Language Experience Approach-lesson plan

Lesson Plan

Teacher: Mrs. Ruth Gonzalez

Lesson Plan: Three Days To See By: Helen Keller

Grade Level: 6th grade

Standards: Listening/Speaking
Reading
Writing


Grade Level Expectation: The student effectively communicates to a variety of audiences in all forms of writing through the use of the writing process, proper grammar, and age appropriate expressive vocabulary.


Strategy: Conceptualization

Objectives: Through the oral presentation of the title of the story the student
will be able to:
a. act out responses to a given situation.
b. recognize the importance of having eyesight.
c. classify the actions of the author for three days of sight.
d. acquire knowledge by answering guided questions.
e. dictate and teacher writes on the board their personal narrative story.

Materials: Overhead projector, transparencies, worksheets, index cards, type recorder and pictures.

Procedures: The student will receive an index card that he/she will use for an
activity at the end of class.

Reflection: Quote from Helen Keller
The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen
or even touched. They must be felt with the heart.


Initial:
-Ice-breaker activity follow the leader
- The class will participate in a brainstorming activity where under safe and fully-supervised conditions, take turns blindfolding each other and trying to compete some simple tasks. Some suggestions:
- pick up a dropped ruler
- hand out books to your row


When finish the student will record their observations and
feelings that he/she had experienced. .

Development:
· Through background music and using their senses the students will close their eyes and will listen to the teacher summarize the story. Students will envision what the teacher is saying.
· Students will classify pictures according to each day of Helen Keller’s three days of sight.
· Students will answer guided questions about the story.
· Students will write a paragraph expressing what they would like to see if blind and granted three days of eyesight.

Closing:

Give homework assignment and explain it.

Summarize the lesson. (What did you learn today?)

Homework: Re-read the story to your parents and write one sentence
about their reactions to your story.