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A Model 


 Lesson Plan for:



      (A novel / Play)


 -----------------------------



Year...........semester.............


Day............Date.....................


Novel    /    Play.........Chapter....


Act. ..........Title........................


SB page....WB page...............



 


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1-Overviewing:

Today's lesson is a lovely lesson.

It talks about .........................................

Let's enjoy it.

 



2. Learning Objectives


Implementing critical thinking skills 


By the end of the lesson, learners will become able to :

1-Read for pleasure, guessing and skimming.

2-Read for scanning, analysis and synthesis.

3-Do exercises and solve problems and do projects.

4-Act the scenes as practical learning.

5-Learning about American culture through our story

and comparing it with Egyptian culture.


Identify the chapter’s main events and setting.

Explain the motives and feelings of a main character, 

using evidence from the text.

Infer the meaning of unfamiliar words from context.

Summarize the chapter and express a supported 

opinion about it.

 


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3-Strategy used:


1-Active learning


 It includes individual, pair and group work, playing

 and changing roles.



2-Practice:


Acting the scene, solving problem, making a decision,

self-expression, playing roles, dialoguing and doing 

projects




3-Critical Thinking skills :


 Applicability, analysis, synthesis, imagination,

 creation, innovation,  doing projects , solving 

problems and evaluation are implemented.

 


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4- Resources used:


SB, WB, my site, my blog, my social media like YouTube 

channel and Facebook, cassette tape, (AI) ChaGPTt, 

Video tape, the library, Google PowerPoint, Google Slides, 

real / actual /authentic things and authentic real situations.

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5-Material and aids used:


SB, cassette tape, magazine, maps, CDs and the

flip chart, my site, blog, YouTube channel, online 

platform, Google PowerPoint, Google Slides, and 

social media like Facebook


The set-book, blackboard, drawings, mind mapping, CDs,

video film and illustration.


All the learners enjoy watching that part in a video. 

The Fourth group learners evaluate the answers and

 performance of each group and correct the errors. 


They can photograph the acted scenes with their mobiles

and store them on a CD to be presented on the 

computer screen for other learners in other classrooms.


Learners can get personalized learning through asking

 and answering questions with (AI), ChatGPT in class.

Using   and dialoguing with: ChatGPT, ( AI)


5-Standards:    For middle standard.


6-Time:              45 minutes


 


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A) Warm up :                             3 Minutes


I ask students to recall the previous chapter. 

I show or read a key line/title from today’s

 chapter and ask:


1- What do you think of your story?


2-What would you do if you were......?


3-Why do you think it is a detective story?


 4-What do you think will happen next?”


Values:          Co-operation-Loyalty-Belonging-


Life-skills:    Communication-Playing roles-

 


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Presentation used:


Activity 1


a) Introduction                               (5-minutes)

Greet students and introduce the lesson topic. 

Engage students with a hook (question, interesting

 fact, brief activity). 

State the lesson objectives clearly.

 


Activity 2


B-) Reviewing:                              3 Minutes


1-What roles were played by....., ....and.... in the

previous chapter?


2-The teacher assesses the participation of the 

learners.

 


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Activity 3


C-) Viewing:


1- Pre - reading:                                3 Minutes


Learners check the chapter title and study the 

chapter scene pictures of the text.

 Learners  imagine and guess what events that

 are  going to happen in today's chapter.

The teacher assesses the participation of the learners.

 



Activity 4


2- During reading:


New Vocabulary:                              15 minutes


 I use pictures, cards, technology, real situations,

 acting the scenes and lexical approach to 

present new vocabulary.

                         

I point to the vocabulary and its picture on the screen 

(Projector or PowerPoint) and act it for you to learn 

the meaning and pronounce each to learn to speak.


I divide the new vocabulary according to

 their derivatives:


Nouns:

(Sports, football, basketball, Tennis, volleyball,

 handball, boxing, swimming, paddling, soccer 

football, Squash, Baseball).
 
 

Verbs:

( play, run, jump, head, cheer, a score, pass, kick, 

throw, center, back, go forward, be fond of, consist 

of...............)


Adjectives:

( Popular-Famous- Interesting-Exciting-Happy)


I select 4–6 useful words from the chapter. 

Students predict meanings from context, then check 

definitions and make brief example sentences.


 



Activity 5


Guided Practice

A-Extensive reading:                        5 Minutes


learners in 3 groups read the 3 parts of the chapter

silently and extensively for skimming.  They use their

critical thinking(Analysis) to extract the 3 main ideas.


B- Simple questions:                          3 Minutes                                        

The teacher elicits 3 main ideas out of 3 groups' 

answers to the 3 questions on the BB.



C- Intensive reading:  


Learners in 3 new groups do an intensive reading to 

the same 3 parts of the chapter for scanning the 

specific details (synthesis) to help them answer the 

3 next exercises.


