Lisa McBeth
Mini Lesson Plan
6th Grade Language Arts
Curriculum Standard:
3. The student will express, communicate, evaluate, or exchange ideas effectively.
e. The student will compose persuasive text clearly expressing a main idea with supporting
details, utilizing effective word choice and organization for a specific purpose and
audience. (DOK 3)
1) Letters
Big Idea
Students need to know how to exchange ideas in an organized and persuasive manner.
Preparation
Read the children's Literature book "Freedom on the Menu" by Carole Boston Weatherford.
Ask students how they would feel if they went into a restaurant and were denied service.
Give students a scenario about walking into the local theater and being told you cannot enter because you are not the acceptable race.
Write a formal business letter to the manager of the theater asking him/her to change the rules .
Guidance
Students brainstorm acceptable reasons for change in the rules.
Students write a rough draft of their letter.
Student's ask peers to read over their rough draft and offer suggestions.
Teacher walks around the room and provides help when needed.
Application
Go over the parts of a business letter with students.
Offer tips on how to write a persuasive letter in a business-like manner.
Assessment:
The final copy of the student's letters will be the assessment. I would provide the students a checklist before they start writing their rough draft. The checklist would contain items such as correct grammar usage, correct spelling, and the parts of a business letter must be correct.
Source: English-Language Arts Content Strands for Mississippi Public Schools.
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The only thing I would is have an overhead projector with an example of a business so that the students could "see" how to set up a business letter.
ReplyDeleteLisa,
ReplyDeleteI think all of your ideas are good. Some students may not understand how it feels to be looked at differently because of race because they have never experienced it first hand before. The book will be a good read for the students as well. I would be interested in reading the book myself. Good Job!