Morgan McDaniel

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Clinical Lesson Plan
Direct Instruction Lesson Plan Template
Grade Level/Subject:

Central Focus: Comparing and contrasting two passages

3rd/Literacy-

from one author.

Comprehension
Essential Standard/Common Core Objective: CCSS.ELALITERACY.RL.3.9

Date submitted:

Compare and contrast the themes, settings, and plots

of stories written by the same author about the same

Date taught:
3/17/16

or similar characters (e.g., in books from a series)

Daily Lesson Objective: The students will compare and contrast the theme,
setting, and plot in two stories written by the same author.
Performance: Students will read the text and write the gist of the stories and key
details down on their paper. They should understand what the text they are
reading is about and how to determine what the main ideas and key details are in
the text.
Condition: Students will be able to talk with one another in order to determine
what the main idea and key details are in the text they read. If they need help to
know exactly what a main idea or detail is then they can use resources to help
them.
Criteria: Students will have to answer questions that relates to the theme, setting,
and plot of each story- comparing and contrasting the two. Students will get full
credit (5/5) if they correctly answer these questions on their worksheet.

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Century Skills:

Communicating,
Collaborating, Critical

Academic Language Demand (Language Function and

Vocabulary):

thinking, Information
Literacy
The students will read two passages and compare/contrast
the two passages in order to understand the meaning of
them. They need to know what the gist of each story is, as
well as the theme, plot, and setting.

Plot, theme, setting, compare, contrast

Prior Knowledge: The students should already know what the plot, setting, and
theme of a story is; as well as how to compare and contrast stories.

Activity

Description of Activities and Setting

Time

The teacher will begin by saying "Good morning class! Does

anyone remember last weeks discussion of how to compare
and contrast two stories written by the same author? Well this
is what we are going to continue practicing in today's lesson.
1. Focus

The teacher will say "We are going to read two passages that

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were written by the same author, and are going to write the

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gist of the stories as well as the theme, plot, and setting of

each story is. The teacher will tell the students to use any
resource they need in order to help them and to use their
prior knowledge to help them.
2.

You will use any resource you would like to find the gist of the

Statement

two passages and determine the setting, plot, and theme of

of Objective each story. Once we finish, you are going to use the
information to answer questions about the two passages.
for
Student

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The teacher will read the passages: Thunder Cake and Thank
you, Mr. Falker by Patricia Polacco to the students. Will will
begin by doing a first read, meaning we will just read the
3. Teacher
Input

passage together. The students will follow along as the

teacher reads. Next, the teacher will explain what the
students will do, which is a second read where they pull out

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information that they find important to the story- which is

where they will then write the gist of each story on their
paper.
The students will write the gist of the story on their paper
after the first read. They will do the second read and
annotate/chunk the first paragraph and then the second,
4. Guided

meaning we will compare/contrast the two. We will then put it

Practice

all together. The students will be asked to work with a partner

and create a venn diagram about the similarities and

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differences of the passages, and then as a class we will go

over what the students came up with.
Next, the students will go through and do a third read, and
5.

find the answers to the questions about the passages, the

Independen

students will have to show proof for their answers by writing

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where they found the information. This will be done

independently, and will be their assessment.

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Students will need to complete 5 out of 5 questions correctly on their

6.

worksheets,

Assessment done in the independent practice in order to master the objective

Methods of and task.
all
objectives/s
kills:
7. Closure

The teacher will bring the class back to a whole at this time.

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They will review the main concept of today's lesson as well as

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once the worksheets are taken up, the teacher will go over it
with the class by showing them how to find the gists, theme,
plot, and setting of the passages that they read. The teacher
will then allow the students to talk with one another and
describe what they learned from the lesson and how they
accomplished the tasks they were given. The teacher will
allow a few groups to share what they talked about with the
class.
8.

13 of 20 students met the objective because they completed 5 out of

Assessment 5 questions correctly on their worksheet.

Results of
7 out of 20 students did not met the objective because they missed
all

one or more questions on their worksheet.

objectives/s
kills:
Targeted Students Modifications/Accommodations:
The same modifications as small group.
Student/Small Group Modifications/Accommodations:
The students will be placed according to their level of ability. Students who have a
learning disability will be given more time, fewer tasks, or can work one on one
with the teacher or another classmate. The teacher will allow students to work
alone if they can't work with others. These modifications can be added to and
changed at any given time, as necessary.

Materials/Technology: Worksheet for each student that has the two passages and
questions, Venn diagram, pencils, etc.

References: N/A

Reflection on lesson: Overall, I feel that this lesson was very successful because
most students were able to compare and contrast the two passages and find the
theme, plot, and settings without using any resources. Each student showed prior
knowledge and understanding of the objective, and as they continue to practice
this task, they will master the objective each time. This lesson went very well, and I
feel that not only did the students learn, but I learned from them as well.