Lesson Plan

I have attached a lesson plan that one of my classmates and I created for our Special Education Methods class.  It does have a rubric and other documents we would use in our lesson.  I can not attach a document (at least not that I can figure out) so I am going to upload the document to see how this works.

Literacy Lesson Plan 

1. Author(s) of lesson: Jennifer Denham & Arista Easley

2. Subject: English

3. Topic or Unit of Study: This is a unit based on Perseverance where students use comprehension, prediction, and summarization skills.  Students will also practice writing skills.

4. Grade level: 6^th grade

5. Lesson Duration: This unit may take 6 weeks depending on the reading levels of the class.  The entire book would be read both at school and home and individually and in small groups.

6. Goal: Students will gain a better understanding of perseverance and survival; improve comprehension skills, understand the author’s point of view; and gain more vocabulary.

7. Objectives:

·         Given instruction students will be able to relate their personal experiences to the story Hatchet and write a simple paragraph about the relation.

·         Given instruction students will be able to recognize and understand the author’s purpose.

·         Given instruction students will gain a better understanding of complex sentence and multiple-meaning words.

8. Related TEKS:

§110.18. English Language Arts and Reading, Grade 6,

(6)  Reading/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) summarize the elements of plot development (e.g., rising action, turning point, climax, falling action, denouement) in various works of fiction; (B)  recognize dialect and conversational voice and explain how authors use dialect to convey character; and (C)  describe different forms of point-of-view, including first- and third-person.

9. Reflective Procedures (these may be arranged in a different order, taught over more than one day, or adapted in other ways to fit different types of lessons, e.g. direct instruction, discovery): After a chapter or reading portion is read there will be class discussion or small group discussion for reflection.  Some activities might include different aspects of the reading portion summarized on chart paper, YouTube videos of perseverance and survival, and the reading response logs.

10. Preassessment: On chart paper the teacher will write the word “PERSERVERANCE”; students will discuss the meaning, or what they feel is the meaning of the word, and write the ideas on the chart paper.

11. Motivation: Show the video - TeacherTube Book Talk

12. Statement of Purpose: Show quick PPT of perseverance quotes. 

13. Teacher Modeling or Demonstration: The teacher reads a passage aloud and opens discussion of the passage(s).

14. Guided Practice: Students will complete one section of the “Guided Notes” after reading each chapter.

15. Check for Understanding: Students will define vocabulary and write new sentences using the words; small groups will use chart paper to either draw a picture depicting the reading passage or create a story web.

16. Independent Practice: Students will complete a “Reading Response Log” after each of the reading assignments.

17. Closure: Students will be able to write two short stories based on perseverance/survival (one from a first-person point of view and one from a third-person point of view).

18. Differentiated instruction:

·         Students who receive special education services will be able to read the book in an adapted form (text and pictures) and create their own modified journal pages.

http://www.ric.edu/sherlockcenter/dsi/hatchet.pdf

·         ESL students will be able to work on vocabulary to gain a better understanding of the text and may use the adapted version of the book.

·         GT students will create a poster based on perseverance using poetry to grasp the meaning of the book.

19. Assessment/Rubrics: After a reading assignment, reading response logs, and guided note section are completed students will be quizzed over that portion of the material.

20. Include an assessment document: Writer’s Notebook Evaluation Rubric to assess the Reading Response Sheet.

21. Materials and resources: Books, reading response logs, guided notes, paper, pencil

22. Instructional materials and resources: the book Hatchet by Gary Paulsen (regular text and adapted text)

23. Student materials: Hatchet by Gary Paulsen (regular text and adapted text); Reading Response Log; Guided Notes

24. Citation of source:

·         SRA Open Court Reading Teacher’s Edition, Level 6 , Book 1

·         Sherlock Center Resource Library at Rhode Island College http://www.ric.edu/sherlockcenter/dsi/hatchet.pdf

·         Pinterest

·         TeachersPayTeachers

Reading Response Log Sheet

Stop at the end of each chapter to write a response.

