Lesson Plans
Lesson Plan 1: Analyzing Justice Stewart's Opinion
The students will be divided in groups of three or four. The first group will be assigned paragraph 1-3 and the rest of the groups will have two paragraphs each. The students will read the assigned paragraphs, highlight the main points and any literary technique and notate them. The groups will prepare their presentation by writing down what they plan to say.
In this lesson the students will work cooperatively at analyzing prose—its arguments and diction. They will synthesize their notations into an organized presentation.
Lesson Plan 2: Presentations
The groups will come to the front of the room, and behind the podium, clearly and fluently read their assigned passage. They will then analyze the passage for the class, who will highlight and take notes, and answer their classmates' questions. The groups will decide how they will do their presentation. I will assess their presentations on how well the passage is read, how clear their presentation is, how hermeneutic their analysis is, and how well they answer questions.
In this lesson the students will develop their public speaking skills, their capacity to articulate their thoughts, and their ability to think on their feet.
Lesson Plan 3: Outline for Comparison Paper
The class will be divided into five groups. One group will be responsible for creating an outline of the historical events of the case. The rest of the groups will outline the main points of their assigned text using their notes and highlighted passages. Each group will instruct the class about their text using the chalkboard. The rest of the class will copy down their outline. Each section of the outline will stay on the board so that each group will be adding to the outline. I will add anything that is left out or is misconstrued. Before the first group begins, I will leave a space on the board for the introduction. When all the groups have finished, I will lead the class in creating an outline for the introduction. The closing they will compose independently. This outline will be used to write the comparison paper.
In this lesson, the students will work cooperatively at analyzing prose—its arguments and diction. They will synthesize their notations into an outline. They will develop their speaking skills and formulate a structure for a comparison paper.
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