LESSON PLAN UNITS OF STUDY

Discussion(s)	Date
Dear Larissa on Debate & Reading Motivation	12-27-00

Supporting Selections (all files are in Microsoft Word format)
1227 What Can Literature Do for Me	8-18-01
1412 Proverb Interpretation Composition Full Directions	8-18-01
1412A Proverb Interpretation Composition Short Directions	8-18-01
1412A Sample Theme File Dawn S Re-reading	8-18-01
1412A Sample Theme File Raven G	8-18-01
18 Select Proverbs and Quotations on Books	8-18-01
18 Select Proverbs and Quotations on Literature	8-18-01
18 Select Proverbs and Quotations on Reading	8-18-01
48 Reading Experience Theme Original Directions	8-18-01
48 Sample Theme File Connie D Grade 10	8-18-01
48 Sample Theme File Connie D Grade 11	8-18-01
48 Sample Theme File Edith J	8-18-01
48A Reading Experience Theme Short Directions	8-18-01
72A The Great Leap Forward	8-22-01

I.� GOAL ONE. Motivate students to read for enjoyment and information using fiction and non-fiction resources.

A.� CONTENT OUTLINE

1.� �Presentation, discussion, and application of selected proverbs and quotations which reflect positive values toward reading and literature.

��������� 2.�� Detailed instruction and introduction to the values of reading literature.

B.� INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS

1.� Selected proverbs and quotations presented daily from Selection Number 18.�� In conjunction with Selection 18, utilize Selection 1412A, Proverb Interpretation Composition.

��������� 2.�� �What Can Literature Do for Me� discussion outline, Selection 1227.

3.�� Classroom and school library resources in�� fiction and non-fiction�� reading materials.� Suggest non-fiction reading ladder approach with three books on a single subject. Have students do several subjects.

4.�� Have students write about their reading experiences early in the semester. See Selection 48, Reading Experience Theme.

5.�� Sample Theme File of composition assignments for 1412 and 48.

C. TEACHING STRATEGIES

1.�� Place a quotation on the board each day.� Students are to keep these in their notebook. The quotation may be discussed orally, or used as a paragraph or composition topic.

2.�� Present and discuss the outline, �What Can Literature Do for Me,� with appropriate reference and/or illustrative literature selections.

3.  Encourage student personal reading of literature and non-fiction material.� See extensive strategies and� procedures for this point developed elsewhere:� book�� report� procedures, recommended reading, group reading, teacher reading of� select materials to the class� as� a whole,� survey of� student reading experiences, use of motivational reading ladders, etc.

������D.� EVALUATION PROCEDURE

            1.�� Student notebook check, credit awarded for completeness.

            2.�� Oral credit given for oral response in discussion of quotations.

            3.�� Composition credit given for writing about quotations.

            4.�� Listening test on content of teacher presentation of "What Can Literature Do for Me?" outline and examples.

            5.�� Book Report Credit (oral or written) for outside reading.