Literacy Lesson Plan Template

Teacher Name: Grace Chen

Date: 7/31/16

Subject: ESL/ELA

Grade: Mixed

Text(s)

Cody by Nova Venerable

Standard(s)
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.9-10.2 Determine a theme or central idea of a text and analyze in
detail its development over the course of the text, including how it emerges and is shaped and
refined by specific details; provide an objective summary of the text.
Objective(s)
SWBAT use simile and sensory language to determine the central theme of the poem Cody by
Nova Venerable.
Culminating Focus Question(s)
What is the theme and how do you know? Cite at least 3 lines from the poem that tell you the
meaning.
Homework (Optional)

Do Now / Review Now

TIME: 5 min
Teacher Actions / Questions

Ask students: Who is someone you took care

of? What did you do to care for that person?

Student Actions / Responses

Students will be completing their Do Now

silently and independently.

You have 5 minutes to answer this question

silently and independently. Write on the lines
on the top of the page.
PREVIEW CLASS Objectives, Agenda, Focus Questions
TIME: 2 min
Teacher Actions / Questions

We will be reading a poem by someone named

Nova Venerable about her brother Cody. We
will be using literary techniques. Literary
techniques are strategies writers use to
express their main idea or theme.

Student Actions / Responses

Students will listen silently.

I want us to continue working hard so we can

all pass summer school and learn important
skills.
TEXT FOCUS Context / Background Info, Key Vocab, Skill Building
TIME: 10 min
Teacher Actions / Questions

Students will watch a short clip about Nova

Venerables family life. Students will

Student Actions / Responses

Students will watch the clip and answer

questions about autism and diabetes.

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understand that her brother has autism and
diabetes because of a genetic disease.
Similes compare one thing with another thing
using the word as or like
Sensory language is language that connects
to the five senses (sight, sound, smell, taste,
touch) to create an image or description.
The Read-Write-Discuss-Revise Cycle
TIME: 20 min
Teacher Actions / Questions

I will play a clip of the poem being read.

I will tell students to underline any similes
they can find and sensory language they can
find.
I will tell students to follow along with their
pencil.

Student Actions / Responses

Students will listen to the poem being read

Students will follow along with the video with
her pencil.
Students will write down answers and answer
questions.

Review similes with students and tell them to

write down an example of a simile in the
poem.
Review sensory language with students and
tell them to write down an example of sensory
language in the poem.
Review theme with students and ask them
how we can find the theme.
Ask students to find at least 4 similes and add
them to the simile table.
Discuss some similarities among the similes.
Ask students what the similes tell us about the
poem might mean.
Students will write down at least 4 examples
of sensory language from the poem and which
sense they are describing. They will write
about how the language connects with the
theme.
Answering the Culminating Question
TIME: 5 min
Teacher Actions / Questions
Students will write down the theme they found and
cite 3 pieces of evidence to support the theme.

Student Actions / Responses

Closing Exit Ticket

TIME:
1
Teacher Actions / Questions

Student Actions / Responses

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Students will hand in their completed
question.