Lesson Plan for Expository Text (Conley Format pg 160)

Nicholas Kade Clement
Lesson Plan
Dr. Bishop

CURRICULUM COMPETENCIES

3. The student will express, communicate, evaluate, or exchange ideas effectively.

OBJECTIVE

c. The student will compose narrative text relating an event with a clear beginning, middle, and end. (DOK 3)

1) Stories and retellings
2) Narrative poems
3) PowerPoint presentations


Curriculum Standard: students will use their creativity to construct a narrative poem that will display there awareness of the expository text read to them prior to the assignment.

Big Idea: Narrative poem writing requires expression, communication of topic, and knowledge of the subject matter required.

Preparation:
1. Introduce the expository text, I’ve Seen the Promised Land
2. Read aloud the text using DR-TA
3. Introduce the topic of writing an narrative poem

Guidance:
1. Have the students brainstorm and make a concept map of a time in their lives when they have been treated unfairly.
2. Model with the students how to write a narrative poem using a situation similar to the topic of the expository text.

Application:
1. Have the students write their own narrative poem using the information from their concept map.

Assessment:
1. This will be the beginning of a student poetry notebook that will be kept during the semester or year. At the end the poetry notebook will be assessed using a rubric.