Rochester College

General Lesson Plan Template

8/1/2017
Grade Level / Subject Area Teacher Candidate Name Date of Lesson
(Discipline)
2nd/English Language Arts Breanna Bianchi 4/19/2018

Common Core Standards and/or State of Michigan GLCEs and/or HSCEs

(Danielson 1a and 1c)
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.2.4
Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases
based on grade 2 reading and content, choosing flexibly from an array of strategies.

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.2.4.A
Use sentence-level context as a clue to the meaning of a word or phrase.
Important Concepts (Danielson 1a)
Word meaning (two words that sound the same, but are spelled differently and have
different meanings)
Learning Outcomes (Danielson 1a and 1c)
The students will:
1) Discuss the importance of homophones
2) Analyze which homophone makes sense in regards to the context of a sentence
3) Answer higher order thinking questions
4) Work collaboratively
5) Create a pair of homophones
Assessment Summary (Danielson 1f)
Formative: When modeling, stop at various points and ask key questions to monitor their
understanding. Students will also be informally assessed on how well they complete the
worksheet.

Summative: Assess students on the around the room activity, as well as how well they can
create a pair of homophones. Students will also be assessed when we discuss the
importance of homophones at the end of the lesson.
Prerequisite Relationships to New Learning (Danielson 1a)
Reading
Flexibility and Responsiveness to Students’ Learning Needs (Danielson 3e)
For early finishers/higher students, they may complete the homophone crossword. There
will also be other early finisher activities available for them to challenge themselves with.
For lower students, read the story problems to them, help them with the around the room
activity, give them guidance when making their pair of pears, etc.
Instructional Procedures (Danielson 1e)
1) Activate prior knowledge. “Today, we are going to be working with homophones.
We’ve discussed homophones a bit this week, and they’ve also been in our station
packets. What is a homophone? Why are homophones important? When might we
use homophones in our lives?” Discuss.
2) Using the Elmo, play the homophone song.
3) Using the worksheet, model solving homophones. Call on the students to complete
problems as well. “What would happen if the sentence said this instead?” [HOT]
4) The students will complete the remaining problems by themselves. Go over as a class
after. *Early finisher students may pick up the homophone crossword puzzle and
 work on it at various stops throughout the lesson.
5) Explain to the students that they will be completing an around the room activity.
There are 7 problems taped in various places and the students will have to write
down the correct answer on their recording sheet. When they are finished, they will
go back to their desk. Crosswords may be continued.
6) After all students are done, explain that they will be making a “pair of pears”. My
example is “piece and peace”. They will write one homophone from the pair on each
pear and draw/color a picture that shows the meaning of each word.
7) When students are done, they will tape their pears to the blue door by the
whiteboard. Crosswords may be resumed.
8) As students finish, bring them together for closure. “What did we learn today? Why
are homophones important? Give me a thumbs up/down…” etc.
Assessing “What is a homophone? Why are homophones important?”
Prior
Knowledge
Introduction Song/Modeling

Interaction Worksheet
(Guided
Practice)
Closure Class discussion

Independent Around the room/pair of pears

Practice

Lesson Timeline (Summary of Instruction ) (Danielson 1e)

Start of the Lesson Mid-Lesson Activities End of Lesson Activities
Activate/assess prior Worksheet/Around the Pair of pears/class discussion
knowledge; song, modeling room

Texts, Materials, and Supplies (Danielson 3c)

Elmo, pear ditto, handmade worksheets for around the room, homophone crossword

Homophone song- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GJUqJyX5NSA

There, they’re, their song- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5tK6bu37N5Q

Additional Information Required by Individual Course Instructor: Specialized

Pedagogy (Danielson 1e)
N/a