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1. Grade Level-5th grade. Content of Lesson: Reading and Making Connections 2. The first objective of my lesson is that students will appropriately use the making connections comprehension strategy by choosing passages from the reading, and writing a repsonse that connects to their own life, another piece of literature, or the world. The next objective is for my first activity which is creating a venn diagram between the beales home and their own home. The objective is that the students will make connections between their own home and the Beale's home to reflect the theme based on "home" in Maniac Magee. My third objective is for the second activity which is a character description. The students will identify character traits of Jeffrey Magee and describe how each trait relates to his views on the two themes of race and home. The students will read chapters 40-43 of Maniac Magee, while learning and understanding the reading strategy of making connections to answer questions and response activities. 3. I will assess the first objective of my lesson on the following: I will grade the double entry journals by using an observation checklist with the following items: For each item I will use a scale of 0-4 to assess. 0 being not present and 4 being they succesfully completed that required. I will average the 4 scores together and the students must recieve an average of a 3 in order to pass and meet the standard. Passage is accuratly copied with correct page number Students use the making connections strategy to respond to passge Response relates clearly to the passage chosen Response has correct spelling, grammar, and puncataion.

I will assess the second objective of my lesson on the following, by making sure each student has the following, again using the 0-4 point scale, and needing an average of 3 to meet the standard. At least three accurate characteristics of the Beale’s home that are different from the student At least three characteristics of the student’s home that are different from the Beale’s At least three accurate characteristics of the Beale’s home that are also characteristics of the student’s home I will assess my third objective following a rubric (see attached for actual rubric) and the students must recieve a 2 to meet the standard and pass the assignment.

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