Inventionslp1



Lesson Plan #1

 * Date:** Thursday, March 19, 2009 12:40PM-1:30PM


 * Housekeeping Stuff:** Introduce teachers and students. Ask students if they have their books. If they don't, remind them to bring them every time we meet.


 * Student/Classroom Description:** 8th grade Language Arts. 5 students: 3 girls and 2 boys. No known exceptionalities.


 * Lesson Description/Rationale:** This lesson is important because it will introduce the books and concepts of each assigned individual. This less with get students interested in various topics that coincide with inventions, technology, and medicine. Students will learn why their assigned individual is important in today's society and will be motivated to read.


 * Materials & Equipment:**
 * Pictures of Famous people
 * Fun Facts written out on note cards (with numbers on them)
 * Paper for foldables
 * Markers, Glue for picture and foldable (In case they do not have them)
 * Example foldable
 * Individual book
 * Mr. Fogle: //Sure Hands, Strong Heart: The Life of Daniel Hale Williams//
 * Ms. Lacio: //Jonas Salk: Creator of the Polio Vaccine//
 * Ms. Snyder: //Jacques Cousteau: A Life Under the Sea// and //Neil Armstrong: One Giant Leap for Mankind//
 * Ms. Kautz: //Career Biography: Tim Berners-Lee//
 * Plan B activity materials: sponge question, writing prompt, and "fun" puzzles


 * Lesson Objectives:** The student will be able to identify famous people involved with medicine, inventions, and technology. Student will then gain a basic knowledge of these people and their contributions to society by creating a foldable to help them remember details of events.

1.B.3a Preview reading materials, make predictions and relate reading to information from other sources. 1.B.3b:Identify text structure and create a visual representation to use while reading. 1.C.3a Use information to form, explain and support questions and predictions. 1.C.3d Summarize and make generalizations from content and relate them to the purpose of the material.
 * ISBE Learning Standards:**

=Lesson Content=

Set Induction/Anticipatory Set

 * Introduction Game: (Mr. Fogle) **Two Truths and a Lie:** We are going to play a game. It is called Two Truths and a lie. It is just a "get to know you game." It is for us to get to know you more and for you to know us a little bit more. (I pass out the note cards) I want you to write down three things about yourself. Two of them need to be truthful about yourself and one of them needs to be a lie. It does not matter what order they are in. When we are done writing them down we will go around our group and individually read the three things to the group while the rest of us will try to guess which two are truthful and which one is the lie. (**Time: 5-10 minutes**)