At the top of each page of your Response Log write:

Date:

Page _____ to page _____

Write a Summary (4-6 sentences). Retell what you remember reading this week.

Write a Response to what you have read(5 - 10 sentences) Your response should talk about what you are thinking as you read this section.

Possible ways to begin a response:

This connects to my life in this way…

I wonder…

This is important because…

I don’t understand _______ because _____.

I want to remember this _____ because ______.

Quote a passage and then tell what you think about it.

How it will be graded:

30 points for a well-written summary

60 points for thoughtful responses

Ten points for correct headings

Name: __________________________________ Semester: ________

Guided Notes:

“Hatchet”

Author:  ____________________

Chapter 1:

1. The main character is named _____________  ___________________.
2. _____________ is flying on this type of plane: _____________  _________.
3. _____________ is ______ years old. 
4. _____________’s parents are going through a _____________ and it is all his _____________’s fault.
5. The _____________ let _____________ drive the _____________ for a little while.
6. In the summer _____________ would live with his _____________ and during the _____________ year, would live with his _____________.
7. _____________’s father is a _____________  _____________.  He invented a new __________ _______.  He is working in the __________________ in _____________.
8. _____________’s _____________ gave him a _____________ on the way to the ________________.
9. The pilot has a bad _________ and his left _____________ hurts real badly.  The pilot then said his _____________ felt like it was coming apart.
10. The pilot had a ___________________.  _____________ knew he was now _____________.

Chapter 2:

1. Brian checked the _____________ and did not find a _________________ or rise and ________ of _______________.  The ____________ was __________.
2. Brian took control of the _____________ and had a difficult time adjusting to the sensitivity of it.
3. On a panel under the ________________, he found the lettering engraved in metal that said, __________________.  He discovered this was the __________.
4. When Brian talks into the ______________, he cannot _____________ anyone else.  Then he realizes he needs to turn the __________ switch off. 
5. Brian finally hears a _____________, but they get cut off soon.
6. Brian realizes that he was going to go down.  He is either going to run out of _________ or he is going to bring himself down.
7. Brian’s plan is to ____________ down, then __________ the plane and ______.
8. He repeated the ___________ call _______ times, over ________-minute intervals.
9. Brian will try landing on the _____________ of a _____________.
10. Between the ______ and _____­­_ transmissions, the _____________ died.  Brian _____________ up.

Chapter 3:

1. Brian cannot see any _____________, all he sees are trees.
2. Finally, Brian sees an ____-shaped body of _____________ to land in.
3. When he was landing, Brian heard loud animal like __________.  He did not now it was _____________.
4. Brian finally lands in the _____________, and barely makes it to the _____________ before his _____________ give out on him.

Chapter 4:

1. The _____________ is something that keeps popping into Brian’s head.
2. Brian was riding his ____ speed _____________ with his friend named _____________.  They went by the _____________ Mall and Brian saw his mom.  _____________’s mom was with a _____________-haired man in a _____________ shirt.  This is the _____________.
3. After making it to the _____________, Brian falls _____________ until the next _____________. 
4. When he _____________ up, Brian has a difficult time thinking of the plane crash as a _____________ and not in his imagination.
5. Brian did not _____________ any of his _____________ parts.
6. When the _________ comes up, so do the _____________ and black _____________.
7. The water is very _____________.
8. Brian thought the trees were _____________ and _____________.
9. Brian saw a _____________ in the water, chasing all the jumping ___________.

Chapter 5:

1. When Brian _____________ up from his _________, he realizes how _____________ he is and how _____________ his body is now. 
2. Brian ____________ from the non-murky water, by balancing on a __________.
3. He _____________ so much of the _____________, he immediately _____________ up when he got back to shore.
4. Brian thinks that the _____________ will look for him according to the pilot’s _____________ plan and find him within a _______ or ________.
5. All Brian had was _____ Cents, a _____________ with a _____________ dollar bill, some odd pieces of _____________, and his _____________.
6. Brian had a(n) _____________ teacher named _____________, who always told them to look at things with a _____________ attitude.  He also said that _____________ are the most valuable asset you have.
7. Brian realizes that he has never heard _____________ before.
8. All this time, Brian is craving a ________________, ___________ and __________.
9. Brian suddenly realizes that the pilot’s _________ foot was on the ___________ pedal and made the entire plane shift to the _____________.  This means the plane flew off of the _____________ plan.
10. Brian knew he had to get _____________.  He had to find some _____________ and make a _____________.

