Teacher Education Lesson Plan Template

Teacher Candidate Tiffany Witt Date and Time of Lesson April 1

8am
School Bell Street Middle School
ELA

Subject/Grade Level 6th Grade

Description of Lesson: Students will need to identify the text structures used
in each given paragraph. Students can read with partners first, then go over them
as a class. Once paragraphs have been correctly labeled, the students will then
create a graphic organizer to show how the information is organized in each. I, as
the teacher, will pick one to model and then let students work on the others.

Lesson Title: Text Structure Paragraphs

Curriculum Standards Addressed:

National Standard(s): 6-2.1 Analyze central ideas within and across informational
texts.
SC Curriculum Standard(s): 6-2.1 Analyze central ideas within and across
informational texts.
SC Academic Indicator(s): 6-2.1 Analyze central ideas within and across
informational texts.

Cross Curricular Connections: Students can use the graphic organizers in

other classes such as social studies, science, and other text based classes. Students
can graph a text in sequence, compare and contrast, problem solution, and
description in cross curricular classes using.

Instructional Objective(s) Criteria:

When given paragraphs, students will identify the paragraph as being either.
Students will identify the different types of text structures between 8 different
nonfiction paragraphs and create a graphic organizer based off of the facts from
their given paragraph. Students are expected to complete the activity with 70%
mastery.
6-2.1 students will analyze central ideas within and across informational texts.

Assessment(s) of the Objectives:

Students will be able to determine between cause and effect texts, compare and
contrast texts, sequence texts, problem and solutions texts, and descriptive texts.
They will then use their knowledge of these texts to place each paragraph into a
graphic organizer.

Materials/Resources: SmartBoard, chart paper, markers, pens, pencils,

handouts.

Prerequisites (Prior Knowledge): Students must remember how to draw the

different types of graphic organizers and identify the different types of text
structures when given a paragraph.

References: Text Structure Sort. (n.d.). Retrieved April 1, 2015, from

http://www2.literacyleader.com/sites/www2.literacyleader.com/files/text
structure sort secondary_0_0.pdf
Procedures:

1. Teacher will introduce topic and standard.

2. Teacher will read the first paragraph and draw her own graphic organizer for that
paragraph to demonstrate what they are to do.
3. Students will be shown graphic organizers via powerpoint, and asked to call out
which text structure it belongs to as a review before beginning their project.
4. Students will be given handouts.
5. Students will label all paragraphs correctly, be given supplies, and assigned a
paragraph to do their projects on.
6. Students will put up their supplies and leave for their next class.

Accommodations: Students that work slower and are less creative will be

helped by the teacher. Students who still have a hard time analyzing the texts will
be read to and then asked questions to guide them to the correct answer.