Lesson Plan

							                                 ADDITIONAL BASIC QUALIFICATION COURSE
                              JUNIOR BASIC: EDUCATION IN THE JUNIOR DIVISION



Lesson Plan

Grade Level:      5                                           Date/Time:____________________

Subject(s):       Language Arts

Strand(s):        Reading

Expectation(s):
                  -      5e30 – Describe how various elements in a story function (e.g. plot,
                         characters, setting).
                  -      5e32 – Begin to identify a writer’s or character’s point of view.


MULTIPLE INTELLIGENCE
√   Spatial Visual           √   Linguistic Verbal       Intrapersonal                Musical Rhythmic

    Bodily Kinesthetic       √   Interpersonal       √   Logical Mathematical         Naturalist


SUITABLE FOR:
√   Whole Class                  Small Group         √   Pairs                    √   Individual


Materials/Resources:

    -   pen/pencil
    -   worksheets (provided by teacher)
    -   copy of novel (Live From the Fifth Grade)


Mental Set

    -   What are ‘characteristics’?
    -   What are people really like?
           o characteristic = distinctive qualities or traits/attributes of a person or thing
           o What are some different characteristics (positive and negative)  based on a
               puppy, not a person!


Input (including modeling or demonstration):

    -   think/pair/share
            o What are five of your characteristics?
            o Why? Justify your choices.
            o What are some characteristics you have in common with your partner?

Check for Understanding:

    -   recap of characteristics with class
            o class discussion using T-chart positive/negative
            o thumbs up/down/side  do you agree (positive/negative)
                             ADDITIONAL BASIC QUALIFICATION COURSE
                          JUNIOR BASIC: EDUCATION IN THE JUNIOR DIVISION

Check for Understanding (continued)

    -   short discussion of negative characteristics, and appropriate terminology
    -   ask students to give an example of one of their characteristics, with a justifying example
    -   ask for thumbs up if students have the same characteristic themselves
    -   repeat until several different characteristics (positive and negative?) have been covered

Application:

    -   teacher to explain method for completing worksheet
    -   explanation should give example(s) of characteristic(s), how to explain/justify them, and
        to cite an example from the book
    -   students to complete worksheet


Consolidation/Closure:

    -   tell students that worksheet will be completed in the following lesson
    -   results will be taken up as a class discussion – eg. Who got the same characteristics for
        the characters?
    -   worksheets to be marked by the teacher


Notes/Reflections: