edTPA Lesson Plan

Grade Level: 12th grade

Subject / Content area: ELA
Unit of Study: Rhetorical choices
Lesson Title: Multi-lingual
Central Focus for the learning segment: How many languages do we speak?
Content Standard(s): CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.9-10.3
Apply knowledge of language to understand how language functions in different contexts, to make effective
choices for meaning or style, and to comprehend more fully when reading or listening.

Learning Objectives associated with the content standards: Students will be able to
understand the different types of languages used at home, with friends and at school
Instructional Resources and Materials to engage students in learning: 3 ways to speak
English by Jamilia Scott
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9fmJ5xQ_mc
Ebonics 101 by Steven Willis
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CB8pBiUavtg
Instructional Strategies and Learning Tasks that support diverse student needs. (Include
what you and students will be doing.): I will be facilitating the group discussion and students
will be engaging in the discussion
Differentiation and planned universal supports: For students who learn through visuals
or audio video will be used in class

Language Function students will develop. Additional language demands and

language supports:

Asking questions

Expressing likes and dislikes

Compare and contrast

Type of Student Assessments and what is being assessed:
Informal Assessment: Classroom discussion

Formal Assessment: students will create their own poems explaining the dilemma

they have faced in terms of language use

Modifications to the Assessments: N/A

Evaluation Criteria: Students use the conventions of poetry: stanza, rhyme, line breaks,
metaphors, similes, imagery, repetition etc.
Relevant theories and/or research best practices: Creativity in the classroom fosters a

stronger understanding of the material, because they're given the chance to explore
and present in a way that's meaningful to them. By working in a medium where they're
the most comfortable, they can explore the information more fully. When students are
tasked with understanding literary terms, concepts, etc, giving them the chance to
understand these things in a different way will help prepare them for later in the year.
-Edutopia

Lesson Timeline:
Do now: Quote of the day: Language is power, life and the instrument of culture, the
instrument of domination and liberation. Take about 5 minute to write down what you think
this quote means
Mini lesson: Watch 2 videos 3 ways to speak English by Jamilia Scott
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9fmJ5xQ_mc
Ebonics 101 by Steven Willis
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CB8pBiUavtg
Lesson: Students and I will engage in circle discussion on what was going on in the videos,
what were the poets both alluding to, if they themselves have ever used more than one
language. What are some of the issues that come with standard English in the classroom,
what are some of the ways we can alleviate some of the pressure of learning standard
English?
For homework students will be asked to create their own poems discussing the same main
ideas found in the poems we watched in class

Reflection: this lesson plan is the scaffolding for element 4. In this lesson I set how
Ebonics or Patwa as shown by Jamilia Scott can be infused in Standard English. I also
show how sometimes the two languages bump heads so to speak. In this lesson
students will explore their own relationship to home language and the language taught
at school. We will touch on code-switching. Students will then be able to internalize the
poems and the discussion by creating their own poems speaking on their own
experience with language. This will lead students to understand the next days lesson in
which we will be reading Sandra Cisneros Mericans. This lesson is related to the
standard because by the 12th grade student have already been familiar with the
conventions of grammar and formal essay writing. To be able to incorporate their home
language with academic language will show skillful use of rhetorical choices and
language practices.