Student Centered Lesson Plan
Student Centered Lesson Plan
Student Centered Lesson Plan
Course: 11 American Literature and Composition Unit: 1 Fear, Faith, and Freedom
The Crucible :Writing an Objective Summary from Multiple Sources
Opening- Teacher Centered (20%)
This lesson plan is written for one 90 minute long class period.
Materials:
Extended Text :
The Crucible by Authur Miller
Materials and Resources: Articles on each of the following topics: Arthur Miller,
The Salem Witch Trials, McCarthyism and The Second Red Scare, and/or Puritanism.
DOK Level:
Level 3:
Compare/Contrast
Critique
Level 4:
Analyze and Synthesize
Objective Summary
Third person point of view / First person point of View
Initial Instruction:
Teacher will give students three different versions of the same story (one to
two paragraphs each). For this Lesson, we will use three versions of a story
about a car accident with one story being from the Moms point of view, one
from the brother who witnessed it, and one from the little girl who was the
victim. Model how to take the three different versions of the same story and
objectively summarize into one.
Teacher will discuss and model how to write an objective summary using the
story of the car accident from three different points of view- including only the
facts and details, leaving out emotional responses- show the example using
the document camera asking students for input.
Prior Knowledge
Modeling
Instruction: Grouping decisions: TAPS= Total Group, Alone, Partner, Small groups
(random, heterogeneous, interest, needs-based)
Performance tasks,
Differentiation,
Small group to whole
instruction
Differentiation/Scaffolding:
Group students according to Lexile reading scores placing students of
varying ability within groups.
Give easier topics to lower level students
Tiered Assignments
Independent