Direct Instruction Lesson Plan Template: Jack Crawford English
Direct Instruction Lesson Plan Template: Jack Crawford English
Direct Instruction Lesson Plan Template: Jack Crawford English
Teachers: Subject:
Jack Crawford English
AZ State Standards:
Standard: Analyze the unique roles and importance of a thesis statement in a compare/contrast
essay.
Learning Objective:
Learning Objective: Students should recognize that their thesis statement is the foundation of
their essay and that how to properly form one is important in completing a proper, organized
essay for now and future classes.
¨ How will you assess if your student achieved mastery of the lesson objective?
¨ Determine the type of demonstration/activity the student will use to demonstrate mastery of the objective.
¨ What is the condition and degree, the setting or situation in which the student will be able to express the depth and extent of
learning?
¨ What is an exemplar student responses with the level of detail you expect to see?
Mastery will be checked by having students peer review each other’s essays, allowing them to
recognize and find the thesis, and to identify if they essay’s statement is not a correct thesis
Students can practice writing thesis statements by practicing writing multiple thesis statements for
different topics, allowing them to see how they incorporate in all kinds of writings.
Condition: thesis statement, degree: writing a thesis situation: compare contrast essay
Expect to see a statement that clearly shows understanding of how to form a thesis
Key Academic Vocabulary: (Consider Bloom’s Materials Needed:
Verbs) Pen/pencil
Paper
Analyze Or computer/tablet
Opening Activity
¨ How will you activate student interest?
¨ How will you connect and uncover prior knowledge?
¨ How will you present the lesson objective in an engaging and student-friendly way?
Activate student interest by letting them choose a comfortable topic for creativity
and to ease into learning the content.
Connect and uncover prior knowledge by helping creation of thesis after writing
about a topic, so they know the info they need to include in it.
Power point, being excited about the topic, stressing the importance of theis
statement for future education.