Excel Journal Diary Template

							                                             Differentiated Instruction
                                             Technology Project Template

General/Contact Information:
Name:                                                                                Email:                     april.gonzales@cpsb.org
                             April Gonzales
School:                                                                              Grade Level:               8
                             Oak Park Middles School
Subject:                     English/Language Arts

Unit Title:                  All the World’s a Stage—Drama                           Unit No.:                  6            GLE(s)                   02a-d,
                                                                                                                             Assessed:                09b,10,15a,
                                                                                                                                                      22c
Activity Title:              The Diary of Anne Frank                                                                         Activity No.:

                             Content___                                         Process_X_                                   Product__X
This lesson is                which is what the student needs to learn or how   activities in which the student engages in   culminating projects that ask the student to
differentiated               the student will get access to the information     order to make sense of or master the         rehearse, apply, and extend what he or she has
                                                                                content                                      learned in a unit; and
by:
DI Strategy                               Anchoring                                                                        Literature Circles
used:                                    Concept Mapping                                                                 RAFT
type the letter a to place
a check mark in the box
                                          Cubing                                                                           Self-Directed Learning
                                          Journal Prompts                                                                  Tiered Products
Mini-Lesson Procedure:
Objectives:                       1. Form opinions/make judgments on the issues related to The Diary of Anne Frank
(list all that apply)
                                     using an anticipation guide.
                                  2. Examine/teach the history that surrounds The Diary of Anne Frank using jigsaw.
                                  3. Read/analyze The Diary of Anne Frank.
                                  4. Create products using the R.A.F.T. strategy.
                                  5. Create a character web concept map using Inspiration 8.

Procedures:                  Type in the cell below.

      1. Teacher will hand out an anticipation guide as a hook to gain student interest.
            A. The teacher will direct the class in a discussion of the anticipation guide.
            B. Video from United Streaming on the Holocaust will be used.

      2. Teacher will hand out articles and information surrounding The Diary of Anne Frank. This is information that the
         teacher feels will help the students understand Germany and the issues of the time period. (Points of interest: Anne
         Frank, Adolf Hitler, Holocaust, Anti-Semitism, Jewish Faith, etc.)
      3. The teacher will briefly show students a map of Europe and explain that The Diary of Anne Frank will involve this
         area of the world, Adolf Hitler in Germany, and the Jewish people.
      4. A KWL Chart will be done on the overhead to find out how much the students know about this time period in history.

      5. Using jigsaw the students will read the material and become experts on one article. The students will then go back
         to their main group and teach what they have learned to the group. All articles will be discussed in this main group.
              A. Students will have a note-sheet to put relevant information on each article.
              B. The class will come back together to discuss all the new information found in the articles.

      6. The class will read The Diary of Anne Frank out loud dividing the class into character parts.
            A. The class will discuss literary elements and important information throughout the reading.
            B. Reading quizzes will be taken along the way.
     7. The class will choose one character from The Diary of Anne Frank. Using Inspiration 8, the students will create a
        character outline of the character they chose. ( This template is found in Inspiration 8 under file, open template,
        language arts, character web. Students may then manipulate the web.)

     8.     After reading The Diary of Anne Frank, the students will the the DI strategy of R.A.F.T to create a new product.
                B. The students will use Microsoft Word to type their product.




Teacher’s Technology Tools                                              Student’s Technology Tools
for Instruction:                                                        for Instruction:
This includes software that teachers will use to present                This includes software that students will use to
information to students in an effort to build a knowledge base.         create a final product.

Select all that applies to the teacher's use as an instructional tool   Select all that applies to the student's choice as a technology
      by typing the letter a to create a checkmark.                          product by typing the letter a to create a checkmark.

             Microsoft Word                                                      Microsoft Word
              Microsoft PowerPoint                                                 Microsoft PowerPoint
              Microsoft Excel                                                      Microsoft Excel
              Microsoft Access                                                     Microsoft Access
              Microsoft Publisher                                                  Microsoft Publisher
              Windows Movie Maker                                                  Windows Movie Maker
              Photo Story for Windows                                              Photo Story for Windows
             Inspiration/Kidspiration                                            Inspiration/Kidspiration
             Unitedstreaming videos                                               United Streaming videos
              Handhelds                                                            Handhelds
              Inspiration/Kidspiration                                             Inspiration/ Kidspiration
              Other:                                                               Other:

Create a list of teacher's technology resources                                      Create a list of student's technology resources
(websites) below:                                                                    (websites) below:

1.               http://www.annefrank.com/                              1.
2.                                                                      2.
               http://www.historyplace.com/worldwar2/riseofhitl
               er/
3.                                                                      3.
               http://www.nevechana.org.il/english/canada/go/H
               olocost.htm
4.                                                                      4.
               http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/GERjews.
               htm
5.              http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judaism                    5.
6.                                                                      6.
               http://www.ncrel.org/sdrs/areas/issues/students/l
               earning/lr2kwl.htm

7.             http://www.greece.k12.ny.us/instruction/ela/6-
               12/Reading/Reading%20Strategies/RAFT.htm

8.               http://olc.spsd.sk.ca/DE/PD/instr/strats/jigsaw/
Identify Type of Assessment Strategy Used in this Lesson:
Formal Assessment with Rubric:                                          Informal Assessment Types:
Select all that applies by typing the letter a to create a              Select all that applies by typing the letter a to create a checkmark.
checkmark.
              Constructed Response Items                                          KWL Chart (pre and/or post assessment)
              PowerPoint                                                           Journal Writing
             Concept Mapping                                                     Q& A Session
              Graphs (line, pie, circle, etc.)                                     Checklists
         Movie                                    
         Commercial
         Flyer
         Advertisement
        Other: (list below)                                  Other: (list below)
                 R.A.F.T (students choose                         
                  format)
Attach Reproducible Materials: Handouts, Rubrics, Checklists
1.        Anticipation Guide                       5.          RAFT letter rubric
2.        KWL Chart                                6.          RAFT poster rubric
3.        Quizzes from the Glencoe Series          7.          RAFT interview rubric
4.        RAFT Persuasive Rubric                   8.          RAFT newspaper rubric

                                                   9.          Inspiration Character Map Rubric

                                                   10.