Lesson Title

Literacy 1

Teacher

Kaitlyn Smith

Unit

Shadow Puppets

Date

Jan. 9, 2015

Learning Objectives
GLOs
Students will listen, speak, read, write, view and represent to explore thoughts, ideas,
feelings and experiences.
Students will listen, speak, read, write, view and represent to respect, support and
collaborate with others.
SLOs

1.1 Explain understanding of new concepts in own words

5.2 Work cooperatively with others in small groups on structured tasks
5.2 Contribute ideas and information on topics to develop a common knowledge
base in the group.

Students Will:

Take their habit and as a group create their own version of the habit.
Work cooperatively as a group on the task.
Contribute ideas to project.
Assessment
Key Questions:
Can students work cooperatively with group members?
Can students put the given habit in their own words?
Can student contribute their own ideas to the project?
Products/
Play
Performances
Script
Learning Resources Consulted
Materials Used
7 Habits Book
7 Habits Book
Script
Procedure
Introduction
Attention Grabber
Have students split up into their groups and choose their story.
Assessment of
Ask students what each habit is.
Prior Knowledge
Expectations for
Students should work cooperatively, put stories in their own words, and
Learning and
contributes own ideas.
Behaviour
Advance
Today we will be taking what we are leaning in health and creating a script
Organizer/Agenda and shadow puppet show.
Transition to Body Split students into groups and have them choose which habit they want to
do a shadow puppet show on.
Learning Activity
#1
Assessment
/Differentiation

Learning Activity
#2

Have students read through the story of their habit as a group.

When they have done this they can discuss the habit and what they could
do their play on. Each of them can choose a character that they want and
then they can build their script from there.
Assessment: Formative
Checklist based on discussion and observation with students.
Have individual discussions with students and groups
Differentiation:
Help students come up with ideas and clarify topic.
Students will create a script based on the habit they chose and the
characters they created. (They will create the silhouettes of their characters
in art). Their script should create a 2 minute play that helps teach peers
about their habit.

Time
30 sec

1 min
30 min

30 min

Assessment
/Differentiation

Assessment for
Learning
Feedback from
Students
Feedback to
Students
Transition to Next
Lesson

Assessment: Formative
Checklist based on discussion and observation with students.
Have individual discussions with students and groups
Differentiation:
Help students come up with ideas and clarify topic.
Closure
Tell students what you think of their work, and how they are doing.

Time

Ask each group how they are making out and what they are making the
play about.
Thumbs up
Tell students what you thought of their behaviour.

30 sec

Next class we will continue with our scripts

30 sec

Reflection

30 sec