USF Elementary Education Lesson Plan Template

Grade Level Being Taught: Subject/Content: Reading/ Group

5th Grade
Writing
Size: 28
What Standards (national
or state) relate to this
lesson?
(You should include ALL
applicable standards. Rarely
do teachers use just one:
theyd never get through
them all.)

Name: Ellie Sharp

Date of Lesson: October 4,
2016

Lesson Content
READING STANDARDS FOR LITERATURE
Code: LAFS.5.RL. 1.1- Quote accurately from a text when explaining what the text says
explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.
Code: LAFS.5.RF. 2.6- Describe how a narrators, or speakers point of view influences
how events are described.
Code: LAFS.5.RI. 1.2- Determine two or more main ideas of a text and explain how they
are supported by key details; summarize the text
Code: LAFS.5.RI. 3.8- Explain how an author uses reasons and evidence to support
particular points in a text, identifying which reasons and evidence support which point(s)
Code: LAFS.5.W. 1.2- Write informative/ explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey
ideas and information clearly.

Essential Understanding
(What is the big idea or
essential question that you
want students to come away
with? In other words, what,
aside from the standard and
our objective, will students
understand when they finish
this lesson?)

Essential Question:
Identify what the definition of theme, and main idea, which was covered the previous day
in class.
Identify the main character, and write her different thoughts, actions, and feelings.
*Students have prior knowledge of theme, main idea, thoughts, actions, and feelings. We
will discuss this and transition into lesson.
- Students will use a graphic organizer to organize their thoughts and text evidence
-Students will infer the theme of the story from their findings on thoughts, actions, and
feelings.
-Students will draw evidence from the text to complete their graphic organizer.

Objective- (list three+)

What will students know and
be able to do after this lesson?
Example: Students will be able
to write capital letter at the

-Students should be able to define theme.

-Students should be able to question, summarize, predict, and clarify the theme of the
story.
-Students should be able to write in their own words through text evidence to fill out the
graphic organizer and determine the theme.

USF Elementary Education Lesson Plan Template

Grade Level Being Taught: Subject/Content: Reading/ Group
5th Grade
Writing
Size: 28

Name: Ellie Sharp

Date of Lesson: October 4,
2016

beginning of a sentence.

-Students should be able to contribute to their group and class discussion at the end of
the lesson.

Rationale
Why are you teaching this
lesson?

This lesson is being taught to assist students with independent reading and improving
their reading skills. This lesson is being taught so students can practice writing skills
using graphic-organizer and text evidence.
This lesson is being taught so students will understand how to infer and identify the
theme of a story and what all contributes to determining it.

Evaluation Plan- How will

you know students have
mastered your objectives?

Once students have completed their essential task, I will have them work in groups and
discuss their findings. We will then have a classroom discussion going over the toughts,
feelings, and actions they have identified. After concluding and class discussion, I will
collect their papers to grade their work.
Review:
Monday: Class will read Elisas Diary out loud and go over the vocabulary. During the first
read Mrs. Pak will pin the overall idea of the story. She will go over a second read to
determine and identify the main characters thoughts, actions, and feelings.
Tuesday: This should take about an hour (12:30-1:30)
Students are to complete their graphic organizer on the main characters thoughts,
actions, and feelings.

Step-by-Step Plan
(What exactly do you plan to
do in teaching this lesson? Be
thorough.

1. I will review the story with the students and go over the already established main
characters and the students general ideas of the thoughts, actions, and feelings. I will
then explain to the students that the qualities in the character we are talking about
represents the theme of the story. I will then show video clips and go over the definition
of a theme: the subject of a talk, a piece of writing, a person's thoughts, or an exhibition;
a topic.
2. I will explain to the students that we are going to be making a graphic organizer to
determine the theme. Completing the graphic organizer will be them determining the

USF Elementary Education Lesson Plan Template

Grade Level Being Taught: Subject/Content: Reading/ Group
5th Grade
Writing
Size: 28

Name: Ellie Sharp

Date of Lesson: October 4,
2016

characters feelings, emotions, thoughts, and actions. The reason that I chose to do a
graphic organizer for this section is because majority of my students are ELL. ELL
students are much more equipped to fill in a graph for specific objectives then writing a
summary or an open method.
*The character analysis will naturally and visually help the students determine the theme
(life lesson a reader can learn).
*Using the graphic organizer, we will determine the theme. The
graphic organizer will have 4 parts
and look like
this
Character

Though
ts

Actions

Feeling
s

Theme
3. The class will be divided into 4 different groups to jigsaw and work
on one of the character analysis. This means dividing the classroom up to do different
parts and then coming back together to complete the puzzle. I will assign one group to
determine thoughts, one group to determine actions, and the other group to determine
the feelings of a character. That will leave the fourth group, which is a higher-level group
and they will be assigned two character-analysis. This creates differentiation and
challenges the higher-level students. I am using differentiation methods because it helps
support the students so they do not have to work on the entire thing all at once and
getting overwhelmed. While they are working individually I will touch and go to each
group making sure that they are on point and I will re-direct them. This is how I will
assess how well the students are doing and if they are grasping the concept. The goal of
this is to have the students communicate and understand the objective while completing
the task.
4. I will then go over the graphic organizer with the class on the board, filling them in as
we go from group to group so the end product has a completed organizer. As we move to
each group I will have the students fill out the graphic organizer so at the end they will be

USF Elementary Education Lesson Plan Template

Grade Level Being Taught: Subject/Content: Reading/ Group
5th Grade
Writing
Size: 28

Name: Ellie Sharp

Date of Lesson: October 4,
2016

finished too. After going over I will give the students about 5 minutes to finish and relax.
5. By the end each student should have theirs completed and we will have a discussion
about the conclusion and the final theme. The final assessment will be collecting their
printouts of their completed graphic organizers and grading them.
Accommodations
What students need specific
accommodation?

-ELL (English Language Learners) students: accommodation for ELL students will be more
time to process the information.
-Allowing peers to help them with underlining and taking notes to write about. This will be
the group work portion
-Assistance from teacher by providing the 3 main ideas of the story and the graphic
organizer with words already written on them.
-If ELL students still do not understand, allow them to all go to the table and teacher will
assist them while other students are writing (working on essential task) silently.

Materials
(What materials will you use?

Reading material (Journey Textbook: Elisas Diary)

Paper
Pencil
Notes (graphic organizer provided)
ELMO