Instruction Framework Lesson Design Template

This document provides an example of how a typical English I text analysis lesson might fit the instructional framework. Please note the description below represents multiple days of instruction.

Learning Objective
English I
  1. Identify the theme in “Once Upon a Time” by Nadine Gordimer. (RL.6.1)
  2. Explain how the irony present in the story helps to develop the theme. (RL.7.1)
  3. Cite textual evidence to support claims made about “Once Upon a Time” by Nadine Gordimer. (RL.5.1)

Checking for Understanding: List two possible CFU questions.
  1. What is irony?
  2. How would you define the term theme?
  3. What does using “textual evidence” mean?

Activating Prior Knowledge/Lesson Importance
Describe how you will Activate Prior Knowledge.
  • Display the provided memes.
  • Provide the CFU questions.
  • Have students turn and talk to a partner to formulate an answer to the CFU questions.
/ Describe how you would provide lesson importance.
  • Academic
  • Real-life
  • Personal
-Use of memes shows being able to identify theme is applicable to a variety of situations.
Checking for Understanding: List two possible CFU questions.
  1. What is ironic about each picture?
  2. What do you believe is the theme of each picture?
  3. How does the irony in each picture contribute to its theme?

Concept/Skill Development
Identify the concepts/skills you will teach.
  • irony
  • theme
/ What Instructional Strategy will you use?
  • Explaining
  • Modeling
  • Demonstrating

Checking for Understanding: List two possible CFU questions.
  1. What is irony? What is an example of irony?
  2. How would you explain theme to another student who was not familiar with the concept?

Skill Development
Identify the skills you will teach.
  • Identifying and explaining the irony present in a passage.
  • Identifying the theme of a passage.
  • Providing text evidence to explain how the irony in a passage helps to develop its theme.
/ What Instructional Strategy would you use?
  • Explaining
  • Modeling
  • Demonstrating
  1. Read “Irony Passage 1” aloud.
  2. Model the thinking process an active reader would use to recognize the irony in the passage.
  3. State the theme of the passage and explain how the irony helps to develop it.

Checking for Understanding: List two possible CFU questions.
Note: The questions below are to check students’ understanding of/engagement in what the teacher models.
  1. How did I determine the theme of the passage?
  2. What does an active reader need to do to in order to recognize how an author develops the theme?

Guided Practice
We Do……
  • At the same time
  • It is dynamic, not static
  • Include different variations
/ Process
  1. Read “Irony Passage 2” aloud while students follow along on their copies of the text.
  2. Use the CFUs to guide students as they work.
  3. Call on multiple/different students to promote engagement.

Checking for Understanding: List five possible CFU questions.
  1. What is Bobby’s primary goal in the passage?
  2. What early example of irony occurs in the first two sentences?
  3. How does the author foreshadow what happens at the end of the passage?
  4. What do you believe is the theme of the passage?
  5. What supports your interpretation of the theme?
  6. How does the irony in the passage contribute to or help to develop its theme?

Transition
Focus on STUDENTS demonstrating their learning.
Ask yourself…
  1. Can 80% of my students correctly describe the concept?
  2. Can 80% of my students correctly execute the skill?
  3. Can 80% of my students tell me why the skills and concepts I just taught are important?
/ What Instructional tools/resources would you use?
  1. “Irony Passage 3”
  2. Socrative, MasteryConnect, or questions on board/written student responses if technology not available
  3. Students will read the passage and respond to the questions.

Checking for Understanding: List five possible CFU questions.
  1. Why was hygiene not a priority for some of the early Jamestown settlers?
  2. What was ironic about the actions of those settlers who cared for their teeth?
  3. How would you describe the theme or central idea of this passage?
  4. How is irony essential to establishing the theme of the passage?
  5. Which sentence is essential to establish the irony present in the passage?

Independent Practice
Structured Practice
Students work towards / demonstrate mastery of the knowledge/skills /
  1. Have students respond to the following TDA prompt for “Once Upon a Time” by Nadine Gomer, (Collections, Grade 9, pp. 11-16):
“Once Upon a Time” relies on irony to establish its theme. Write an essay that explains the theme of the story and analyzes how the author uses irony to convey that theme. Use evidence from the passage to support your response.
Assessment using SC EOCEP TDA Scoring Guidelines
Potential scaffolding includes:
  1. Engaging in a shared reading of “Once Upon a Time” prior to independent practice.
  2. Conducting an activity such as having students complete a plot/story elements chart to build comprehension of the text.

Checking for Understanding: List three possible CFU questions.
Note: The questions below would serve as monitoring questions a teacher would ask students while they worked independently to respond to the prompt.
  1. What do you believe is the theme of the passage?
  2. What evidence supports your interpretation?
  3. How does the irony in the story contribute to its theme?

Closure
A Final Check for Understanding to determine student mastery of the learning objective. / Students’ TDA responses would serve as the true “Check for Understanding” – The closure section would provide an opportunity for students and the instructor to address
successes and misconceptions (I.5.3).
Checking for Understanding: List three possible CFU questions.
  1. How does your response use evidence from the text to support my thinking about the theme?
  2. How would you score your response based on the criteria in the SC EOCEP TDA Scoring Guidelines?
  3. What is your justification for the score you would give yourself?