Name: Viviana Pintor

Subject Area(s): English

Lesson Topic: What Does it Mean to be Human?
Grade Level(s): 11th-12th

Standards
Literacy Standard(s):
CCSS.W9- Draw evidence from literary or informational texts to support analysis,
reflection, and research. reflection, and research.
Content Area Standard(s):
CCSS.RL1-Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text
says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text, including determining where the
text leaves matters uncertain
English Language Development (ELD) Standard(s):
SL.11-12.1- Exchanging information and ideas with others through oral collaborative
discussions on a range of social and academic topics.
RL.11-12.1-7- Reading closely literary and informational texts and viewing multimedia
to determine how meaning is conveyed explicitly and implicitly through language.

Lesson Objectives & Supports

Content objectives: Students will be able to extract and analyze the significance of
“Love in Infant Monkeys” by Lydia Millet.
Literacy objectives: Students will convey their findings and reflections on the text
through collaborative discussion.
Students will execute their ideas and reflections in written format.
Academic vocabulary:
Tier II (General)- analyze, reflect, execute
Tier III (Domain specific)- psychology, theme, short story

Literacy strategies and Integrated ELD Strategies (SDAIE, Specially Designed

Academic Instruction in English):
• “Save the Last Word for Me” (Buehl 1995) after-reading strategy involves the use of
an index card to write down and reflect on statements extracted from a text that the
student finds interesting, as well as their reflection on said statement.
Assessment: How will you know if students met your objectives?
While groups are reading aloud, instructor will walk around and make sure there is a
collaborative effort amongst them.
“Save the Last Word for Me” index cards will be collected at the end of the lesson to explore the
students’ findings.

Instruction: What you’ll teach, and how

Lesson Introduction/Anticipatory Set

Time Teacher Does Student Does

5 Introduce Harry Harlow by playing the video for Students are to pay attention and listen to the
mins. the students. video.

Lesson Body

Time Teacher Does Student Does

Pass out handout of “Love in Infant Monkey” by

20 Lydia Millet. Organize the students into groups of 4 Students are to collaboratively read the short story
mins. -5 and have them take turns reading out loud to and follow along when it’s not their turn to read.
their groups.

Lesson Closure

Time Teacher Does Student Does

Once students are finished reading, pass out index

cards. Explain the “Save the Last Word For Me” Follow the instructor’s directions to complete the
15
strategy and give them 15 mins. to complete the “Save the Last Word for Me” strategy and share
mins.
activity. Collect all the index cards towards the findings with peers.
end of class.

Instructional Materials, Equipment & Multimedia

CasperH. (2008, April 14). Food or Security? Harlow’s Study on Monkeys’ Attachment [Video
File] Retrieved from
https://youtu.be/hsA5Sec6dAI
Millet, L. (2009). Love in infant monkeys: stories. New York, NY: Soft Skull.

Differentiation:
English learners: In order to accommodate english learners, the text would be provided
with a translation to promote higher level of comprehension.
Striving readers: Instead of reading aloud in a groups, the text would be read aloud to
the students as a class to make it easier to follow along and interpret.
Advanced students: The lesson would be modified by assigning the entire book “Love
in Infant Monkeys” and requiring a deeper analysis instead of just focusing on one of the
short stories.