Micro Teach Learning Plan with modifications for two students

Title: But where does the Love Story end?

Name: Catherine Megison
Subject/Grade: LA Grade 8
Type of Instruction: Cooperative Instruction

Date Taught: April 15, 2014

Lesson Plan

ModificationsVICTOR

ModificationsEDNA

Objective:
Given a piece of paper and the lyrics to Taylor Swifts song Fifteen, the
student will write in 5-10 sentences what the conflict in the song is and how it
gets resolved getting a 90% out of 100% or above

Verbally read the

lyrics to the class
Give extended time
Allow to verbally tell
teacher his answers
instead of write them

Give Edna extra time

to write her sentences

TEKS:
LA 8.6.A

(6) Comprehension of Literary Text/Fiction. Students

understand, make inferences and draw conclusions about the
structure and elements of fiction and provide evidence from
text to support their understanding. Students are expected to:
(A) analyze linear plot developments (e.g., conflict,
rising action, falling action, resolution, subplots) to
determine whether and how conflicts are resolved;

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Background Information:
Students have gone over plot elements (rising action, falling action,
etc.) in 7th grade
Know setting can effect plot development
Know different forms of narration in literature
Know elements of fiction
Have learned to make inferences and draw conclusions from literature
Have learned to provide evidence from text to support their opinions
and understanding
Students have read To Kill a Mockingbird, The Giver, Divergent, and
Hunger Games as a class
Students read short story A Good Man is Hard to Find recently as a
class
Materials:
Taylor Swift Love Story song lyrics for group
Taylor Swift Love Story song lyrics cut into chunks for each group
Group paper to label song elements and for notes
Assessment worksheet
Lyrics to Taylor Swifts song Fifteen
Worksheet for Extension
Synopsis of To Kill a Mockingbird for Elaboration

BEFORE CLASS
Review the elements
of plot development
with Victor before
class and review what
falls under each
category with him
Ask him about the
books we have read
in class and refresh
him memory if does
not recall them
clearly

BEFORE CLASS:
Talk to Edna before
class and tell her
about the group
activity.
Tell Edna the song we
will be talking abouthave her listen to it if
she has not heard it
before
Tell Edna after the
group activity she
will be the person
telling the class her
groups answers

Have everything in
size 24 font
Have all students cut
and paste so not to
exclude or make
modification too
obvious to other
students

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Equipment:
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None
Classroom Management/Environment:
Students will be siting in their desks

Have Victor sit on

Decide Groups ahead

front row so he can

see the board easier

Students will raise their hands/call out as directed

Students will get into small groups for activity

of time- put students

that Edna will get
along with and will
give her practice with
social skills

Engagement/Focus:
1. Good morning class! I hope you all had a wonderful weekend.
2. Who has heard of Taylor Swift? Who has heard one of her songs
before? Who has listened to one of her songs in the last few weeks? So
most of you I see. Raise your hand and tell me what you think almost
all of her songs are about (Boys, heartbreak, etc.) Right! So Taylor, an
incredibly famous and rich girl, has made her career by telling her
stories in her songs, right? Right. Who has heard her song Love
Story? Well, today we are going to take her song and use it to dissect
the different elements of a story!
3. I know that last year you all went over the elements of a story and
learned about how the setting influences the plot development. So
based off of that, today we are going to look at elements of a story,
label them, and then determine how the conflict gets resolved!
4. As I ask you guys questions, raise your hands to answer me. If I say
call out, go ahead and call out your answers.
Explanation/Procedures:
1) So to begin lets talk about the 5 elements to a story. Who remembers
what the setting of the story is called? (Exposition). What is the part
where things begin to escalate? (Rising Action) What is the moment in a
movie or book where you are on the edge of your seat biting your nails it

