Excerpt from my SIOP Lesson Plan
Teacher | Sarah Fullerton
Class | Language Arts
Grade | 7
Date | 10 December 2012
Lesson Topic | Prepositional Phrases
This lesson takes place during the first semester “focus on grammar.” The classroom is set up around Grammar Football League (GFL), in which students work in teams to review, learn, and test on language (grammar) standards with a football theme. At the beginning of the quarter, students were put into seating arrangements of heterogeneous teams and designed a team helmet. Students enjoy competing against other teams, using test scores to earn yards and touchdowns on the grammar football field set-up on a large board on the back wall of the classroom. Students have reviewed parts of speech and recently completed a series of lessons on phrases and clauses.
Content Standards | Common Core Language Standards
Conventions of Standard English
1. Demonstrate command of the conventions of Standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking.
a. Explain the function of phrases and clauses in general and their function in specific sentences.
b. Place phrases and clauses within a sentence, recognizing and correcting misplaced and dangling modifiers.
Vocabulary Acquisition and Use
6. Acquire and use accurately grade-appropriate general academic and domain-specific words and phrases; gather vocabulary knowledge when considering a word or phrase important to comprehension or expression.
English Language Proficiency (ELP) Standards | Stage IV (Grade 7)
IV-L-1 PREP: E-1
Using prepositions of location.
IV-L-1 PREP: E-2
Using prepositions of direction.
IV-L-1 PREP: E-5
Selecting a preposition to complete a given sentence.
Key Vocabulary | prepositional phrase, preposition, phrase, clause
Higher Order Thinking Skills (HOTS) | Students will:
1. Recall information from previous grammar lessons on prepositions and phrases and clauses.
2. Apply their previous learning to hypothesize a working definition of prepositional phrases.
3. Understand the definition of prepositional phrases and analyze how they function in sentences.
4. Create sentences and identify the prepositional phrases.
5. Evaluate their learning today.
Visuals, Materials, Resources | class-made posters from previous lessons on prepositions and phrases and clauses. Post-it® tabletop easel pad (for teacher-made visual of K-W-L chart and Cornell Notes), teacher-made PowerPoint presentation with visuals for whiteboard game, digital projector, whiteboards, Expo markers, whiteboard erasers (cloths/rags), pre-made exit slips, Word Wall
Link to Students’ Past Experiences | The teacher will lead a brief discussion on how we use prepositions (therefore prepositional phrases) in our every day speech, especially when giving directions to find something (location, object, etc.).
Activating Prior Knowledge | Before we begin the lesson on prepositional phrases, the teacher will display our previous class-made learning posters on prepositions and phrases and clauses. Working in their Grammar Football League (GFL) teams, students will fill out the “K” and “W” section of a K-W-L chart together (each student will have a K-W-L chart, but at this point their answers may be communal). They can reference the Cornell notes they previously made (and should have filed in their class notebooks) while working on the K-W-L chart.
Content Objectives | The students will be able to…
Content Objectives
1. Explain the definition and function of a prepositional phrase by summarizing their learning today in the “L” section of their K-W-L chart.
2. Identify and place prepositional phrases correctly in team-generated sentences during today’s whiteboard activity.
3. Define the following academic vocabulary: preposition, phrase, clause, and prepositional phrase.
Language Objectives
1. Select proper prepositions of location and direction to complete team-generated (or teacher-directed) sentences during today’s whiteboard activity.
Review and Assessment | Informal
Content Objectives
1. Teacher will check students’ K-W-L charts for completion and accuracy in the “L” column.
2. Teacher will monitor students’ team-generated sentences during the whiteboard activity and provide feedback as necessary.
3. Teacher will walk around the classroom and monitor GFL team discussions as students are filling in the “K” and “W” sections of their K-W-L charts (preposition, phrase, and clause are all review vocabulary). Teacher will review students’ Cornell Notes for correct definition of prepositional phrases. Grammar Football game to follow in upcoming days for more formal assessment.
Language Objectives
1. Teacher will monitor students’ team-generated sentences during the whiteboard activity and provide feedback as necessary.
