EDUC 2220 Lesson Plan Template.docx

The Bedroom ClockFatima AbdullahSeventh Grade/ Reading

Common Core Standards:

Key Ideas and Details RL.68.1bLocate text to support answers to literal and inferential questions.

RL.68.3bDescribe a storys plot and how the events lead to a solution.

Craft and Structure

RL.68.6aExplain how changing the point of view would change the story

RL.68.6cIdentify who is telling the story (narrator vs. character)

Lesson Summary:

Students will be reading a fictional short story. In this lesson, students will have to answer questions about the story. They will be answering various questions about the characters, events and setting on Google Form. Then the students will participate in a group discussion with the teacher about the answers they chose. By the end of this lesson students will be able to understand point of view and plot.

Estimated Duration:

50 minute periods, lesson divided into two days.

Commentary:

I think the biggest challenge is helping students understand point of view and plot. I hope what gets the students hooked is the storyline and discussing their answers to the questions with the class.

Instructional Procedures:

Day 1: For 40 minutes of the period, I will ask the class what they already know about point of view and plot. Then I will explain what point of view (first person, third person limited and omniscient ) is. Then I will tell the class what the definition of plot is. I will also talk about different books that has different points of views. For example, I might mention Harry Potter, which is written in third person. Like with point of view, I would also give examples of different movies with distinct plots. I will be using a PowerPoint to present the information. During the last 10 minutes of the class period, I will ask students to read The Bedroom Clock. Then the students will have to type in on Google Form which paragraph of the story is in what point of view. If these questions are not answered in class, the students will have to do the assignment for homework.

Day 2I will spend 2 minutes picking up homework questions from the day before. Then I will refresh the students memory on point of view and plot. This should take 10 minutes. Then I will ask the students to give an example of plot from their favorite movie or book. I want each student to write down their answers on a sheet of paper and hand it to me. I expect this to take 5 minutes. Then I will ask them to read through The Bedroom Clock again to find the answers to another Google Form. I predict this will take them about 11 minutes. For the remaining 22 minutes, I will go over the questions and tell them the answers. I will also tell them the answers to the other Google Form from the day before. I will discuss why the answers are correct and why the other choices are wrong. Then I will ask the class what they thought about the story.

Pre-Assessment:

Before I get started on my powerpoint lecture, I could ask the class what they already know about point of view and plot. I would tell them to raise their hands if they knew about the concept or not.

Scoring Guidelines:

I will score the pre-assessment based upon how many hands went up for yes when I asked about who knew the concept or not.

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Post-Assessment:

I would use the second Google Form as a Post assessment.

Scoring Guidelines:

I would score it based off how many questions the student got right.

Differentiated Instructional Support

To challenge a gifted student, I would ask them to write their own short story. It would be six paragraphs. Two paragraphs for first person, two for third person limited and two for omniscient. The story would have to include a plot also.

For someone who is struggling, I would tell them to understand what first person, third person limited, omniscient and plot is. I would ask them to review the notes on the powerpoint a few times also. I would also tell the student to watch the videos I have in the extension section.

Extensionhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-tgpJWI8wUkA video about omniscient

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6OGMlrRSALY Point of View

Homework Options and Home ConnectionsThe first Google Form would be homework for the students.

Interdisciplinary Connections

I could strengthen the lesson by comparing the short story to other fictional work that is similar in writing.

Materials and Resources:

For teachers

Computer-(To access Powerpoint and Google Form)

For students

Laptop, paper, pen or pencil

Key VocabularyFirst PersonThird Person LimitedOmniscientPlot

Additional Notes

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1hmYAB4BsMjYhDadx7HgigrJ-vpOsR3M_KBfGJv-83zo/viewform?usp=send_form Point of View Questions

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1xSOuA49dTSCHnuh38Ms4eE7_fhgcQSpwAAVyVVlToU4/viewform?usp=send_form Plot and point of view questions

The Bedroom Clock By Fatima Abdullah Far, far away in a middle school students bedroom lived two teddy bears and one bearcat. Only the teddy bears lived peacefully on top of a dresser. Mr. Glasses, the large bear, spent his days sunbathing near the window and watching squirrels run up trees. Sunbathing and watching squirrels made Mr. Glasses feel happy. The small bear, Mr. Bowtie, enjoyed counting the hairs on his body. Mr. Bowtie felt a rush of excitement every time he counted a hair. Sometimes Mr. Bowtie watched the bearcat. He often wondered why the bearcat always looked angry. The bearcat, Mrs. Blue, did not have a task like the others. Instead, Mrs. Blue occupies herself by thinking about the bedroom clock.I hate that noise. The ticking of the bedroom clock annoys me so much. I can hear it ticking for hours and hours. I cant get the noise out my head; the constant ticking keeps going and going. I want to make it stop. I want to kill it so bad. I want to grab it and scratch it with my claws. I want to stomp on that stupid clock and tear it to pieces. I want to throw it against the wall and burn it! I want to burn it with matches and watch it disappear in the flames! I must stop this insanity, this constant ticking. I want my legs to move. Why wont my legs move? I want my legs to move! Move! Move!Before I could count the last hair on my arm, I hear a small grunting sound. I look on the other side of the dresser and spot Mrs. Blue. Her face looked angry like always, but this time she was staring at the bedroom clock. Every time the clocked ticked, she grunted. She continued the grunting exercise for several minutes. Then she paused for a few moments. I assumed she was tired and gave up. I knew I was wrong when I heard her grunting again and I noticed that the grunting was a bit louder than before. I watched her eagerly, waiting to see what would happen next. All of a sudden, her legs jumped up and she flew across the bedroom. For a split second I thought I saw a smile appear on her face as she soared through the air. I figured it was just my imagination because Mrs. Blue always looks angry. I thought she would hit the bedroom clock that was above the closed window. But she ended up slamming into the window and falling on top of Mr. Glasses who was near the edge of the window.