MeghanLeuschner

Education322
12/2/15

Lesson Plan #7: Critical Literacy

My Name is Johari
By: Anne Sibley OBrien

Objectives:
1) Students will answer questions about their break and about their families heritage.
2) Students will try to name a stuffed animal by different characteristics.
3) Students will participate in reading the book: My Name is Johari by Anne OBrien.
4) Students will answer critical questions during the book.
5) Each student will draw a picture of them self and write a few sentences about them and the
meaning of their name (I looked up meanings).
6) Studentswillpracticereadingtheirworkoutloudtothegrouptosharehowspecialtheyare.
7) Studentswillbuildreadtoselfstamina.
Activities/Outline:

Brainyoga.(righthandtouchesleftearandlefthandtouchesrightearandyousquatdown)Do
thisatleastfivetimeswiththem.(1min)

Studentswillanswerquestions:Howwasyourbreak?Whodidyouspendtimewith?Whatare
theirnames?Howmanypeopleareinyourfamily?Whatnumberchildareyou?Whatisyour
favoritethingtodowithyourfamily?Canyouspeakanyotherlanguages?Whatisyourfavorite
subjectinschool?(tossballtoanswerquestions)(9min)

Namingthings:Studentstrytonamestuffedanimal.Wedecidehowwecannamethingsor
people?Bythewaytheylook?Tellthemhelovestojuggleandsolvemathproblemsandthathe
isfromAfrica.LookupplaceslikeAfrica.(5min)

Readingbook:MyNameisJohari,byAnneOBrien.Echoreadhername.Answerquestionssuch
as:Whoarethechildrenlaughingat?Why?HowdoyouthinkthatmakesJoharifeel?How
wouldyoufeel?IsanyonestickingupforJohari?Ifyouwerethere,whatcouldyousaytothe

otherstohelpher?Whydoesntshewanttowriteorsinghername?Howdoesshefeelabouther
nameattheendofthebook?Whydoesshefeelthisway?(15min)

Scaffoldingwriting:Mynameis_(MissMeghan)_.Itfirstcamefrom__Ireland_.Itmeans
__pearl___.Iliketo_dance__.Iamspecial.Thentryittogetherusingstuffedanimal.Thenhave
themtrywiththeirnames.Iwillgivethemtheoriginandmeaningoftheirname.(Danielacame
fromSpain,itmeansGodismyjudge.JasoncamefromGreece,itmeanshealer)(10min)

Write&Draw:Haveeachstudentwritethescaffoldsentencesusingwordwalltohelp.Have
themdrawapictureofthemselvesatthetop.(10min)

Closewritingbyhavingthemreadtheirwritingoutloudtosharehowspecialtheyaresoweall
cancelebratethemfortheirdifferences.(3min)

Readtoselfwiththechoiceofmyprintedbooksthatarelevelappropriate(B&C)oroneoftheirs
thattheyhaveinclass.(5min)

Givepresentsandsaygoodbye(2min)

Materials:
1.

Apencilforeach

2.

Linedpaperwithadrawingpart(sotheyknowwheretheirlettersgo).

3.

Wordwall

4.

MultipleleveledbooksfromAZwebsite(levelsA&B)

5.

Thebook:MyNameisJoharibyAnneOBrien.

6.

CrayonsorMarkers.

7.

Stuffedanimal.

8.

WhiteboardwithlinessothatIhaveawaytoerasewhatIwriteinmyminilesson.

9.

Miniglobeball.

Assessments:

Answeringcriticalquestions

Writing&drawingnamepaper

Builds off previous lesson:

1. Imhopingtousetheirpreviousweek(spendingtimewithfamily)tohelpme
gettoknowthem,butalsotobringupdifferentnames,whichconnectstoour
lesson.
2. I am still incorporating movement in the beginning (brain yoga)

because my learners benefit form this.

3. I am using hands on objects such as a globe and a stuffed animal,
which I will use to tap into how we name things and people. They
probably havent named a human before, but we can use a stuffed
animal to connect with previous knowledge.
4.

Criticalquestionsareawaystocomprehend,whichtheyhaveusedother
strategiesforinthepast,butunderstandtheneedforjusticeandgreater
questions.
5. Imusingalargebookagain,sothatithasbigletteringandpictures.Italsoused
diversechildreninthebook(bothethnicitiesofJason&Danielaareshownas
wellasotherethnicities).
Balances:Ihavebalancedthislesson.Westartinagroupansweringquestionsanddoingbrain
yoga.WetrytonamemystuffedanimalandusetheglobetofindAfrica.Wethenmovetoguided
reading.Weusethegradualreleasemethodforwritinganddrawing:Ido,wedo,youdo.Weuse
wordwallforwriting.Wereadaloudusingourwritingtosharehowspecialweare.Theneach
studentwillendwithreadingtoself.
Included:(group/self/writing/wordwork/guidedreading/readtoself/readaloud)

Strategies:
*Brainwarmup
*Echoreading
*CriticalQuestioning
*GradualRelease
Notes/Tips:
1.

Prepareaheadoftime(bringallmaterials&gooverplansoyoudonothavetolookatthissheet
often).

2.

Makeexpectationsclearforeachactivity.

3.

Beexcited!Thestudentswon'tbeexcitedifyouastheteacherarenot.