Class | Language Arts
Grade | 7
Date | 10 December 2012
Lesson Topic | Prepositional Phrases
This lesson takes place during the first semester “focus on grammar.” The classroom is set up around Grammar Football League (GFL), in which students work in teams to review, learn, and test on language (grammar) standards with a football theme. At the beginning of the quarter, students were put into seating arrangements of heterogeneous teams and designed a team helmet. Students enjoy competing against other teams, using test scores to earn yards and touchdowns on the grammar football field set-up on a large board on the back wall of the classroom. Students have reviewed parts of speech and recently completed a series of lessons on phrases and clauses.
Content Standards | Common Core Language Standards
Conventions of Standard English
1. Demonstrate command of the conventions of Standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking.
a. Explain the function of phrases and clauses in general and their function in specific sentences.
b. Place phrases and clauses within a sentence, recognizing and correcting misplaced and dangling modifiers.
Vocabulary Acquisition and Use
6. Acquire and use accurately grade-appropriate general academic and domain-specific words and phrases; gather vocabulary knowledge when considering a word or phrase important to comprehension or expression.
English Language Proficiency (ELP) Standards | Stage IV (Grade 7)
IV-L-1 PREP: E-1
Using prepositions of location.
IV-L-1 PREP: E-2
Using prepositions of direction.
IV-L-1 PREP: E-5
Selecting a preposition to complete a given sentence.
Key Vocabulary | prepositional phrase, preposition, phrase, clause
Higher Order Thinking Skills (HOTS) | Students will:
1. Recall information from previous grammar lessons on prepositions and phrases and clauses.
2. Apply their previous learning to hypothesize a working definition of prepositional phrases.
3. Understand the definition of prepositional phrases and analyze how they function in sentences.
4. Create sentences and identify the prepositional phrases.
5. Evaluate their learning today.
Visuals, Materials, Resources | class-made posters from previous lessons on prepositions and phrases and clauses. Post-it® tabletop easel pad (for teacher-made visual of K-W-L chart and Cornell Notes), teacher-made PowerPoint presentation with visuals for whiteboard game, digital projector, whiteboards, Expo markers, whiteboard erasers (cloths/rags), pre-made exit slips, Word Wall
Link to Students’ Past Experiences | The teacher will lead a brief discussion on how we use prepositions (therefore prepositional phrases) in our every day speech, especially when giving directions to find something (location, object, etc.).
Activating Prior Knowledge | Before we begin the lesson on prepositional phrases, the teacher will display our previous class-made learning posters on prepositions and phrases and clauses. Working in their Grammar Football League (GFL) teams, students will fill out the “K” and “W” section of a K-W-L chart together (each student will have a K-W-L chart, but at this point their answers may be communal). They can reference the Cornell notes they previously made (and should have filed in their class notebooks) while working on the K-W-L chart.
Content Objectives | The students will be able to…
Content Objectives
1. Explain the definition and function of a prepositional phrase by summarizing their learning today in the “L” section of their K-W-L chart.
2. Identify and place prepositional phrases correctly in team-generated sentences during today’s whiteboard activity.
3. Define the following academic vocabulary: preposition, phrase, clause, and prepositional phrase.
Language Objectives
1. Select proper prepositions of location and direction to complete team-generated (or teacher-directed) sentences during today’s whiteboard activity.
Review and Assessment | Informal
Content Objectives
1. Teacher will check students’ K-W-L charts for completion and accuracy in the “L” column.
2. Teacher will monitor students’ team-generated sentences during the whiteboard activity and provide feedback as necessary.
3. Teacher will walk around the classroom and monitor GFL team discussions as students are filling in the “K” and “W” sections of their K-W-L charts (preposition, phrase, and clause are all review vocabulary). Teacher will review students’ Cornell Notes for correct definition of prepositional phrases. Grammar Football game to follow in upcoming days for more formal assessment.
Language Objectives
1. Teacher will monitor students’ team-generated sentences during the whiteboard activity and provide feedback as necessary.