Chapter 6:

1. When thinking about the type of _____________ he was going to build, Brian decided on a _____________.
2. Brian was going to cut down some _____________ to use as _____________, when he found the _____________.  The _____________ was formed perfectly because a _____________ had probably scooped it out.  There was now _____________ in there and made a type of beach.  This was much better because it would shelter him from the hot _____________ and make a _____________ roof.
3. Brian remembers a television show he watched about _____________ pilots who were put into a desert in _____________ to survive.  They had to catch their own food.  Besides eating _____________, they also ate _____________ from bushes.
4. When walking to find _____________, Brian keeps the water on his __________ side.  When walking back, the water should be on his _________ side.
5. The _____________ led Brian to the _____________.
6. When Brian had eaten enough _____________, he put _____________ pounds into his _____________ and walked back to the _____________.
7. When he got back to the _____________, he found sticks and _____________ and made a _____________ to cover the _____________.

Chapter 7:

1.    During the night, Brian wakes up to _____________ because of all the _____________ he ate the day before.

2.    Brian remembers his _____________ with the _____________ man, they were _____________ in the _____________ wagon at the mall when he saw them.

3.    Brian wakes up to swarming _____________.

4.    Brian’s _____________ scares him. He has so many cuts and _____________ bites.

5.    Brian ate some ripe _____________.  He also made _____________ piles of them, which he then covered with _____________.

6.    Brian starts to think of the _____________ as _____________.

7.    When Brian is looking for more _____________, he finds a bunch of _____________.  They taste much better than the _____________.

8.    While picking the _____________, Brian sees a _____________ about _____ feet behind him.  The ________ just checks him out, eats some _____________ and walks away.

9.    When Brian is back at ___________, he drinks the _____________ from the _____________ because it tastes almost like _____________.

Chapter 8:

1. Brian awakes to a _____________ sound at his _________ in his ___________.
2. Brian tries to ___________ whatever it is, but instead the _____________ puts __________ (#)_____________ into his leg.
3. Brian pulls them out and figures out the first rule of survival is:

________________________________________________________________

4. Brian has a _____________ about his _____________ and friend __________.
5. His _____________ is trying to tell him something but Brian cannot _____________.
6. _____________ is at the park for a _____________ and trying to tell Brian he needs a _____________.
7. This _____________ only made Brian more _____________ because he knew he needed a __________, but didn’t know how to _____________ one.
8. When Brian is awake, he realizes that his _____________ had made _____________ when it was thrown at the _____________.  This will make a _____________.

Chapter 9:

1. Brian cannot start a _________ because the _____________ just die.
2. Brian tries to start the _________________ on fire, but no luck.
3. Brian shreds the _____________ from the _____________ trees to make a home for the _____________. 
4. Once he had the home, Brian then hit the _____________ on the _____________ to make the _____________ that fell on the home.  Then to add oxygen, he _____________ on the sparks in the home and that made a _____________.  He then added _____________ to make the _____________ bigger.
5. Brian’s new _____________ is named ___________, he is also _____________.

Chapter 10:

1. Brian gathers __________ to add to the _________ so it will never ________­__.
2. Something awakens Brian during the night.  In the morning, after seeing the ________ in the sand, he realized it was a _____  _____________.
3. There were _______ (#) of the __________ ball sized _____________.
4. Brian ate ________ (#) of the _____________ raw.  From now on he will eat only __________ (#) a day.

Chapter 11:

1. Brian decided to have enough __________ for __________ days.
2. Although Brian wasn’t fat, he was slightly _____________.  Now, all the extra _____________ above his _____________ was gone.
3. Brian’s _____________ and _____________ had made a connection.
4. Brian realized that if a _____________ could catch a _____________, so could he.  He is going to make a _____________ tonight by the _____________.
5. But, first, he deserved another _____________.

