Lesson Title/Focus: Visualizing in Teacher: Ethan Note that this mini-lesson has a
practice Hutchison hard stop time of 9:30 before I
will dismiss students to their book
Date: 03/22/23 groups. Essentially this is a
School: roughly 30 minute lesson block
Classroom: 149 Plaxton once teaching actually begins.
OUTCOMES FROM ALBERTA PROGRAM OF STUDIES
General General Outcome 2 Comprehend and respond personally and critically to oral, print and other media
Learning texts
Outcomes:
Specific 2.1 Use Strategies and Cues
Learning 2.3 Understand
Outcomes: Forms, Elements
and Techniques
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
Students will practice and understand the idea and process of visualizing
PRIOR KNOWLEDGE
This is a continuation of a prior lesson
ASSESSMENTS
Visual
Project
Key How can I visualize something based on the descriptions?
Questions
Performances Formative Assessment
PRE CLASSROOM SETUP MATERIALS AND
TEACHER WILL … EQUIPMENT
White board
markers
The Hobbit
The Little Prince
paper and pencils
CLASSROOM PROCEDURE
INTRODUCTION TIME
Initial Give students time to transition from the opening day bell to class time. 5
Instructions Following announcements I will begin teaching. minutes
Attention
Grabber
Transition to This lesson will be done at desks, but I will have students get a piece of paper or
Body two and a pencil.
BODY TIME
Teacher will … Formative/
Students will …
Learning I will begin by telling students that we are going to Students will raise hands
Activity #1 put to use our skills of visualizing by drawing to answer and ask
something based off of the descriptions that I read. I questions to show 10-15
have two books to read and will do them both this understanding. minutes
period, having kids draw along as I read.
I will begin with The Little Prince, reading the page
that describes his home planet (pg. 5). Once I am
done reading, I will have kids help me point out
details, writing them on the board. I will then have
them draw the planet with only the description I gave
them.
Assessment
Learning I will continue this lesson and activity with the first Students will engage 10-15
Activity #2 page of The Hobbit, describing Bilbo’s house. I will with the text and answer minutes
have them draw along as I go, pausing every few the questions when
sentences to point out details and descriptions that prompted.
should help them visualize the house (Hobbit-Hole)
Assessments
CLOSURE OR CLIFF HANGER Time
Closure of Once this is complete or time is up, I will dismiss the
Lesson/ Lead kids to their book groups, but before this, I will
in to next remind them to use their skills of visualization create
lesson. pictures from their text:
● What do the characters look like?
● What does the setting look like?
● How is the author using descriptive words to
create imagery?
Assessment of
Learning:
Transition To After this I will release students from their desks to their book groups, waiting
Next Lesson for them to be quiet and reminding them of my expectations before they leave. I
will then work with the book groups I have been assigned to for the hour long
book group period.
Rationale
- How does this This lesson is the culmination of a three day lesson about the two topics
individual lesson and how to recognize them. It has been built up in smaller steps to ensure
scaffold learning understanding.
opportunities for
students?
- How are we No differentiating should be necessary for this lesson; although, there are
differentiating the students who if I need to redirect attention too many times, I will be
lesson for all moving to a new spot on the carpet, away from their friends who might
students in our be a distraction.
classroom?
