KUD LESSON PLAN 2 2

KUD Lesson Plan 2

Grade Level
This lesson plan is designed for learners in the 11 th grade because by this stage; students need
to be able to independently read literary texts and explain the author’s central ideas. It is a
build-up from the previous lesson, where students were introduced to the text that they will be
reading and instructions given on how to go through the process. Thus, the lesson will be
instrumental in inculcating a culture of purposeful reading among the students.
Instructional Model
 Direct Instruction
 The teacher will instruct the students on how to identify motifs in the novel and how to
use them to establish the central ideas.
 The teacher will explain how the author uses characters to bring out the main ideas and
guide students on things to look out for to be able to get the author’s main themes
 The teacher will explain to the learners how and where to access the online materials
using their tablets.
 Independent Study
 Students will be guided on how to independently identify central ideas in different
chapters in the book.
 They will be supervised by the teacher as they carry out discussions in small groups
about the main themes in The Handmaid’s Tale.
 They will fill in worksheets and complete assignments issued by the teacher
independently during the lesson and some after the lesson either on their own or within
their group discussions

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Standards
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.11.2
Identify two central ideas from the text and provide an analysis of their development
throughout the text. Include how these themes interact with each other to create a complex
plot. Give a summary of the novel.
11.2 is asking the learners to identify the main theme in the novel and break it down by
explaining how different chapters support it. Students will do this by analyzing relationships
between characters, the setting of the novel as well as the plot developed by the author.
Mastery of this standard will e achieved if the students can identify the central idea in the text
accurately.

Objectives
Students will KNOW
 Ways of identifying the main ideas in the novel
 The role played by characters in theme development.

Students will UNDERSTAND
 The novel could have several themes but there is always the main one that is developed
throughout the novel.
Students will be able to DO
 Describe the relationship between the author’s choice of words, and the themes
developed in the novel
 Explain the relationship between different themes developed in the story

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ASSESSMENT PLAN
Formative Assessments
 Students will complete exercises individually, which will be submitted to the teacher to
evaluate the learners’ interpretation of the text.
 Students will complete some worksheets in their small groups and then present their
findings in class through presentations.
 After reading each chapter, students will be asked oral questions, which the teacher
will then use to gauge their level of understanding depending on the responses
 The teacher will use Educreations Interactive Whiteboard to evaluate learners during
the lesson
 Some of the questions will require learners to;

 Explain how they identified the central idea by providing textual
evidence to support their answers
 Identify ways through which the author developed the central
idea in different chapters within the book

Summative Assessments
 The teacher will grade students’ worksheets that will be based on questions derived
from the novel
 The worksheets and assignments will show the learners’ level of understanding of the
novel
 Students will do a thematic analysis of the novel
Grading Rubric:

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 Did students demonstrate an understanding of thematic analysis?
 Were students able to answer questions well and complete worksheets provided by the
teacher?
 Were the results derived through Educreations Interactive Whiteboard positive?
 Did the learners understand how the author used different characters to develop the
main theme?
Accommodations
 The instruction models used will help accommodate ESL students and other students in
the classroom that will require support. Students will be shown how to use interactive
study aids for themselves. They will be allowed to come up with their own
individualized lists of terms as some may need to learn words that their classmates are
already familiar with.
 Students will be given practice tests before the lesson so that they can first get used to
the required format before completing the real ones
Enrichments
 The gifted students in the class will have their thinking enriched through increasing the
complexity of their materials during class. The teacher will select advance materials
for them and give them similar worksheets with the rest of the class but ensuring that
theirs have extra critical-thinking questions.
 Curriculum acceleration is another way to enrich their thinking (Gollan-Wills, 2014).
They will be instructed to direct their learning process through independently working
ahead to solve questions in chapters yet to be covered in class.
 They will be taught research skills and how to use their tablets to access more

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questions online that will further develop their level of thinking
 The teacher will incorporate tiered learning by developing complex tests and activities
for students with high abilities and varying the intensity of the activities depending on
the ability of individual students
Procedure

1. Give a preview of the previous lesson
    Students will be briefed on what they studied during the previous lesson.
    Students will be introduced to the use of motifs to identify the themes in The
   Handmaid’s Tale
2. State the objectives of the lesson
    The teacher will state the objectives of the lesson and project them on the board for
   students to see
3. Present resources and materials to be used during the lesson
    The teacher will provide the resources; books, worksheets, and as well as explain to the
   students how to access materials online
    The teacher will show students how to interactively engage each other online and
   discuss different themes identified in the novel
4. Guided Practice
    The teacher will explain how the students will use motifs and other elements such as
   characterization to show development of themes in the novel
    The teacher will guide the students on how to differentiate minor and major themes
    The teacher will group the students into small groups for discussions.
5. Independent practice

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 Students will complete practice tests individually
 The students will complete the worksheets in groups and some individually as
instructed
Technology
Google Docs
 Students will receive feedback on their assignments and posting from their peers and
teacher in real time.
Microsoft PowerPoint
 Students will present their work to the class using Microsoft PowerPoint to project
their findings
Educreations Interactive Whiteboard
 This tool will allow the teacher to evaluate learner’s understanding during the lesson
Flash Disks
 The teacher and students will share resources and materials via the flash disk
Smartboard
 The teacher will project objectives and other descriptions on the smartboard for
learners to view
Internet to access online materials, Youtube and the library
 Students will have access to additional materials via the library. They will also be able
to access Youtube for additional practice by watching tutorials on thematic analysis of
The Handmaid’s Tale

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References

Common Core State Standards Initiative. (2019). English Language Arts Standards » Reading:
Literature » Grade 11-12 | Common Core State Standards Initiative. Retrieved 10 August
2019, from http://www.corestandards.org/ELA-Literacy/RL/11-12/
Gollan-Wills, M. D. (2014). Enrichment Programming for Secondary School Gifted Students: A
Narrative Inquiry.