Chapter 12:

1. Brian decided to make a ______ prong spear.  It __________ work like he wanted it to.
2. The _____________ from the fire made the _____________ not want to be around him.
3. The _____________ were starting to become over________.  After eating some, Brian realized he was becoming _________.
4. Brian decides he is going to build a _____________ and _____________.
5. He almost steps on a _____________ type of bird, like a _____________.
6. When Brian is finding __________ for his ______­­__ and _____________, he hears an _____________ and realizes it is a _____________.  Brian runs through the forest to make his _____________, but the plane makes a sharp _____________ and goes away. 
7. Brian thinks he will never be rescued.

Chapter 13:

1. One day, when Brian was picking _____________, he saw a female _____________ and her _________. 
2. Another day, Brian saw four _____________ on the hill. 
3. It has been _____________ days since the _____________ and _____________ days since he became the new _____________.
4. When the _____________ had come and gone that day, Brian had decided it was over.  He let the _____________ go out and tried to _____________ himself with his _____________ to end his _____________.
5. After this, Brian realized two things:
1. ___________________________________________________________
2. ___________________________________________________________
6. With the first _________ and _____________, Brian almost _____________ himself.
7. Brian’s first _____________ was _____________-shaped with _____________ sides.
8. Brian used the _____________ from the dead _____________ as __________.
9. On the first day of ____________, Brian thinks he ate over _____________ (#).
10. Brian is full of _____________  _____________.

Chapter 14:

1. The single driving _____________ in nature is to _____________.
2. One night, a _____________ tries to steal some _________ from Brian.  Brian threw some _____________ at him and told him to leave.  The _____________ was not amused and lifted its _____________ and _____________ Brian right in the _____________.  Brian was _____________ for two hours.  His _________ hurt for _________ weeks. 
3. Brian learns the second most important thing about nature is: ________________________________________________________________
4. Brian tore down his _____________ and made a stronger one.
5. Brian decided to hide his __________ above the ___________.  He made a _____________ out of dead _____________ he found.
6. Brian decided to ____________ the __________ by making a small _________.

Chapter 15:

1. Brian kept a _____________ journal by recalling _____________.
2. Brian was now craving _____________.
3. Brian thinks he can catch the bigger _____________.
4. The _____________ are all blending in, they are _____________.  Brian cannot find them until it is too late.
5. On the day of First ________, Brian sets out with his _______ and __________.
6. Brian needs to find a way to bring the _____________ and his _______ together.
7. Brian decides the _____________ look like _____________.
8. Instead of looking for the ___________, Brian needs to look for the __________.
9. With his first _____________, Brian peeled it like an _____________, then cut the _____________ and _________ off with his _____________.
10. Brian put the _____________ on the side of the _____________ and rotated it so the _____________ would go back into the meat.  It took a long time, but Brian finally _____________ the meat.

Chapter 16:

1. Brian had many _____________ days.
2. First _____________ Day.  When he threw his _____________ correctly, not _____________.
3. First _____________ Day.  When he killed his first large _____________. 
4. He went back and forth between killing and eating _____________ and _____________.  Every once in a while throwing _____________ in there.
5. The _____________ has a sign of _____________ just before it ___________, it makes a sound like a _____________.
6. When Brian is cleaning a _____________, a ___________ comes up behind him and starts ___________ him, trying to ___________ him in the ___________.
7. After a couple of times, the _____________ lets Brian _____________ away.  Brian did not lose or break his _____________ in his belt.
8. The _____________ did hurt Brian’s _____________.
9. That night, Brian heard loud _____________ and was thrown about his home.  All his _____________ and _____________ was taken and thrown into the water.  It began to _____________ after the _____________ left and the _____________ came back.
10. Brian is back to square _____________.
11. In the morning, Brian notices the fish _____________ is still there, but there are not any _____________.  The _____________ to his cave is spread all over the shore.
12. Behind Brian, in the water, is a tall _____________ colored something sticking out of the water.  Brian realizes it is the _____________ to the _____________.
13. Brian thinks he should _____________ something for the ___________.  His words for the _____________ are ________________________­­­____________.

