ENGL 493

edTPA Lesson Plan #1 Course 493 1. Teacher Candidate Dezarae West Date Taught 03/12/18 Cooperating Teacher Stephanie Yanuszeski School/District Westwood Middle School 2. Subject ELA Field Supervisor Clive Gary 3. Lesson Title/Focus Point of View 5. Length of Lesson 20 minutes 4. Grade Level 10 th  grade 6. Academic & Content Standards (GLEs/EARLs/Common Core) CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.9-10.7 Analyze various accounts of a subject told in different mediums (e.g., a person’s life story in both print and multimedia), determining which details are emphasized in each account. CCSS.ELA.LITERACY.RL.9-10.6 Analyze a particular point of view or cultural experience reflected in a work of literature for outside the United Stated, drawing on a wide reading of world literature. 7. Learning Objective(s) Given  Night  by Elie Wiesel and  I Survived the Holocaust Twin Experiments  YouTube video ,  students...

Honestly, I think the use of graphic novels in the classroom is important.   Many times we have students go from picture books with a few words straight into books that are only filled with words.   The use of graphic novels can help with this transition. Graphic novels give wonderful accessibility for all students.   Not only are graphic novels visually based, they are also text based.   Students will have different mediums to drawn meaning from when examining the text.   In many classrooms, there are a wide varieties of ability levels: students who struggle reading traditional texts, ELL students, gifted students, etc.   Keeping this in mind, students who have been struggling or are learning the English language would have many tools for comprehension support when reading a graphic novel.   Students who are of a higher reading level will have the additional tools to better their comprehension.   They have the text where they can look for c...

Many people know Edgar Allan Poe to be a dark author.  Many of his texts have a melancholy feel to them.  Poe, himself, may have even suffered from depression.  But aside all of the things that make Poe Poe, he was an amazing writer. Fall of the House of Usher  is a great short story.  It is even a little creepy.  With all the different aspects in the story, it may be hard to figure out what is going on.  The first time I read the story I thought the family was incestuous.  The next time I read it, I realized disease was among the two siblings.  I had to do research to figure out what diseases might be mentioned in the story.  The last time I read the story, I questioned the narrator's sanity. To know that the sister was possibly buried alive and do nothing about it, why?  While reading, I thought Roderick was simply crazy.  I have read this story twice before reading it for today in other classes.  I never underst...

Description: Anthem is a dystopian fiction by Ayn Rand.   It was written in 1937 and published in 1938.   The setting in is an unspecified future when humans have come to another Dark Age.   This Dark Age has led to the concept of individuality to be banned.   People are now considered a collective group, only using plural pronouns.   No one has an individual name.   Children are no longer raised by mothers and fathers.   Children are conceived only for the sole purpose of procreation.   Men and women no longer get married or are able to interact with one another.   Everything in life is determined by the many different councils: jobs, who you mate with, where you live, etc. In this story, we follow the life of Equality 7-2521.   Equality is a 21-year-old man who wants to become a scholar.   His wish is unfulfilled due to being assigned to be a Street Sweeper.   When you being to read the text, you told about Equal...

I have read Sherman Alexie’s The Absolute True Diary of a Part-Time Indian a couple times before.   I read this book once in high school and once in college.   For me the text was always interesting to read.   Knowing that the book took place partially at Reardan High School was the most exciting thing for me when I was first introduced to the book.   I grew up in Ritzville and we played sports against the Reardan team; so, I knew many students from there.   I knew a few students who went to school in Reardan and were part of their Native communities as well.   I was eager to read the book and see what perspectives were in there that aren’t always mentioned by those one knows. I enjoyed reading the book.   I know it was semi-biographical book but it was well written.   Every time I pick the book up, I am never left disappointed.   There are things that make you wonder what is the truth and what maybe was embellished in the way he does...

What struck me most about this novel was how the different struggles Margot goes through. I may not have done things the way Margot did and I may not be of Latino/Hispanic decent; but I did rebel against my family, I was a misfit in school, and I struggled with depression. I was surprised with how Margot acted towards her family. It is natural for kids to rebel, it is part of our biology as teens. Our brains are wired to be more adventurous and take risks. But Margot, while doing that, is also struggling with the realities of being a "misfit" in her school. She attends a high-SES prep school, but doesn't come from a high-SES family. She does what she can to fit in, but gets herself in trouble when she steals money from her family. She spends the summer experiencing how her family and community are different than other people at school. It makes her feel alone and that is a struggle. This hit me because I know what it’s like to be different. And I want to work with stude...