NTEQ LESSON PLAN
LESSON TITLE: ADVENTURES IN NONFICTION
SUBJECT AREA(S): ENGLISH 10
GRADE LEVEL: 10TH
LESSON SUMMARY
Students need to be skilled readers of nonfictional texts. To do so students should understand that
background knowledge may be necessary to understand and comprehend many nonfictional texts.
Today’s lesson will prepare students to read a nonfictional text and, because of prior knowledge done
through research, make connections to the texts to improve comprehension. Students will
collaboratively research information on Mount Everest and/or climbing Mount Everest before reading
the nonfiction text Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
By the end of this lesson, the students will:
 Using a PC/ cellular device complete guided question stems collaboratively and present their findings
to the class using either Power Point/ Prezi with at least 80% accuracy.
 Have the background knowledge needed to better comprehend and make connections to the reading
selection.
STANDARDS
National:
 N/A
English Standards of Learning Curriculum Framework 2010- Grade 10; Board of Education, Commonwealth of Virginia
 10.2a: Use media, visual literacy, and technology skills to create products
 10.1b: Collaborate in the preparation or summary of the group activity
 10.2b: Evaluate sources including advertisements, editorials, blogs, web sites, and other media for
relationships between intent, factual content, and opinion
MATERIALS
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Electronic devices (PCs, cellular devices, laptops)
Data Projector/ Smart Board
Think Sheet of informational websites
KWL Graphic Organizer
Kahoot.it website
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Think Sheet of guided questions
Power Point/ Prezi
Internet connection
Google Docs for collaboration
COMPUTER FUNCTIONS AND DATA MANIPULATION
Computer Function
 Digital Tool to
gather, evaluate,
and use data
Computer Application
 Presentation of
Findings
 Assessment of
comprehension
Data Manipulation
 Assess credibility of information
SPECIFY PROBLEM
Today we are going to investigate Mount Everest. What challenges would you face if you were to add climbing
Mount Everest to your bucket list?
RESULTS PRESENTATION
Students will collaboratively present their findings to the class and assess their peer’s comprehension of
information presented.
MULTIDIMENSIONAL ACTIVITIES
Briefly describe the lesson activities. Begin with the Lesson Introduction or how you will introduce the problem and how you will
address prerequisite skills, share learning objectives, and provide needed information. As you describe the computer activities, please
include what students need to do before they go the computers, while they are at the computers, and what they do after they finish
computer work. Descriptions of the supporting activities follow the computer activities. This form has space for three computer and
three supporting activities. When you design your lesson, include the appropriate number of each for your particular lesson. After
these activities are planned, describe the Culminating Activity, or how main ideas will be reviewed and/or final presentations given.
When these components are planned describe the rotation plan – how will students rotate between the activities.
LESSON INTRODUCTION – Briefly describe how you will introduce the problem and how you will address any prerequisite
skills, share learning objectives, and provide needed information.
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2. The problem will be introduced: Today we are going to investigate Mount Everest. What
challenges would you face if you were to add climbing Mount Everest to your bucket list?
3. Students will complete the “K” and “W” of KWL graphic organizer about Mount Everest.
4. The learning objective will be introduced: Using a PC/ cellular device complete guided question
stems collaboratively and present their findings to the class using either Power Point/ Prezi with
at least 80% accuracy.
5. Grading rubric distributed and explained.
6. Class divided into collaborative groups.
COMPUTER ACTIVITIES
Activity 1
Activities to be completed:
Prior to going to computer
1. Think Sheets: How to work
collaboratively
2.
Job/ responsibilities
assignments
At the computer
3. Evaluation of sites for
information
4.
Answer question stems using
info gathered
5.
Adding info collected to Google
Docs
After going to computer
6. Group evaluation of information
for interest level and
importance.
7.
Activity 2
Activities to be completed:
Prior to going to computer
8. Review assignment rubric
9. Create storyboard for
Elimination of irrelevant info
Activity 3
Activities to be completed:
Prior to going to computer
14. Think Sheets: Question Stems
15. Creation of questions for
presentation
At the computer
10. Evaluate sites for relevant
graphics/ videos
11.
12.
Create Power Point/ Prezi
presentation of information
following storyboard
assessment of presentation
comprehension
At the computer
16. Creation of quiz in KAHOOT.IT
using questions composed in
group
17.
Group “dry-run” of KAHOOT.IT
quiz
Group evaluation of
presentation using rubric
After going to computer
13. Group creation of script for
presentation to class
After going to computer
18. Complete KWL graphic
organizer “L” section for
Mount
Everest
SUPPORTING ACTIVITIES
Activity 1
Activities to be completed:
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20.
21.
Job assignment titles and
responsibilities sheet
List of databases and
credible websites for
information
GoogleDocs page for
collection of data
Activity 2
Activities to be completed:
22.
23.
Thinking Map Flow Map
for storyboard creation
MSWord typed script for
group presentation
Activity 3
Activities to be completed:
24.
25.
List of question stems
completed and uploaded
in GoogleDocs
Complete KWL chart for
Mount Everest
CULMINATING ACTIVITY – Briefly describe how main ideas will be reviewed and/or final presentations given.
Using a PC and a SmartBoard/ Data Projector students will present their Power Point / Prezi
presentations to the class. Group members will take turns speaking/ presenting their findings to the
class. At the end of each presentation the presenters will evaluate their peers with 5-8 questions on
the information presented using Kahoot.it website (Personal Response System). Students will evaluate
their presentations in Kahoot.it. Teacher will assess using rubric.
ROTATION PLAN Briefly describe how students will rotate through the computer and supporting activities
Students will work in small groups and will rotate between activities in 20 minutes. Presentations &
evaluation will take place the following class period.
ASSESSMENT Use a template similar to the one below to develop your rubric(s).
A sample is provided to guide your writing.
Rubric Template. Place performance objectives in the first column, then create descriptions of each level of performance.
Objective or
Performance
Beginning
1
Developing
2
Accomplished
3
Exemplary
4
1.
Include all group
members in oral
presentation.
One member actively
participated in the oral
presentation
Half of the members
actively participated in
the oral presentation
More than half of the
members actively
participated in the oral
presentation
All members actively
participated in the oral
presentation
2.
Choose vocabulary,
language, and tone
appropriate to the
topic, audience, &
purpose.
Glaring errors in
vocabulary and content
that distracted from
purpose
Minimal errors in
vocabulary and some
irrelevant content
presented
Content presented
used appropriate
vocabulary and fulfilled
its intended purpose
Content presented rich
in appropriate
vocabulary and was
engaging/ relevant to
the audience while
fulfilling its purpose
3.
Demonstrate the
ability to work
effectively with
diverse teams to
accomplish a
common goal
One/ two members
collaborated to achieve
the intended purpose
Most members
collaborated to achieve
the intended purpose
All members
collaborated to achieve
the intended purpose
All members
collaborated
harmoniously to
achieve the intended
purpose
Both end products failed
One of the end products
End products met
End products exceeded
4.
Score
Use media, visual
literacy, and
technology skills to
create products
to meet required
expectations
failed to meet required
expectations
expectations for
assignment
expectations for
assignment