Chapter 17:

1. It takes Brian only an _____________ to rebuild the _____________.
2. Brian felt lucky he hadn’t _____________ or been badly _____________, which he thought could be the same thing.
3. Brian remembers the ___________________ in the tail of the _____________.
4. Brian remembers the order to things: First _____________, then _____________, and then _____________.
5. The _____________ did not _____________ Brian, but they did give him _____________.
6. When Brian gets frustrated building the _____________, he decides he needs to use his _____________.
7. Brian named his _____________, _____________  ___________ for its looks.
8. Brian realizes the _____________ is too _____________, he will need to go tomorrow.
9. When Brian takes the _____________ out to the _____________ in the morning, it takes him _____________ hours kicking to get out there.  When he is finally there, he cannot find a way to _____________ the plane.

Chapter 18:

1. Brian discovers that _____________ on the _____________ of the plane makes it pull away from the frame. 
2. Brian uses his _____________ to make a _____________ shape to get his hand into the _____________.
3. Brian dropped the _____________ into the _____________.
4. He went down to get the ____________ and almost ran out of ____________.
5. Brian remembers the ________________ was a zippered __________ bag or maybe a _____________ of some kind.  He couldn’t remember if it was the color __________ or _____________.
6. Brian cannot find the ________________ in the _____________ of the plane so, he has to go in the _____________.
7. When Brian finally finds the ________________ in the back of the _____________, he also sees the _____________’s __________.  The _____________ had been _____________ it.  Brian gets __________ in the water.
8. Brian finally gets the ________________ back to his __________.  Not by walking, but by _____________, and falls asleep.

Chapter 19:

1. The first things Brian finds inside the ________________ pack, Brian finds the following: a _____________ bag with a ________ _____________ pad, an _____________ _____________ with four little __________ and two _____________ _________, with a _______, _________, and _________, A _____________ container with ___________ and two small _____________ lighters, a sheath _____________ with a _____________, a ___________-_______ kit, a ________, a _____________ kit with four _________ of line, a dozen small __________, and _________ and _____________.
2. Brian also found a full box of ____ (#)_____________ and a ______________________.
3. The ___________ was wonderful but it gave Brian ____ and ________ feelings.
4. Brian found an ___________________.  He switched the switch several times, but it did _____________, so he put it to the side and continued through the pack.
5. One of the best things Brian found in the pack were dozens and dozens of _____________-dried and _____________ bags of _____________.
6. For dinner Brian would have a _________-person beef and _____________ dinner, with _____________ drink for an _____________ and a _____________ whip for _____________.
7. While _____________, Brian hears the _____________ sound of a _____________ again.
8. The _____________ came right up to him.  The _____________ recognized him and said that the _____________ had stopped looking for him a _____________ or _______ ago.
9. Brian said to the _____________, “My name is _____________  _____________”.  “Would you ______________________________________?”

Epilogue:

1. The _____________ who saved Brian was a ________ _____________.
2. Brian had been on the _____-shaped lake for _______ days.  He had lost ______% of his body _____________ and only gained back _____%.
3. The _______ cherries were actually _________ cherries and good for __________.
4. The _________ bushes the _____________ hid in were actually _____________ bushes.
5. The _____________ were ruffed _____________.
6. The _________ had been laid by a _____________ _____________.
7. The _________ were actually _____________ wolves.  They do not attack _____________.
8. The _____________ government sent a team to recover the _____________ of the _____________.  _____________ went along to take _____________ and ________ of the area.
9. Brian became a celebrity of sorts.
10. Brian was having _____________ of being back there at night.
11. Had Brian been there for the hard _________, or _____________, it would have been difficult to survive.
12. Brian’s father stayed in the _______ _____________.  Brian’s mother continued her career in ________ _____________.  She also continued to see the man in the _____________ _____________. 
13. Brian never told his _____________ the _____________.