Students read silently or follow while the teacher

 reads selected passages aloud. They identify the

 setting, characters, and main problem.



D- Comprehension check:


In pairs, students answer questions such as:

 “What happened first?”

 “What decision did the character make?” and

 “Which detail supports your answer?”

 



Activity 6


3-Post reading:                      9 Minutes


Free Practice


1-Answer these questions. The teacher assesses the

participation of the learners. 

2-Complete these sentences. The teacher assesses

the evaluation of the learners.

3-Read this quotation and answer the 3 questions below.



Analysis and critical thinking:


Groups discuss one character’s motives or feelings

 and the chapter’s central idea. Each group supports

 its interpretation with a quotation or detail from the text.


 


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Story theater:    


(Characterization)                            6 Minutes


1-In 3 new groups, each group act the scene of the text

 part they have read in group audio-visually and physically.



2-Learners do characterization analysis for the characters

 to show likes and dislikes.


3-Practical learning, solving problems, Discovery,

innovation and humor are seen.


 



Story telling (Synthesis):   


Role-Playing :   (Acting the scenes)  


1-A group of 9 learners can present the 8 scenes of

the chapter through looking at 8 cylindrical attached

charts or small flip charts laid on the ground and

 learners are all around.  Look at the picture above.


OR


2-The fourth group present a summary as a feedback
 
for the whole part they learnt. They use:


(First,.......,secondly,..........,Next,.......,


Then,.........Later,...............Finally........

 



Activity 7



D-) Post-viewing:


Free Practice:

Learners go to the library to work in groups and do

 projects about the next part of the chapter.

They use their curiosity to explore the

next events by themselves.


1- Group 1 do a report.

2- Group 2 answer the 4 Pre -Viewing questions.

3- Group 3 learners do a wall chart for the next part events.

4-Group 4 will interview the 3 other groups in the form

of a debate.

 



Feedback:                 (5 minutes)
      

Summary:


(I assess synthesis)


Students write a 3–4 sentence summary or

 an exit ticket: 

one important event, one new word, and one question

 about the chapter

                   

What have we learnt today?

What else?

What else?

What else?

What American cultures did we learn today?


 


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Assessment:


A-Assessment areas to improve:


Responses to comprehension questions 

Participation in pair and group discussion 

Use of textual evidence 

Exit-ticket summary


(Learners' participation, interaction, share, dialoguing,

 applicability, solving problems, analysis, and self

reflection).



Differentiation

Support: Provide a vocabulary list, sentence starters,

 or a short chapter outline. 

Extension: Ask students to compare a character’s

 choice with an earlier decision or predict how

 it may affect later events.



B-Assessment Tools:


1-Performance tasks.

2-Discussion and periodic quizzes.

3-Weekly reports and baseline assessment.

4-Check points or grade books.

5-Learners' standards register and portfolio.

6-Formative interviews.

7-Standardized oral tests.

 


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Extension:


1-Learners act the scenes of the novel chapter on

 the school stage.



                     OR


2-Learners do a characterization for the novel

characters they studied about showing their likes

and dislikes in a report for each and giving the reasons.


                     OR


3-The teacher enables the learners to share in a

practical situation that is similar to that of the lesson

of the text and which is relevant to their environmental

daily life.  The learners share and practice and the

 teacher observes and encourages.

 


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Home Assignment :


As a home assignment or homework task, Learners

do a summary, write a report or evaluate the roles

the characters have played .


The homework is important as it is a means of

assessment. It is part of the learner's portfolio.


 It is a means of a contact between the teacher, the

 parents to know about the learner's progress daily

and regularly.



Write a short paragraph explaining whether

 you agree with one character’s decision. 

Give at least one reason from the chapter.

Replace “the chapter” with the title and events of the 

novel chapter being taught.

 


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Self-evaluation:


The teacher asks himself if :


1-The learners enjoyed reading for pleasure, skimming,

scanning, analysis, synthesis and did projects and

 evaluation or not.


2-He himself had used the suitable method or not.

 


Other resources:


1-How to teach new vocabulary.


2- How to teach grammar.


3- How to teach an"exercises" lesson


4-How to teach writing


5- How to present a lesson.



Internal links:


1-Classroom rules.


2-Disruptive learners.


3-Classroom discipline.


4-Students' behavior VS  Management.


5-Teaching diverse and multi-cultured


External Links:


1- English and Urban Slang online.



2-Positive Reinforcement i



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54, Number 2


1-Listening Journals



2-Using Free-writing



3-Using Concept Mapping



4-Reader's Guide



5- Audiovisual Feedback in EFL/ESL


6-Language to Foster Community



7- Human Mind Maps




9-Try This: Collaborative Mind Mapping



10-The Lighter Side: A Maps Mind Map



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