Name: Thea Patterson Subject: Proposal Examples

Grade: Senior-High School Lesson Title: What do you propose?

Objectives/ Students will be able to identify different proposal forms.
Purpose: Students will identify the audience being reached with a specific form.
Students will discover multiple ways to incorporate different forms into one
proposal.
Standards LANG.08 Write persuasive and explanatory texts to examine complex issues,
persuading the reader of your position, proposal, definition, or values through
an effective selection and analysis of evidence and reasoning, deliberate
organization, and appropriate use of appeals.
LANG.12 Write for a variety of audiences, demonstrating command over
appropriate appeals for a particular audience and anticipating their
expectations, values, beliefs, and prior knowledge.
LANG.19 Present information, findings, and supporting evidence, conveying a
clear and distinct perspective, such that listeners can follow the line of
reasoning, alternative or opposing perspectives are addressed, and the
organization, development, substance, and style are appropriate to purpose,
audience, and a range of formal and informal tasks.
Bigger Students have been researching an argumentative topic. After initial research,
Picture they have decided what argument they will take, who they would like to make
their argument to, and in what form they will present their argument. This
lesson will help them create their proposal example for their persuasive
presentation and start the formation of their proposal essay.
Materials: A computer for each student to access the digital files
Prep List/ See attached outline.
Outline
Duration: 45-50 minutes minutes
Anticipator Students have spent the last two days figuring out their argument and audience.
y Set To start the class, students will be assigned a partner. With this partner they will
(Warm-up): discuss what that argument is and what audience they are trying to reach. Then
with the same partner, students will work on the rest of the lesson.
The teacher will introduce this lesson with an explanation of the activity.
Teaching: Input -- Students will have access to a digital collection via google drive. In
each folder of the collection there will be an example of a type of proposal. They
will study these examples to collect effective ways to use these forms. The
teacher will introduce this activity and discuss different ways to take notes on
the forms effectiveness.
Modeling -- Each folder has specific examples that were handpicked to model
effectiveness. Students will use these examples as a template for their own
proposal.
Checking for Understanding -- Students will have worksheets to guide their
understanding. This will give them a clear understanding of what they are
looking for and how it fits into the big picture. They will then put these concepts
into practice when they create their own proposals in one of these forms.
Questioning Strategies After students have been given opportunities to
explore the different forms, students will come together as a class to discuss
what form will work best with their topic, how to integrate multiple forms in one
proposal, and which form would best fit their audience.
Guided The teacher will walk around the room as students discuss and discover the
Practice: forms. Since students will not have assigned forms to look through, the teacher
will ultimately ask: how do you plan to change this form to work for their
specific topic? These discussions with the students will check understanding,
guide students to different forms, and require students to back up their form
choices before they start making their proposals.
Closure: To close the lesson, students will come together for a lesson to discuss three big
questions:
What form do you plan to use for your topic and why?
What additional research will you have to do to solidify your argument? Or
what additional research do you need to do to understand your audience?
What other forms can you think of that could be used for a proposal?
Independen Students will be given the task of creating their own proposals for their research
t Practice: topics. This is where they can take their examples and make them their own.
Name______________________

Proposal Examples

Reminder: Your proposal will have both an oral and a written portion. Try to find an
example of both that you could use for own proposal.

Instructions: With your partner, look at the example(s) in any of the four folders. Use
the boxes below to write notes about the different proposal forms and how you could
create your own proposal with this form. Additionally, consider how one form could be
used with another to form both an oral and written proposal.

Folder Name: Folder Name:

Folder Name: Folder Name:

 Lesson Outline

I. Introduction (10 minutes)

A. Allow students to setting into seats and grab a computer.

B. Assign partners

C. Introduce activity

1. Each group of partners will decide together which 4 forms of proposals they
will look at together. As a group they will watch/read/discuss the form and
take individual notes on the form.

a) Students should be prepared to discuss these forms and how they plan to
use them.

D. Reminder: Your proposal will have both an oral and a written portion. Try to find
an example of both that you could use for own proposal.

II. Activity (20-25 minutes)

A. At this time, the teacher (or student teacher) will walk around, check in with
groups, and discuss possible options.

1. Additionally, students could be asked why they think a specific example was
included or if they could think of another example they have seen in the
media

III. Class Discussion (10 minutes)

A. Four Questions

1. What are other forms could be used within these folders? Outside of these
folders?

2. What form do you think will work best for your audience and argument?

3. What additional research will you have to do?

4. Will you need a different form between your presentation and written
proposal?

IV. Clean-Up/Wrap-up/Questions