FreedomWriters:LessonTwo

Author:ShanaSnyder
Datecreated:10/09/20149:52PMESTDatemodified:10/14/20148:15PMEST

VITALINFORMATION
Subject(s)

LanguageArts(English)

Grade/Level

Grade10

Objectives
Studentswillbeabletopracticegoodwritingskillsbywritingareflectioninresponsetodiaryentry#110inTheFreedom
WriterswithErinGruwell.
Studentswillbeabletowriteareflectionbyrelatingthediaryentrytotheirlives.

Standards

PAPennsylvaniaCommonCoreStandards(Draft)(2013)
Subject:EnglishLanguageArtsGrade612
Grade:Grades910
ContentArea:1.3ReadingLiteratureStudentsreadandrespondtoworksofliteraturewithanemphasison
comprehension,vocabularyacquisition,andmakingconnectionsamongideasandbetweentextswithafocusontextual
evidence.
Domain:
KeyIdeasandDetailsTextAnalysis
Standard:
CC.1.3.910.BCitestrongandthoroughtextualevidencetosupportanalysisofwhatthetextsaysexplicitly,as
wellasinferencesandconclusionsbasedonanauthorsexplicitassumptionsandbeliefsaboutasubject.
ContentArea:1.4WritingStudentswritefordifferentpurposesandaudiences.Studentswriteclearandfocusedtextto
conveyawelldefinedperspectiveandappropriatecontent.
Domain:
Narrative
Standard:
CC.1.4.910.MWritenarrativestodeveloprealorimaginedexperiencesorevents.
Domain:
NarrativeContent
Standard:
CC.1.4.910.OUsenarrativetechniquessuchasdialogue,description,reflection,multipleplotlines,andpacingto
developexperiences,events,and/orcharactersuseprecisewordsandphrases,tellingdetails,andsensory
languagetoconveyavividpictureoftheexperiences,events,settings,and/orcharacters.
Domain:
NarrativeConventionsofLanguage
Standard:
CC.1.4.910.RDemonstrateagradeappropriatecommandoftheconventionsofstandardEnglishgrammar,
usage,capitalization,punctuation,andspelling.

MATERIALSANDRESOURCES
Resources
Materialsandresources:
Teacher:"TheFreedomWritersDiary"WithErinGruwellPrometheanBoardActivInspire.
Students:"TheFreedomWritersDiary"WithErinGruwellFreedomWritersfolder,paper,pencil
Technologyresources:
ActivInspire,PrometheanBoard
Thenumberofcomputersrequiredis1.

IMPLEMENTATION
LessonProcedures
TobeginthelessonIwillpassoutthestudents'FreedomWritersfolders,alongwiththebooks.Iwillfindaspotmixedin
withthestudentsandbyusingthepopcorntechniquethestudents,andIifchosen,willtaketurnsreadingdiaryentry
#110untilitsend.AfterreadingIwillaskifthestudentswouldliketotalkabouttheentry,iftheychoosenottothenwe
willmoveontothemwritingtheirdiaryentries.Thisprompt,whichgoesalongwiththereading,willbeuponthe
Prometheanboard:"Whatvaluablelifelessonhaveyoulearnedfromyourparent,parents,orguardian(s)?Whenyou
arefinishedputyourentryinyourfolderandsitquietlyuntileveryoneisdone".Ifthestudentswouldlikemetoshare
anexampleofalifelessonmyparentshavetaughtme,Iwillsharewiththemandgivethemtheopprotunitiestoshare
theirentriesiftheywouldliketo,buttherewillbenopressuretoshareassomeofthemwillbeverypersonal.

ASSESSMENT
Assessment
Thestudentswillbegradedonthesewritingsandtheywillbeusedforasubmissionintotheiracademicwritingfolder.

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Studentsareawarethattheinformationtheyshareinthesewritingswillnotbesharedorrevealedtoanyone.
Theassigmentisworth10points.
LessonAnalysisand
Reflection

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