Lesson Plan Template ED 3501 (Version C)

Lesson
Title/Focus

A Perfect Paragraph

Subject/Gra
de Level

Grade 6 ELA

Unit

Paragraph writing

Date
Time
Duratio
n
Teache
r

Nov 27 2014
45 minutes
Ms. Stif

OUTCOMES FROM ALBERTA PROGRAM OF STUDIES

General
Learning
Outcomes:
Specific
Learning
Outcomes:

Students will listen, speak, write, view and represent to enhance the clarity and
artistry of communication.
Use paragraph structure in expository and narrative texts

LEARNING OBJECTIVES
Students will:
1. Recognize proper paragraph structure
2. Illustrate the components of good topic, supporting and concluding sentences.

ASSESSMENTS
Observations:
Key Questions:

Products/Performances:

Student participation
Accomplishing goals
What are topic, supporting and concluding sentences?
What do each of these sentences tell us?
How many sentences are there in a paragraph?
What makes a perfect paragraph?
A perfect paragraph!

LEARNING RESOURCES CONSULTED

MATERIALS AND
EQUIPMENT

http://www.createbetterwriters.com/uploads/ParagraphEbook2ndEd Lined paper

_copy.pdf
Peer assessment sheets
ELA Program of Studies

PROCEDURE
Assessment of Prior
Knowledge

Expectations for Learning

and Behaviour

Introduction
What are the 5 most important things to keep in mind
when writing a paragraph (popsicles)
1. One main idea
2. Topic sentence
3. Supporting sentences 3-6
4. Concluding sentence
5. Indent, spelling and punctuation

2
minut
es

When to change paragraphs:

- Someone new speaks
- New subject/topic
- Change in setting
- Change in time
- Students will pay attention when others are speaking
- Students will participate
- Students will be respectful of one another and cooperate while working in groups
- Students will work quietly during individual work time
Classroom procedures, monitoring and appropriate
responses to misbehavior:
behaviour expectations (as listed above) and

Adapted from a template created by Dr. K. Roscoe

Advance
Organizer/Agenda

Transition to Body
Learning Activity #1

Assessments/ Differentiation:

Learning Activity #2

Assessments/ Differentiation

Closure
Assessment of Learning:

Feedback To Students
Transition To Next Lesson

Reflections from

Lesson Plan Template ED 3501 (Version C)

repercussions for inappropriate behaviour (counting down
from 5, warnings)
1. Assessment of Prior knowledge
2. Write a perfect paragraph
3. Peer assessment
4. Teacher assessment
5. Repeat until the perfect paragraph is completed.
6. Closure
Have students take out a lined piece of paper
Body
Time
Give them a topic. Students pre-write and write the
paragraph.
Have them find a partner and peer assesses each others
work using the paragraph assessment sheet. Collect the
40
paragraphs and look for any flaw you can find after they
minut
have peer assessed one another. Note, a line may start to
es
form at your desk as many students finish at the same
time. Only allow three to wait in line. Have them try to
improve their assignment more or go into a more in depth
peer assessment while they wait.
Looking for the perfect paragraph with no mistakes which
show comprehension of what we have learned over the
past 3 weeks.
Diferentiations: The perfect paragraph will look diferent
for modified students: modified students may have fewer
supporting sentences and up to 3 mistakes within the
paragraph.
Return the paragraphs. The students must rewrite their
paragraphs and bring them to you when finished. This is to
make the PERFECT paragraph so, any mistake at all you
will need to start over.
Give the students five tries to complete the perfect
paragraph. If the students complete it in the first three
tries, give them an 3. On the fourth try, they can receive a
2. On the fifth try, they get a 1. The students who dont
complete the perfect paragraph get to write a second
paragraph. If the paragraph has all the required parts such
as a topic sentence, supporting details, and a closing
sentence, give them a 1 as well.
Same as above
Time
Students will put starts to mark that they have completed
each part of the requirements
Silver: One main idea
Green: Topic sentence
Blue: Supporting sentences
Red: Concluding sentence
Yellow: Indent, spelling and punctuation
Thank them for their work, assess where the class is to
determine if we will need more time to work on the perfect
paragraph
Once all students have completed the perfect paragraph
the class will move onto writing short stories (which
include paragraphs, of course!)

2
minut
es

TBA

Adapted from a template created by Dr. K. Roscoe

Lesson Plan Template ED 3501 (Version C)

the lesson

Adapted from a template created by Dr. K. Roscoe