Lesson Plan: Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen (Made by Ruba Baytiyeh)
Lesson Design Elements
Technology’s Role
What to Teach
· Key Concept~ Learning various methods to properly understand how to read and analyze chapter one of Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austin.
Rationale for the Lesson
· Students will be able to:
1. Understand the major concepts in chapter one.
2. Connect with the plot and understand the characters and settings in chapter one.
3. Describe and properly summarize events in chapter one.
Curriculum Frameworks
· Standard 1: Students read a wide range of print and non-print texts to build an understanding of texts, of themselves, and of the cultures of the United States and the world; to acquire new information; to respond to the needs and demands of society and the workplace; and for personal fulfillment. Among these texts are fiction and nonfiction, classic and contemporary works.
· Standard 2.3: Use a wide range of texts (e.g., narrative, expository, and poetry) from traditional print, digital, and online resources.
· Standard 3: Students apply a wide range of strategies to comprehend, interpret, evaluate, and appreciate texts. They draw on their prior experience, their interactions with other readers and writers, their knowledge of word meaning and of other texts, their word identification strategies, and their understanding of textual features (e.g., sound-letter correspondence, sentence structure, context, graphics).
(*Standards according to the International Reading Association*)
v In researching for this lesson and its contents, I realized it is impossible to do anything without the use of a computer. I used my MacBook Air to outline this template on Word, as well as researching the Curriculum Frameworks. Of course I used the Internet or Wi-Fi to achieve my results.
How to Teach
Teaching Methods
· Standard 1.2: Understand the historically shared knowledge of the profession and changes over time in the perceptions of reading and writing development, processes, and components.
· Standard 1.3: Understand the role of professional judgment and practical knowledge for improving all students’ reading development and achievement.
· Standard 2.2: Use appropriate and varied instructional approaches, including those that develop word recognition, language comprehension, strategic knowledge, and reading–writing connections.
· Standard 2.3: Use a wide range of texts (e.g., narrative, expository, and poetry) from traditional print, digital, and online resources.
(*Standards according to the International Reading Association*)
Procedure (Class is approximately 60 minutes long)
· Students will begin with a short story – irrelevant to Pride and Prejudice - that is half a page and will answer a few questions. This allows them to exercise their minds for reading. (10 minutes)
· Then I will start off as a group reading beginning chapter 1. Each student can read a half a page to a page then allow someone else to carry on. I will continuously stop and focus on the characters and their personalities, mainly the Bennets. I will also focus on the setting as well as the sentence structure. (20 minutes)
· Students will then have 10 minutes of individual reading time to allow them to take the questions of the characters and apply it to the reading themselves. (When students are reading individually they are encouraged to write their questions on paper)
· To allow students to exercise their reading skills everywhere, they will be assigned to read books at home; whether it be hard copy or an e-book.
**NOTE: Because Pride and Prejudice is written in old English Literature, students are encouraged to go home daily and read, read, read! This will make students become better readers and learners.
Materials
· Students will definitely need a computer to refer to for information if they need it.
· Personal books that the student wants to read must be provided by the student as well as kept maintained by the student.
· Instructor will provide all other materials including Pride and Prejudice books!
v Technology allowed me as an instructor to map out the lesson by having access to the International Reading Association to help me understand how to teach and what materials I need to offer the students in order for them to comprehend the lesson.
How to Know What Students Have Learned
Assessment(s)
· To evaluate a students comprehension on what they read, I will give them a worksheet that contains four to five short answers pertaining to what they read. They need to complete these short answers in one complete paragraph each with full sentences. This allows me to help the students reach into what they have just read and put it into complete thoughts.
v Technology will help me with assessing my students by writing out their quiz questions on a word template and then use a printer to print it out. Which then the students each have their own copy of the quiz and may write away.
Technology’s Role
What to Teach
· Key Concept~ Learning various methods to properly understand how to read and analyze chapter one of Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austin.
Rationale for the Lesson
· Students will be able to:
1. Understand the major concepts in chapter one.
2. Connect with the plot and understand the characters and settings in chapter one.
3. Describe and properly summarize events in chapter one.
Curriculum Frameworks
· Standard 1: Students read a wide range of print and non-print texts to build an understanding of texts, of themselves, and of the cultures of the United States and the world; to acquire new information; to respond to the needs and demands of society and the workplace; and for personal fulfillment. Among these texts are fiction and nonfiction, classic and contemporary works.
· Standard 2.3: Use a wide range of texts (e.g., narrative, expository, and poetry) from traditional print, digital, and online resources.
· Standard 3: Students apply a wide range of strategies to comprehend, interpret, evaluate, and appreciate texts. They draw on their prior experience, their interactions with other readers and writers, their knowledge of word meaning and of other texts, their word identification strategies, and their understanding of textual features (e.g., sound-letter correspondence, sentence structure, context, graphics).
(*Standards according to the International Reading Association*)
v In researching for this lesson and its contents, I realized it is impossible to do anything without the use of a computer. I used my MacBook Air to outline this template on Word, as well as researching the Curriculum Frameworks. Of course I used the Internet or Wi-Fi to achieve my results.
How to Teach
Teaching Methods
· Standard 1.2: Understand the historically shared knowledge of the profession and changes over time in the perceptions of reading and writing development, processes, and components.
· Standard 1.3: Understand the role of professional judgment and practical knowledge for improving all students’ reading development and achievement.
· Standard 2.2: Use appropriate and varied instructional approaches, including those that develop word recognition, language comprehension, strategic knowledge, and reading–writing connections.
· Standard 2.3: Use a wide range of texts (e.g., narrative, expository, and poetry) from traditional print, digital, and online resources.
(*Standards according to the International Reading Association*)
Procedure (Class is approximately 60 minutes long)
· Students will begin with a short story – irrelevant to Pride and Prejudice - that is half a page and will answer a few questions. This allows them to exercise their minds for reading. (10 minutes)
· Then I will start off as a group reading beginning chapter 1. Each student can read a half a page to a page then allow someone else to carry on. I will continuously stop and focus on the characters and their personalities, mainly the Bennets. I will also focus on the setting as well as the sentence structure. (20 minutes)
· Students will then have 10 minutes of individual reading time to allow them to take the questions of the characters and apply it to the reading themselves. (When students are reading individually they are encouraged to write their questions on paper)
· To allow students to exercise their reading skills everywhere, they will be assigned to read books at home; whether it be hard copy or an e-book.
**NOTE: Because Pride and Prejudice is written in old English Literature, students are encouraged to go home daily and read, read, read! This will make students become better readers and learners.
Materials
· Students will definitely need a computer to refer to for information if they need it.
· Personal books that the student wants to read must be provided by the student as well as kept maintained by the student.
· Instructor will provide all other materials including Pride and Prejudice books!
v Technology allowed me as an instructor to map out the lesson by having access to the International Reading Association to help me understand how to teach and what materials I need to offer the students in order for them to comprehend the lesson.
How to Know What Students Have Learned
Assessment(s)
· To evaluate a students comprehension on what they read, I will give them a worksheet that contains four to five short answers pertaining to what they read. They need to complete these short answers in one complete paragraph each with full sentences. This allows me to help the students reach into what they have just read and put it into complete thoughts.
v Technology will help me with assessing my students by writing out their quiz questions on a word template and then use a printer to print it out. Which then the students each have their own copy of the quiz and may write away.