Grade Level: 7th
Grade Lesson Plan 1
Using the script from episode 22 of The
Twilight Zone “The Monsters Are Due On Maple Street” by Rod
Serling.
Topic: Television script as
literature: Introduction
Class Length: 60 minutes
Objectives:
Literacy Objective: Students will be
able to draw logical inferences from presentations and visual
media (Communication: Oral and Visual 2).
Students will also be able to interpret the
speaker’s purpose in presentations and visual media (e.g. to
inform, to entertain, and to persuade) (Communication: Oral and
Visual 3).
Rationale: clearly
states the value of the lesson is in term of the students’ lives
and curricular goals.
Assessment:
1.
Students’ subject matter learning-should be able
to ask relevant questions about the script and it will promote
collaborative/thought sharing moments.
2. Students’
Self-Learning-will be encouraged to think for themselves,
relate the study of the script to their personal
lives/experience/history, and the climate of small groups will
encourage self-learning.
3. Students’
Social Learning-students will work as a full class group
will viewing the video, the passing out of the assigned reading
and classroom material, and the drawing of character names for
in-class reading. During future lessons, they will break into
groups for discussion and activities to learn from each other
from a variety of culture and viewpoints. This is the
introduction to prepare for future lessons on cultural diversity
in small group sessions.
Materials:
Pre-assessment
Video of “The
Monsters Are Due On Maple Street.”
Script: Episode
22 “The Monsters Are Due On Maple Street” from the television
series The Twilight Zone by Rod Serling.
Character Names in a hat
for drawing to begin in-class reading for lesson plan 2.
Procedures:
Group size:
Whole Class
Introduction:
1. Class begins
with Sustained Silent Reading (10 minutes).
2.
As a warm up, I will pass out my pre-assessment for
students to answer the three questions asked. I will let them
respond as we settle in to prepare to view the video (10
minutes).
3.
Announce that the video that will be studied that day
will cause them to think that people can make wrong decisions
without complete facts (4 minutes).
4.
Run video (22 minutes).
5.
Pass out scripts and assign reading home work (4
minutes).
Closure:
Conceptual
Ask a few
questions as to what did they think about the way the people
reacted to each other from “Maple Street?” Pass out the
scripts. Pass the hat and ask each student to draw out one
character’s name. This will be their assigned “part” for
in-class readings. Pass out the first vocabulary work sheet
explaining to them they are to fill it out during class
readings. Advise them they are to read pages 1-5 for tomorrow
(5 minutes).
Closure:
Procedural
Prepare the
students by reminding them we will be reading aloud. Announce
that they need to be thinking about the peoples’ reaction to one
another portrayed in the video (5 minutes).
Evaluation:
The students will strengthen
their verbal reading skills by the pronunciation of unfamiliar
common language words. Their small group brainstorming sessions
will improve their interpersonal skills at problem solving by
working on exercises, discussing the script and coming up with
joint conclusions to its interpretation.
My plan is to be able to
determine by the students’ discussion of these the script by how
well they understand conflict resolution and their ability to
grasp unfamiliar vocabulary while they are reading aloud in the
classroom.
I will be able to assess the
individual student’s ability for critical thinking with their
individual responses during the whole class discussion about
while working in their groups as they address their questions
and the answers they come up with to the questions:
I will be
able to assess the discussion group’s ability to work together
to come up with a consensus to the questions:
I will be
able to assess how well each individual student grasped the
concept of team work within the group by reading their K-W-L
response cards from quiz days. If they seem still unclear with
the concept, we will re-address it before the full in class the
next day.
In this
single day’s lesson, I will have covered ODE standards:
Pg. 225. Communication: Oral
and Visual 2-4, 6 and 7.
Self
Evaluation: Clearly
described procedure/questions you will ask yourself to analyze
your teaching and implications of the lesson; questions for
reflection go beyond self.
I do not want to run out of material/activities during the hour
long class period. These are 12 and 13 year olds. They will
need to be guided and monitored closely to keep on the task of
“learning while playing.” Am I being too tough on them when it
comes to the assigned number of pages I expect them to read
daily…I don’t think so.
