Direct Instruction Lesson Plan

Direct Instruction Lesson Plan Template General Information Lesson Title: Navigating Expository Writing: How to Make a Peanut Butter and Jelly Sandwich? Subject(s): Writing Grade/Level/Setting: 2 nd / classroom Prerequisite Skills/Prior Knowledge: The students need to know about sequencing (order) the details and they need to know to give as much information in the details. Standards and Objectives State/National Academic Standard(s): CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.2.2 Write informative/explanatory texts in which they introduce a topic, use facts and definitions to develop points, and provide a concluding statement or section. Learning Objective(s): The students will be able to write a detailed explanation listing the steps for making a peanut butter and jelly sandwich. The students must give 5 or more steps in the correct sequence. Materials Technology Paper, pencil, bread, peanut butter, jelly, plastic knife, plate. Students will type their final copy of the expository essay. a. Writing guide to be used to support student learning located at the end of the lesson plan. Language Demands Specific ways that academic language (vocabulary, functions, discourse, syntax) is used by students to participate in learning tasks through reading, writing, listening, and/or speaking to demonstrate their understanding. Language Function(s): Expository Writing: Today we will be focusing on expository writing. Expository writing is explaining step by step how to do something with clear details to your audience. Without putting key details in the correct order, whatever it is you are trying to create will not turn out how intended. Vocabulary: Each of the five steps of the process approach to writing 1. Pre-writing: Brainstorming, gathering your ideas on paper. 2. Drafting: Writing your first copy. 3. Revising: Read through the first copy and add in any important detail, take away not needed details, or adjust detail placement. 4. Editing: Making spelling, grammar, and punctuation corrections. 5. Publishing: Creating your final copy and submitting. Discourse and/or Syntax: Students are encouraged to discuss and brainstorm with their table partner and describe with great detail. Planned Language Supports: Creating an anchor chart listing the different steps required for writing. Picture cycle of the writing steps. Pictures of the vocabulary listing the materials used in this writing (ie. peanut butter, jelly, bread, plastic knife, plate). Instructional Strategies and Learning Tasks Anticipatory Set: Activity Description/Teacher Student Actions Ask: How many have you ever made your own peanut butter and jelly sandwich? Students respond to the questions. Ask: What is needed to make a peanut butter and jelly? Presentation Procedures for New Information and/or Modeling: Activity Description/Teacher Student Actions Teacher will go over the five steps for writing and what it means to write an expository paper. Teacher will discuss the importance of the key details and sequencing Students will ask questions to clarify the information given. Then they will work as table partners to brainstorm and pre-write. Teacher then introduces the writing guide and how it will assist the students with writing their expository writing. Guided Practice: Activity Description/Teacher For prewriting, I will ask the class what the ingredients needed and then I will write them on the board. For draft, I will ask the class what are the beginning steps needed to make a peanut butter and jelly sandwich. As a class, we will write together the steps in the first paragraph. For revision, I will ask the class to complete revisions of a paragraph on the white board. For edit, I will ask the class to edit the paragraph we just revised on the white board. For publishing, I will ask the class the different ways to publish a paper and how we will be Student Actions As a whole class, we will discuss the 5 steps for writing and write them on the white board for reference. After the demonstration, as a whole group, we will complete the writing guide and construct the first paragraph. publishing/submitting their paper and write it on the white board for reference. Teacher will ask the students to call out the quick steps for making a peanut butter and jelly sandwich and write them on the whiteboard. Then perform the steps exactly how they were written on the whiteboard. Following the demonstration, the teacher will emphasize the importance of describing the details exactly how they need to be done and the sequence of details. Independent Student Practice: Activity Description/Teacher Provide aid when needed and observe. Student Action Students will work independently to complete their How to Make a Peanut Butter and Jelly Sandwich paper using the 5 writing steps and the writing guide to assist in their writing process. Culminating or Closing Procedure/Activity: Activity Description/Teacher Teacher will select three final how-to papers and demonstrate as the student reads the list of steps they detailed in their writing. Student Actions The selected students will read their paper as the teacher follows along and performs the said listed steps. Teacher will then review the 5 steps for writing and the importance of sequencing the details and giving a description for each step. Differentiated Instruction Consider how to accommodate for the needs of each type of student. Be sure that you provide content specific accommodations that help to meet a variety of learning needs. Gifted and Talented: Students who are gifted and talented have the option to create any meal they choose. EL: Use pictures of the vocabulary, ingredients, and writing terminology. Provide assistance as much as needed throughout the writing process. Students with Other Special Needs:Use pictures of the vocabulary, ingredients, and writing terminology. Provide assistance as much as needed throughout the writing process. Assessment Formative: While meeting with the groups one at time, the teacher is able to assist with editing their papers, check for understanding by having the students list the 5 steps of writing and what expository writing is, and provide support in areas of the writing process that is needed. Summative: Students will submit their pre-writes, rough draft, and final draft of their How to Make a Peanut Butter Sandwich. 3a. Writing Guide How t Mak  Peanu Butter an Jell Sandwic  Sequencing Graphic Organizer At the  beginning...  Next...  After that...  Then...  Finally... 