Content & Activities:
**Transition:** Ms. Kautz: Since each of you just learned a little bit about each of the books you will be reading individually, you are probably curious as to what your inventor actually accomplished. To get to know your famous inventor a little better, we will now play a Fun Facts Game. Ms Lacio: Each of us wrote out three facts about each person that you guys are studying on a notecard. Each person will pick three notecards and place the cards next to the person they are studying. We will go around and each turn you will pick one notecard at a time. Everyone will pick until all the notecards are next to a picture. Then, at the end we will show you which cards go where. Keep in mind these facts are ones that you probably don't know about the person you are studying, so it's okay to guess! **Transition:** Foldables are great studying techniques and give you a great place to keep track of all the important information you will be learning in this unit. You can also find new ways to use foldables in other classes too! Now, we realize that we have covered a lot of information today in regards to the famous people you will be learning about but let's talk about your thoughts and opinions for a bit. (causually break into questions)
 * Book Pass: (Ms. Kautz) This is an activity that will allow the students to briefly examine each book we will be reading in our theme. Here is a chart with 3 columns (labeled title, author, and comment) and 5 rows (one for each of the texts). You each will start with one book and will write down the title and author in the given spot. Next, you will skim through the book, noting illustrations, chapter titles, and/or any other interesting elements that catch your eye. Then, in the comment column, you will write down one of the interesting observations you have just made. After 2 minutes, I will say "Book Pass", at which point you will pass your current book on to the person sitting next to you and repeat the same process until all of the books have been viewed and analyzed. **(Time: 10 minutes)**
 * Fun Fact Game: (Ms. Lacio) The basic idea behind this game is to ID certain unknown or bizarre facts and match them with the correct person. The three different facts will consist of the folowing: 1 obvious fact, 2 silly facts. Each ISU student will also print out a picture of the famous person being studied. In total, there should be 15 fact cards, and 5 pictures. The notecards will be placed on a flat surface with all of the written facts facing up so that each Metcalf student can see all the facts, and the pictures will be placed in a row. The Metcalf students will take turns choosing one card at a time that s/he thinks is relevant to his/her famous person. The Metcalf student will place the cards next to the picture of the famous person s/he is studying. At the end of the game, the Metcalf student will share what s/he picked for his/her person. As a group, we will place the correct fact cards next to the correct picture using a answer key that was created before the lesson by an ISU student. **(Time: 15 minutes)**
 * 1- Tim Berners-Lee: In college, this person made a computer out of an old TV set.
 * 2- Tim Berners-Lee: At age 11, this person attended school between 2 railroad tracks, which sparked a huge interest in trains and technology.
 * 3- Tim Berners-Lee: This person created the World Wide Web.
 * 4- Jonas Salk- This person was known as a perfectionist
 * 5- Jonas Salk- This person created the polio vaccine
 * 6- Jonas Salk- This person's first words as a baby were, "dirt, dirt!"
 * 7-Daniel Hale Williams-This person once lived in Rockford, Illinois.
 * 8-Daniel Hale Williams- This person once was a shoemaker before becoming famous for their advancement in the inventions, medical, and technologies field.
 * 9-Daniel Hale Williams- This person was the first to perform a successful surgery on the heart.
 * 10- Neil Armstrong- I was in the U.S. Navy and fought in the Korean War, making over 600 flights in various aircrafts.
 * 11- Neil Armstrong- I was born August 5, 1930 and went to college at Purdue University, I was only the 2nd person from my family to attend college.
 * 12- Jacques Cousteau- I was a French Naval Officer, explorer, ecologist, filmmaker, innovator, scientist, photographer, author, and researcher who studied the sea and all forms of life in water
 * 13- Jacques Cousteau- I designed the first aqua-lung, which made lengthy under water exploration possible for the first time.
 * 14- Neil Armstrong- It wasn't a hoax. I was the first man to land on the moon.
 * 15-Jacques Cousteau - In 1996, I sued my own son because he wanted to open a holiday center in the Fiji Islands and use my name.
 * Transition:** The fact cards will be distributed to students according to famous people, and the pictures of the inventors will be used on the foldable that is created by each student.
 * (Ms. Snyder): Now, you will create something called a foldable. This is an interactive graphic organizer that will be used before you begin reading and during your reading of your text. Making this foldable should be a fairly easy process but be sure to listen carefully! The paper we have given you is already folded into a tri-fold, but you will cut the flaps in half, creating four flaps total (two on each side). Now, you will label each individual flap with 4 topics: biography, fun facts, what was invented, and what you want to know. On the inside you will notice that there is a larger space, this is where the picture of your famous person will be glued. Be sure to write his/her name underneath! Now, you can fill out the back of the flaps with information pertaining to the topic on the front. The back of your foldable can be used as a journal where you can jot down questions, comments, and concerns for us to discuss later as you are reading your books. **(Time: 7-10 minutes)**
 * Discussion Questions: (All Teachers and students)
 * 1) What are some of your favorite inventions?
 * 2) Have you ever thought of ideas for a new invention?
 * 3) What is one invention that you think the world needs today?
 * 4) What is one invention that the world could not live without? Why? **Writing Prompt**
 * 5) What is one invention you think the world could live without or that it does not need? **(Time: 10 minutes)**

Closure:
If there is still an abundance of time we will have our students answer the question above (What is one invention that the world could not live without? Why?) as a writing prompt so we have the information for the next time we meet.

Also, we have "fun activities/sponge activities" to do with our students so they are still doing something constructive.
 * HW:** Individually each student will receive a certain number of pages to read in their books. Each stopping point will vary depending on the book. While reading students should take notes in their foldables and write down all questions from their books on the back of the foldable to be answered the following time we meet. The students will also need to think of at least three questions they want to konw about their person. These will be written on the appropriate flap of the foldable.
 * Mr. Fogle: Daniel Gibson- Read at least 80 pages: I do not have my book and so I will discuss with him that if 80 comes within a chapter to finish the chapter that page 80 is in.
 * Ms. Kautz: Elisha Swearingen- Read to page 60, chapters 1-4.
 * Ms. Snyder: Carolina- ~64 pages
 * Ms. Snyder: Erin- ~64 pages
 * Ms. Lacio: Tyler Maubach- Read to page 60, chapters 1-5.

Literacy Techniques Used:

 * Foldables
 * Journal writing in foldables: Write any questions, comments, or concerns on the back of the foldable to possibly discuss in later meetings.
 * Games: Two Truths and a Lie, Book Pass, Fun Facts
 * Discussion questions