Grade Level: 7th
Grade Lesson Plan 2
Using the script from episode 22 of The
Twilight Zone “The Monsters Are Due On Maple Street” by Rod
Serling.
Topic: Television script as
literature
Class Length: 60 minutes
Objectives:
Literacy Objective: Students will be
able to draw logical inferences from presentations and visual
media (Communication: Oral and Visual 2).
Students will also be able to interpret the
speaker’s purpose in presentations and visual media (e.g. to
inform, to entertain, and to persuade) (Communication: Oral and
Visual 3).
Rationale: clearly
states the value of the lesson is in term of the students’ lives
and curricular goals.
Assessment:
1.
Students’ subject matter learning-should be able
to ask relevant questions about the script and it will promote
collaborative/thought sharing moments.
2. Students’
Self-Learning-will be encouraged to think for themselves,
relate the study of the script to their personal
lives/experience/history, and the climate of small groups will
encourage self-learning.
3. Students’
Social Learning-students will work as a full class group
will viewing the video, the passing out of the assigned reading
and classroom material, and the drawing of character names for
in-class reading. During future lessons, they will break into
groups for discussion and activities to learn from each other
from a variety of culture and viewpoints. This is the
introduction to prepare for future lessons on cultural diversity
in small group sessions.
Materials:
Script: Episode
22 “The Monsters Are Due On Maple Street” from the television
series The Twilight Zone by Rod Serling.
Vocabulary List 1
Definition of Terms List
Procedures:
Group size:
Whole Class
Introduction:
1. Class begins
with Sustained Silent Reading (10 minutes).
2.
As a warm up, I will ask the class what they thought
about the video (5 minutes).
3.
Announce that the script that will be read aloud and the
vocabulary words defined that day will cause them to think more
about how quickly people can jump to conclusions and make wrong
decisions without complete facts (5 minutes).
4.
Read in class script assigned parts group 1.
5.
Stop to give definition to vocabulary words as they are
read from the script. (30 minutes).
Closure:
Conceptual
Ask a few
questions as to what did they think about the way the people
reacted to each other from “Maple Street?” Advise them they are
to read pages 6-10 for tomorrow and that we will review for Quiz
1 (5 minutes).
Closure:
Procedural
Prepare the
students by reminding them we will be reading aloud. Announce
that they need to be thinking about the peoples’ reaction to one
another portrayed in the video and from the script (5 minutes).
Evaluation:
The students will strengthen
their verbal reading skills by the pronunciation of unfamiliar
common language words. Their small group brainstorming sessions
will improve their interpersonal skills at problem solving by
working on exercises, discussing the script and coming up with
joint conclusions to its interpretation.
My plan is to be able to
determine by the students’ discussion of these the script by how
well they understand conflict resolution and their ability to
grasp unfamiliar vocabulary while they are reading aloud in the
classroom.
I will be able to assess the
individual student’s ability for critical thinking with their
individual responses during the whole class discussion about
while working in their groups as they address their questions
and the answers they come up with to the questions:
I will be
able to assess the discussion group’s ability to work together
to come up with a consensus to the questions:
I will be
able to assess how well each individual student grasped the
concept of team work within the group by reading their K-W-L
response cards from quiz days. If they seem still unclear with
the concept, we will re-address it before the full in class the
next day.
In this
single day’s lesson, I will have covered ODE standards:
Pg. 225. Communication: Oral
and Visual 2-4, 6 and 7.
Self
Evaluation: Clearly
described procedure/questions you will ask yourself to analyze
your teaching and implications of the lesson; questions for
reflection go beyond self.
I do not want to run out of material/activities during the hour
long class period. These are 12 and 13 year olds. They will
need to be guided and monitored closely to keep on the task of
“learning while playing.” Am I being too tough on them when it
comes to the assigned number of pages I expect them to read
daily…I don’t think so.
Analyzing Dialogue
Locate one example of dialogue that does each of the following:
1. Advances
the Plot
2. Builds
Characterization
3. Creates
Suspense and/or Intensifies the Conflict
4. Reveals
Motivation
5. Controls
the Pace
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