Lesson Plan:
Who Was Alvin Ailey?
August 31, 2015
August 31, 2015
Learning Objectives
Students will be able to analyze a text and formulate questions related to the text.
Lesson
Introduction (5 minutes)
- Begin the lesson by asking the students to identify someone that they admire.
- Tell your students that authors sometimes write biographies about people that they admire.
- Explain that bio means life and graph means to write, making a biography the written life history of a person.
- Tell them they are going to read the biography of a man that many people admire.
Explicit Instruction/Teacher Modeling (10 minutes)
- Pass out the Star graphic organizer.
- Tell your students that when they read, they should be asking who, what, where, when, and why about the information in the text.
- Instruct your students to come up with additional questions based on the information in the text.
Guided Practice/Interactive Modeling (15 minutes)
- Read aloud the Clara Barton text.
- As you read, ask the 5 W questions. Have the students use the Star graphic organizer to record the sample questions.
- Using the subheading on the worksheet, point out Clara Barton's role as the founder of the American Red Cross. Explain that this answers the "who" question.
- Come up with an example question based on that fact, such as: Who was the founder of the American Red Cross? What else did Clara Barton do?
- Continue to guide the students through the remaining questions.
Independent Working Time (20 minutes)
- Tell the students that they are going to use specific details from the text about Alvin Ailey to formulate questions.
- Inform them that once the questions are complete and are apporoved by you, they are to switch papers with a partner and correctly answer the questions.
Extend
Differentiation
- Enrichment: Instruct your students to write a summary paragraph based on the answers to the questions.
- Support: Have your students answer the 5 W questions without creating additional questions.
Review
Assessment (5 minutes)
- Check the answers that were given to the students' questions.
Review and Closing (5 minutes)
- Have a student go to the front of the class and pretend to be the teacher by asking the class the questions that she created.
Guided Lessons are a sequence of interactive digital games, worksheets, and other activities
that guide learners through different concepts and skills.
They keep track of your progress and help you study smarter, step by step.
Guided Lessons are digital games and exercises that keep track of your progress and help you study smarter, step by step.
The letters U, D, S and Q are featured in this guided lesson to help kids learn the alphabet and early phonics skills. The familiar story of "The Ugly Duckling" offers important context for practicing letter recognition. With fun, recognizable stories like this one, preschoolers are able to hear the sounds the letters make which is key to the process of learning how to read.
The letters U, D, S and Q are featured in this guided lesson to help kids learn the alphabet and early phonics skills.
This lesson includes printable activities:
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Story: The Ugly Duckling
Game: Ugly Duckling Story Ordering
Game: Roly Workout
Game: Alphabet Demolition: D, Q, S, U
Game: Whack-a-Duck
Game: Ice Cream Detective
