Multicultural Lesson Plan and Reflection

MULTICULTURAL LESSON PLAN
Kylie Pratt
English 7th Grade
1. Standards:
● Craft and Structure: Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a
text, including figurative and connotative meanings; analyze the impact of specific word
choices on meaning and tone, including analogies or allusions to other texts.
○ Observable Objective:
SWBAT summarize the text and create new text with the understood definitions.
(Application Level)
● Build social relationships to promote interests in differences and include others in
school and social activities.
○ Observable Objective:
SWBAT present to their groups.(Comprehension Level)
SWBAT conduct interviews with other groups in the classroom.
● Auditory: Read autobiography examples aloud with the class.
Visual: Autobiography outline and handouts.
Kinesthetic: Literary devices game in front of the class on board.
● Interpersonal Intelligence: Students will be working in small groups and will get the
chance to appreciate another student's perspective.
2. Materials:
● Discussion questions:
○ What is an autobiography? If you have read one before who was it about?
○ What can we learn from Autobiographies?
○ What was the tone and author's purpose in this autobiography?
○ What figurative language is used in this autobiography?
● Autobiography Handouts;
○ Two template examples (Excerpts/Specific examples not the complete text)
○ Autobiography Outline
○ What is an Autobiography?
○ Literary Elements
● 3x5 Notecards
3. Instruction- learning Process:

● Do First: Warm-Up activity: What is an autobiography? If you have read one before
who was it about? (5 minutes.)
● Mini-lesson: Discuss literary elements and figurative language. Play figurative language
game on white bord. Teams will use magnets to match literary elements to examples
and definitions. (20 min.)
● Guided Practice: The class will read two examples of an autobiography. Students will
identify literary elements as we read and share their findings with their groups. Discuss
the parts of an autobiography and what needs to be included using the “What is an
Autobiography?” handout. Discuss how much we can learn about a person from their
writing. (20 min.)
● Independent Practice: Students will use the provided outline to help them write their
own individual autobiographies. When finished they will trade stories with a person in
their group and look for similarities and differences in each other's lives. They will also
look for literary elements in the writing. Next, they will discuss and give constructive and
supportive feedback to their peers. (40 min.)
● Exit Slip: On a note card students will list two similarities and differences they had with
their partners as well as one literary element that they or their partner used or their
autobiographies. (5 minutes)
4. Resources:
● Teaching Resources & Lesson Plans | Teachers Pay Teachers. (2000).
Teacherspayteachers.Com. https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/
● Free Templates | Template.net. (n.d.). Www.Template.Net.
https://www.template.net
5. Reflection:
● In my lesson plan students will be able to identify what an autobiography is, and what
tools authors can use to write. They will be able to identify literary elements and
understand how to include them in their essays. The students will have the opportunity
to learn about themselves and their classmates during the lesson. Students will learn
about other students' lives including family, hobbies, interests and other cultural
characteristics. They may learn things that they have in common and begin to
understand their differences. They will be able to then build relationships based on the
shared interests. There are multiple ways for students to be involved and engaged in the
instruction learning process. There are activities involved to help kinesthetic learners,
such as the activity where students get to run to the board and play the matching game.
There is independent outlining, writing, and reflection time for visual learners. There is
class reading and discussion time using the provided examples for audio and as well as
some visual learners. There are times for group work to share ideas to promote interaction
among peers. One of my lessons strengths are the resources provided for the students.
The handouts and game pieces will help give students something to look back on for
clarification and to study. I believe my lesson plan does a great job of hitting the
multicultural goal of getting students to build social relationships. Once students see
what things they have in common they will seek out friendships and not see differences
as bad or uncool. A couple of weaknesses I see in my lesson plan is appealing to
students who may not like competition, getting them involved in the game could be a
challenge. I also see that many students will be reluctant to open up on paper about
their lives and where they come from, when they know someone else will be reading it.

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