wants to kill him and he thinks he should He plot and planed it The guy dont understand it

He tricks him To a wine tasting No one is home so he brings him there Go under ground to his wine cellar Wall of bricks and now hes dead Chorus 2x Stage Two: Teacher- Guided small- group instruction Review: Review comprehension strategies and concentrate on summarizing Guide: Guide students on reading other short stories. After reading, guide students in creating a lyric summary. Practice: The students complete the summary and I offer my assistance Reflect: Reflect on how lyric summary helped us understand what we read. Student-Facilitated Comprehension Centers Research and Resource Center: Students work in groups to create a lyric summary of the short story they had recently read Student- Facilitated Comprehension Routines Literacy Circles: pairs of students use partner reading to read a story of their choice and create a lyric summary. Reciprocal Teaching: Students create lyric summary based on books recently read. Questioning the author: Students create lyric summary based on their author queries and responses for the book they had just finished reading.

Accommodations: The teacher will continually monitor student activity during the whole group reading, providing any necessary scaffolds or added support to aid any students who are having difficulty. By working in teacher guided reading groups, this should also enhance & support instruction for students who are struggling. Supplementary Materials: "The Pit and the Pendulum" Summarizing lyric poster Summarizing lyric student copies Review/Assessment: Student understanding will be assessed through teacher monitoring during all parts of the lesson. The teacher will provide written feedback in the students journal entries & students lyric summary Reflection: The lesson went very well. Next time I need to plan for more time.