Direct question about

what Taylors songs
are about to Edna

Decide groups ahead

of time
Give each student a
job- one child to get

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Have Lyrics printed

in 24 pt. font

is so intense? (Climax). What is the falling action? (Events after the

climax). What is the end of a story that ties everything up and ends it?
(Resolution).
a) What is the conflict in a book? (The problem or issue that leads to the
climax)
b) Given these 5 elements, which one do you think the conflict usually is
presented in? (rising action)
c) Thinking of the books we have read so far in class, Messenger, The
Giver, The Hunger Games, and Divergent, what are some ways that
the conflict gets resolved? (Answers will vary- Catniss decides to eat
berries instead and then they are let free, etc.) Good thinking!
2) With that in mind, I am going to put you all into groups of 4. In your
groups, I will give you one sheet of the lyrics to Taylor Swifts song
Love Story and the lyrics cut into small chunks. I want you all to
discuss and decide the elements to the story. I will give you each a jobreporter, recorder, time manager, and task manager.
a) I want you to then decide when the climax happens and the two ways
the story could end.
b) Lastly, I want you to discuss as a group how the conflict gets resolvedwhat brings about the calm in the story.
c) Once all the groups are done, I will call on you and ask what you all
decided the elements are and how you believe the conflict was
resolved.
3) (Give groups 2 minutes to discuss). Reporters show me with your fingers
how many more minutes your group needs to finish. (Give more time if
needed).
4) (Once all groups are finished) Group 1 reporter, tell me what you decided
the climax was. (Get answer) Why did you decide that part? (Get answer).
5) Group 2 reporter, tell me what your climax was. (Get answer). Now tell
the class how you believe the conflict in this story got resolved. (Get
Answer) Group 1 reporter, how did you decide the conflict got resolved?

Ask how the book

The Giver got
resolved

Have Victor be
reporter for his group.

materials, one to
record their answers,
one to report their
groups answers, and
one to watch time.
Have Edna be the
reporter to practice
her verbal skills

Extension/Elaboration:
Have elaboration students come sit in back of classroom with me to work
on it as a group. Help them in the beginning, by explaining what they will
be doing. Give one student the synopsis to read while I go check on
Extension students and ensure they are on task. Continue going back and
forth, answering questions in each of the two groups and checking for
understanding of the students working on the Elaboration. Once
Elaboration students are finished reading synopsis write the two
questions down that they need to discuss. Ask what they believe the
conflict is. Ensure they get this correct. Then have them have a group
discussion on how they believe the conflict is resolved. Use proximal
control at this time, making sure they are on topic and correcting any
incorrect answers.
Extension: On worksheet, have students choose their favorite movie and
write the five elements (falling action, climax, etc.), the biggest conflict in the
movie, and how the conflict gets resolved. If time, allow students to get into
groups of two and quietly tell each other the conflict in their favorite movie
and how it gets resolved.
Elaboration: Get students into a small group in the back of the classroom.
Start by refreshing everyones memory on the book they read as a summer
reading book- To Kill a Mockingbird. (Have one child stand up and read the
synopsis while I go check on Extension group and ensure they are on task)
Ask the group what the major conflict is in the book. (Tom Robinson is
getting tried). As a group, have the kids have a discussion about how the
conflict gets resolved (Found guilty and shot). Have students then discuss the
short story we read as a class, A Good Man is Hard to Find.
Closure:

Have everything in
size 24 font

EXTENSION: Allow
Victor to type the
conflict and how it
gets resolved in his
favorite movie
instead of write it.
Provide extended
time

ELABORATION:
Ask Victor what he
believes the conflict
is in To Kill A
Mockingbird.

EXTENSION: Pick
the pairs for students
of who they will talk
with. Put Edna with
students who will get
along with and can
give her practice with
social skills

ELABORATION:
Have Edna read the
synopsis of To Kill a
Mockingbird

Praise: Class, today you all did a wonderful job of deciding the elements of
the song I gave you! I am so proud of how well you all worked as a team and
the creative outlook you had. I loved how you all used the elements of the
song to decide the conflict and what brought about the resolution to the
conflict!

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Ask Edna the movie

climax and resolution
question

Give extra time for

her writing
assessment

Review: Someone think of your favorite movie and tell me the climax in the
movie and how the conflict is resolved. (Have one or two kids answer).
Someone remind me what element starts to make the outcome of the conflict
clear? (Climax). And what is the resolution? (Revealing of the outcome of the
conflict).
Preparation: So now that we have gone over this with smaller material,
tomorrow we are going to talk about the book we have been reading as a
class, Hatchet, and discuss the elements of the story and write about how the
conflict gets resolved!
Assessment:
Given a piece of paper and the lyrics to Taylor Swifts song Fifteen,
students will write 5-10 sentences explaining what the conflict is in the song
and how the conflict gets resolved. Students should receive a 90% or above.
Students will work on worksheet individually.
Resources:
Wilhelm, J. D. (2011). Literature Texas treasures course 3.
Columbus, Ohio: McGraw Hill/Glencoe.
Swift, Taylor. Taylor Swift. N.p., n. d. Web. 8 Apr. 2014.

Allow Victor to
verbally tell what the
conflict is and how it
gets resolved to
teacher instead of
writing it

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