Lesson Plan : Reading: Kissing Doorknobs
Teacher Name: | Mrs. Horatio |
Grade: | Grade 9-10 |
Subject: | Literature Activities |
Topic: | Guided Reading Comprehension: Listening |
Content: | Novel: Kissing Doorknobs by Terry Spencer-Hesser |
Goals: | Student will increase listening and comprehension skills |
Objectives: | Student will explain each chapter [orally or written] with 80% accuracy. Student will increase word sight identification skills with 75% accuracy. Students will improve dictionary use skills with 80% accuracy. |
Materials: | Novel: Kissing Doorknobs/Terry Spencer-Hesser, Worksheets/handouts, Highliters, and bookmarks |
Introduction: | Teacher will explain Obsessive Compulsive Disorder [OCD] KWL-orally, Teacher will read excerpts from other students that have read the book. |
Development: | Teacher will have students recall the movie 'As Good as it Gets' - with Jack Nickolson. Teach will talk about other mental problems that many people have. Teacher will explain that the author, Terry Spencer-Hesser actually suffered from OCD. |
Practice: | Word Search Activity, Guided reading and discussions |
Accommodations: | Teacher reads aloud and discusses each chapter. Teacher uses Bingo game, and word activities to reinforce vocabulary skills. Teacher will have students highlite the vocabulary words for each chapter using a waterproof marker. |
Checking For Understanding: | A quiz will be given after each chapter. Teacher will check for understanding by orally quizzing individual students. Teacher will review students written or oral summary as an assessment tool. |
Closure: | There will be a series of videos related to OCD (As Good As It Gets, and the Autobiography of Howard Hughes) There will be an open book final examination including all chapters. |
Evaluation: | Class participation, completion of worksheets/handouts, Final Examination grades. |
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