Molloy College

Division of Education

Lesson Plan Template

*All written plans will be evaluated for English language conventions and tools in writing
mechanics.

*All Lesson Plans MUST be written using appropriate edTPA Academic Language.

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Student_____________Patricia Takach_____ Professor___Mary Brower_____

Course EDU527_____________________________ Date_____4/26______________
Grade___9___Topic____Novel Study Pre Reading________ Content Area English

INSTRUCTIONAL OBJECTIVES (s) (Lesson Objective(s)*)

Students will be able to identify the four different kinds of conflict after direct instruction.
Students will be able to construct a prediction of the conflicts in Of Mice and Men after reading
To a Mouse.
Students will be able to determine general traits and behaviors of conflicts.
Students will be able to answer 3/5 questions on a teacher generated assessment.

NYS-CCLS / +NYS STANDARDS AND INDICATORS

(you may need more than one standard)

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.9-10.6 Students will be reading To a Mouse, a Scottish poem as a

prereading and preview to the conflict in Of Mice and Men.

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.9-10.5 Students will observe how internal conflict development and

resolution act as a parallel plot in the text.

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.9-10.3 Students will be able to apply knowledge of conflict when they will
closer analyze character traits and behaviors.

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.9-10.2 A component of direct instruction will focus on how conflicts

contribute to the overall theme of a story.

INSTRUCTIONAL RESOURCES
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To a Mouse, a poem and video by Robert Burns
Conflict T-Chart
Teacher Prezi
Quizizz exit game
Infographic for struggling students

MOTIVATION (Engaging the learner(s)*)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g0xjWXP9jZ8
Students will listen to a Scottish man read To a Mouse by Robert Burns (will be
revisited again).

Then, with a colored marker, they will fill out a conflict chart using prior
knowledge of conflict

DEVELOPMENTAL PROCEDURES
(including Key Questions)

Direct instruction using a Prezi on internal and external conflicts. Students will fill in the
motivation chart in a separate color as the instruction is taking place. Teacher will ask, what
could be an example of ________?
Students are required to write 2/3 details correctly with 1 example of each during the
presentation.
Students will then reread To a Mouse and analyze the line, The best laid schemes of mice and
men go often askew. Students will use think, pair, share to make a prediction of how this line
may connect to Of Mice and Men, focusing on its relation to conflict.

Students will discuss as a class the ideas they came up with.

Students will answer questions on Quizizz to assess their understanding of conflict.

INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGIES (Learning Strategies*)

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Think, pair, share students will collaborate on making an inference or prediction about the
line from the poem, and how it can relate to the text they will be reading. Students can get a new
perspective on the task, and be able to reaffirm the central idea.
Prior knowledge activating students prior knowledge is a motivation and assessment strategy.
The teacher can gauge what the students are comfortable with, and be able to correct any
misconceptions.
Prediction Prediction can activate student thinking for tasks and readings to come, as well as
assess student understanding and application of material. Predictions can also generate group
discussion.
Group discussion similar to think, pair, share, students can hear a different perspective, while
also gaining confidence in participating and working with peers. Teacher can assess student
understanding, as well as generating a student centered classroom.

ADAPTATIONS (Exceptionality*)

Students with weak motor skills will have access to a hard copy of the presentation to ease the
stress of note taking.

Students with reading disabilities will have simpler text for definitions and examples.

DIFFERENTIATION OF INSTRUCTION

Sample way to differentiate

Struggling Students
Students who have difficulty in reading and literature will be required to understand 1/3
components of the definitions and 1 example overall of conflict. Student will be expected to
answer 1/5 questions correct on teacher generated assessment.

Average Students
Students on grade level will be required to understand 2/3 components of the definitions and
provide an example for each kind of conflict. Student will be expected to answer 3/5 questions
on teacher generated assessment.
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Advanced Students

Students who have shown early mastery of material will be expected to understand 3/3
components of the definitions and provide more than 1 example for each kind of conflict.
Students will be expected to answer 5/5 questions on teacher generated assessment.

ASSESSMENT (artifacts* and assessment [formal & informal]*)

Student work during direct instruction of definitions must have 2-3/4 components written in the
chart.
Students will have written a plausible connection between To a Mouse and Of Mice and Men.
Quizizz multiple choice assessment differentiated for demographic.

INDEPENDENT PRACTICE
Students will complete a conflict worksheet that asks the students to identify characteristics and
behaviors of each conflict, based on the definitions.
Students will be able to predict examples of conflict in Of Mice and Men after a lesson on
characters and theme.

FOLLOW-UP ACTIVITIES: DIRECT TEACHER INTERVENTION AND

ACADEMIC ENRICHMENT

Direct Teacher Intervention

Students who have failed to meet requirements will get a second day of small group instruction
to reteach conflict, using alternate media examples.

Academic Enrichment
Students will have to provide an example of conflict from a supplement text online or from the
classroom library.
Students will be able to fill out a table at the end of reading the novel with examples of each
conflict.

Molloy College, Division of Education, Rockville Centre, NY 11571

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 REFERENCES
(Put References on a separate page using APA style)

Burns, R., & Heron, R. (1804). Poems, chiefly in the Scottish dialect. Cork: Printed by A.
Edwards.

Created For Learning made by TeachersPayTeachers.com Of Mice and Men Conflict Packet

Docimo, Katherine. "Conflict in Literature." Storyboard That. Storyboard That, 28 June 2013. Web. 26 Apr.
2017.

Molloy College, Division of Education, Rockville Centre, NY 11571

Revised 10/25/16
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