Title – Main Ideas

By – Jennifer Decker

Primary Subject – Language Arts

Secondary Subject – Other
Grade Level – 9

Topic/Unit:

School and Life Skills

Content:

English/Language Arts

Benchmarks:

• Use of writing for personal expression, peer interaction, and verbal expression.
  
• Promotion of personal growth and understanding

Learning Resources and Materials:

• Web diagram with the use of the Inspiration application

Other Resources Needed:

• Paper/pencil
  
• Projector with laptop
  
• Examples for students

Development of Lesson:

Introduction:
• Preparation for learning will start off with a brief discussion about writing personal mission statements or personal goals. Goals can be related to school, work, family, church, community, sports or leisure.
  
• The projector will have already been set up to a specific brainstorming web using Inspiration.

Methods/Procedures:

• Teacher will ask open-ended questions to check for prior knowledge.
  
  “What are some personal goals that you’ve accomplished or want to accomplish?”
  
• Teacher will give his or her personal examples.
  
• An example of the web will now be passed out to the students so that they can brainstorm ideas onto paper.
  
• Students will work in groups of two and each student will read the other student’s brainstorming ideas to the class.

Accommodations/Adaptations:

• Teacher will observe, ask questions to help students and give feedback to students.

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