Elementary Inclusive Preservice Program Lesson Plan

Your name: Helen Wong

Lesson Title: Writing: Book Reviews
Grade/Age Level: 1st Grade
Teaching Date: 2017.04.24

Learning Objective(s) Students will know how to jot notes

What do you want students to Students will learn how to organize information to create a
know, understand, or be able to book review
do as a result of this lesson?

Evidence for Assessment Students will be verbalizing their thoughts during partner and whole
How will you know that students class discussions. I will be listening for students to talk about their
have achieved the objective opinion on the book, what are reasons for their opinion, whether they
named above? (What will you
would recommend the book.
look for in their work? What will
you listen for in their discussions Students will be jotting or sketching notes on a note taking tool
and conversations?) which can be observed.
Students will be completing a book review graphic organizer which
can be observed.

Rationale This lesson is part of a unit on teaching persuasive reading and

Why are you teaching this writing.
lesson? Does it connect to
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.1.1
students interests, strengths,
and needs? How does it fit Write opinion pieces in which they introduce the topic or name the
within the curriculum? What book they are writing about, state an opinion, supply a reason for the
connections does it have to
opinion, and provide some sense of closure.
standards?

Prerequisite Knowledge Students have previously learned how to jot notes but will be
What prior knowledge are you reviewing this skill in the lesson. Students have previously written
counting on? Will this be a persuasive letters utilizing sentence starters and transition words as
problem for any of your students
well as the structure of 1) state your opinion 2) give 3 supporting
and if so, what will you do?
reasons 3) re-state your opinion.

Learning Experience Detailed Assessment Plans

In each section below, specify What understandings will you
the sequence of instructional look for/ listen for throughout
activities. Consider how you will the lesson? In other words,
manage materials, bodies, and
how will you continuously
time. Use small boxes to
indicate time. check in to see that students

Starting It (Introduction)
How will you invite students into
the learning experience?
Doing It (Exploration/Concept
Devolopment)
Outline your sequence of
instructional moves including
participation structures,
materials, intellectual resources,
and time allotted.
are moving toward the
objective you named above?
Minutes: 2
[Start by handing out jotting tool and
graphic organizers. Have students
come to meeting area with reading
folders and pencils.]
Writers, remember last week we went
onto the internet and we read book
reviews written by people on books
that we know from our persuasion
unit? Books like I Wanna Iguana,
Dont Let the Pigeon Stay Up Late,
and Click, Clack, Moo, Cows that
Type
Can anyone remind me what a book Listen for students to
review is about? mention that a book review is
about if a person likes a book
Well today we will be reading a book or not and gives reasons
as a class called The Night Gardener why.
and we will be writing down our
opinion of it and reasons for our
opinion!
Minutes: 40
5 mins: Preview of key words
Utilize review sheet to preview key
words:
Listen to student comments
commotion during discussion of key
topiary words to determine if
dashed students are comprehending
magnificent the meaning of the key
Work as a class to guess meanings words.
from context clues or pictures.
10 mins: Read The Night Gardener
by The Fan Brothers.

Pause when the boy sees someone

walking in the alley. Who do you think
that person is? [whole class] Listen to student sharing of
their predictions.
Pause when all the leaves have fallen
for the summer. What will happen
next? [T&T] Listen to student sharing of
10 mins: Jotting what will happen next.

Ask students if they remember what it

means to jot down notes? Hand out
jotting tool. It is their option to use this
tool to either jot down notes or quickly Listen to what students say
sketch so they can remember key about jotting. Listen for
parts of the book. Remember that it is students to say that jotting is
perfectly okay to jot only one or a few taking notes quickly, that it is
words just to help you remember. to help you remember things.
Demonstrate jotting just one-two
words to help me remember a part of
the book dark alley.

Re-read the book with students jotting.

5mins: After reading the book ask for

students to share opinions on the
book.
Next as a class start filling out the
book review graphic organizer
[demonstration by teacher]. Fill out
the name of the book and the author.
Then write in what your opinion was of
the book. Next write down reasons
you liked the book.
The Night Gardener
The Fan Brothers
Observe what students jot or
sketch in their jotting papers.
Listen to what students say
when they share their
opinions. Listen for students
to share opinions other than
saying they liked it or didnt
like it and commend those
opinions to encourage
diversity in opinions.

Beautiful

1. I thought the idea of doing

something for other people
 anonymously (so you dont get
credit) was such a beautiful
idea.
2. I thought it was sad when the
leaves all fell down but there
was something to look forward
to the next year.
3. I loved how William was
changed forever by his
experience.
Ask for student ideas to place on
whiteboard.

10mins: Students have time to

continue to fill out their graphic
organizers.

If students finish early, they can sketch

a scene of the book on the back of the
graphic organizer.
Listen for student ideas on
reasons to support their
opinions.

Walk around the room and

look at student work in the
graphic organizers for
reasons to support their
opinions.

Finishing It (Closure) Minutes: 3 (if time allows)

How will you bring students to
closure with this learning
experience and connect it to
future learning?
3 mins: Share
[Have students come up to share
some of their work on the graphic
organizers.]
Observe sharing of graphic
organizers and the reasons
students have given for their
opinions.

Accessibility
What accessibility and
participation challenges have
you taken into account and how
have you addressed them?
Book will be both displayed and read to the class so visual and
verbal learners will have access.
Jotting tool provides boxes of space for students to either write or
sketch for multiple modes of representation.
(material and human resources, Class brainstorming of reasons they like the book will be written on
sequence of instruction) the whiteboard for visual learners to reference later when they work
independently on their graphic organizers.

Materials Needed Book The Night Gardener by Sarah Gillingham

Jotting tool sheets for students to write or draw notes.

Book review graphic organizers for students to organize thoughts on

the book.

Reading folders to lean on.

Pencils.

Smartboard to share work.

 Key Words for The Night Gardener by The Fan Brothers

commotion

The lights suddenly turned off and everyone started yelling at once causing a great
commotion.

topiary

The gardener had worked hard trimming the bush into beautiful a topiary.
dashed

She was late for school so she dashed out of the house.

magnificent

The mansion was so fancy and beautiful, it was magnificent!

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