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Demo Presentation Guidelines
Demonstrative presentations need to include the following parts and be aligned with the Grade-level Expectations of
the Department of Education (DE). (They can be found online)
. Title slide: !ncludes the presentations title" presenters name" presentation date and event.
#. Short Biography: $ho are you% $hat is your teaching experience% Describe your classroom environment
and your students.
&. Educational Philosophy: 'hilosophical bases for your pedagogy. This is a personal statement of the guiding
principles that affect how you teach. These may include your beliefs on the role of educators in the classroom"
school" community and society. (lso" how student learning and potential are most effectively maximi)ed.
*. DE Grade-level Expectations: The s+ills developed through the writing-learning activity are to be aligned
with the grade-level expectations.
,. Introduction: -riefly introduce the practice. (ssess audience.s experience and +nowledge of the sub/ect.
Explain the theory behind the presentation (teaching0learning theory and the professional literature).
1. Materials: 2ist the materials needed and prior preparations.
3. Steps to ollo! in the activity: 'rovide modeling and explain how to carry out the activity with students in a
classroom. 'rovide ideas of how this can be adapted for students with special needs or how the activity can be
extended.
4. "ands on practice: 'rovide the opportunity for the participants to write.
5. #uthor$s chair: 'rovide the opportunity for participants to share their writing.
6. %losure: 7larify doubts and answer 8uestions from the participants.
11. Proessional reerences: Give a list of pertinent readings or copies of a supporting research article. Give
examples of your student wor+s.
#. &esson plan: 9hould be included with the demo presentation. !nclude all the information re8uested in the
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(dapted from the ;! $riting 'ro/ect 'resentation Guide for :aya$est $riting 'ro/ect.
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Describe My Monster
Lesson Plan Handout
Audience:
This activity has been originally designed for Upper Elementary English class. However, it can be adapted to any
Elementary English/Spanish class depending on the standards/skills that the teacher wold like to introdce, reinforce.
Objectives:
!y the end of this lesson, stdents will be able to"
#dentify elements in descriptive writing.
Use basic organi$ational patterns to constrct descriptive paragraphs.
%pply prewriting strategies to generate ideas.
#dentify spelling, capitali$ation, and ending pnctation errors.
&ork with a peer amicably.
State (DE-PR) Standards:
&.'.( ) #dentifies elements in descriptive, narrative, and e*pository forms of writing+ ses a variety of
sentence types and basic organi$ational patterns to constrct narrative, descriptive, and e*pository paragraphs.
&.'., ) Uses the writing process+ applies prewriting strategies to generate ideas+ ses the dictionary as an aid
in the writing process+ identifies spelling, capitali$ation, and ending pnctation errors.
Materials:
Plan A (deal scenario)
!o"#uter and n-$ocus #rojector to #resent t%e &ollo'in(:
-eview of the descriptive paragraph and ad.ective chart.
E*ample of the descriptive paragraph and drawings.
Plan ) (Less t%an ideal scenario)
Handouts
/oster chart of ad.ectives and paragraph otline.
Plan ! (Least ideal scenario)
On c%al*board+,%iteboard
E*ample of descriptive paragraph and/or ad.ectives chart.
/aper 0both white and lined1
/encils
2rayons/&ashable markers/2olored pencils
Procedure:
The teacher will begin the class by reviewing the fnction of ad.ectives and descriptive paragraph.
The teacher will pt the stdents in pairs.
The teacher will give instrctions to the stdents for them draw a monster withot showing it to other grops.
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%fter drawing the monster, stdent grops will write a paragraph describing their drawing.
The teacher will collect the paragraphs and e*change them between grops.
Stdents will draw a new monster based on the descriptive paragraph the other grop wrote.
Stdents will compare their drawing with the original drawing from the first grop. %fter the comparison, the
grops will revise and edit the first grop3s paragraph.
Stdents will share their work at the end of the class in the %thor3s 2hair.
Asses"ent Su((estions: (Provide co#y)
/ortfolios
%necdotal -ecords
4ornals
&riting 5ogs
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Lesson Plan
Topic: ___________________________ Date: ____________________________
General Strategy: ___________________________ Teaching Phase:
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Integration: ____________________________________________________________________
Content Standard:

Listening/Speaking
Reading
Writing

Grade-Level Expectation:
L/S:
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R:
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W:
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Technology Standard:
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De#t%-o&--no'led(e Levels: -ecall 0#1 Skill or 2oncept 0##1
Strategic Thinking 0###1 E*tended Thinking 0#61
$%&ecti'es: Assessment
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Learning *cti'ities:
*, Initial Ro-tine: Greetings, Present short %iography and ed-cational philosophy,
., Initial *cti'ity: Introd-ction
(, De'elop)ental *cti'ity:
D, (losing *cti'ity:
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Teaching /odi+ications:
/aterials / Reso-rces: