SIOP Lesson Plan Template 2

STANDARDS: Standard - CC.1.1.5.E: Read with accuracy and fluency to support

comprehension: Read on-level text with purpose and understanding. Read on-level text orally
with accuracy, appropriate rate, and expression on successive readings. Use context to confirm or
self-correct word recognition and understanding, rereading as necessary.
Standard - CC.1.2.5.F: Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in grade
level text, including interpretation of figurative language.

THEME: African American Poetry

LESSON TOPIC: ELA: Poetry
OBJECTIVES:
Language:
The student will be able to infer the meaning of new vocabulary words based on the
context of the poem they appear in.

Content:
The student will be able to linguistically and non-linguistically summarize the purpose of
the poem.

LEARNING STRATEGIES: Hands on activities, personal experiences as related to the poem,

creating a visual representation of vocabulary, and sharing/discussions.

KEY VOCABULARY: sprint, proclaim, and champion.

MATERIALS: "Activation and Motivation" poem, dice game, contruction paper and crayons,
lined paper, picture flashcards.

MOTIVATION:
(Building background)
The teachers will ask the student when he has "come home" before in relation to the poem. The
teachers will ask the student whether or not he has ever read a poem before and what a poem
means to him personally. (Does he like poetry? Why or why not?) The student will then list words
on a mini white board that remind him of poetry.

PRESENTATION:
(Language and content objectives, comprehensible input, strategies, interaction, feedback)
The student will read the poem, "Activation and Motivation" and the teachers will ask him whether
or not the words he initially listed still apply. The student will be asked to list the new words that
relate to the poem, "Activation and Motivation." The student will then draw a picture that he feels
represents the meaning and or purpose of the poem. The teachers will then hone in on the three
vocabulary words: sprint, champion, and proclaim. The teachers will ask the student to identity
what the words mean based on the context of the poem and their purpose within the poem.

PRACTICE AND APPLICATION:

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(Meaningful activities, interaction, strategies, practice and application, feedback)
The student will be showed image flash cards that non-linguistically represent each of the three
words. The teachers will ask the student if he thinks the word still means what he initially
thought. The student will be asked to think of synonymns and antonymns for the word. The
student will then be given a vocabulary dice game that allows the student to roll a large dice so
that he may land on a variety of scenarios ranging from: "define the word," "draw it!",
"something that means the same", "act it out", "what does it remind you of", and "something that
means the opposite."

REVIEW AND ASSESSMENT:

(Review objectives and vocabulary, assess learning)
The student will be assessed throughout the lesson based on his ability to contextually define the
vocab words and to reflect on the purpose of the poem. The student will then be assessed based
on his ability to write three sentences using the three vocabulary words that relate to the concept
of "coming home." The student will also be asked to orally state what the poem was about.

EXTENSION:
Content Achieved: The student will examine the implementation of figurative language and how
said language creates images in the reader's mind. The student can discuss and explore how
figurative languge creates a tone in a poem.
Content not achieved: Introduce supplemental videos that represent the meaning of the word,
implement a more thorough, in-depth step by step discussion of what the poem may mean. The
student will finally be introduced to a glogster that breaks down the vocabulary words into
accessible components.
(Reproduction of this material is restricted to use with Echevarria, Vogt, and Short, 2008. Making Content
Comprehensible for English Learners: The SIOP Model.)

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