Lesson Plan Form

Name: Kristina Galbaugh

Lesson Title: Esperanza Rising: Pre-reading mini-lesson
Date: April 26, 2016

Day of Week:

Day 1 of Learning Segment

Central Focus
The central focus of this mini-lesson is for students to preview Esperanza Rising by exploring
what it is like to be an immigrant moving to a foreign country. The students will use their own
personal experiences or emotions to put themselves in Esperanzas shoes and make a personal
connection with her to become engaged in reading this novel.
Standards Addressed
Common Core/Georgia Performance Standards
ELAGSE6W3: Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using
effective technique, relevant descriptive details, and well-structured event sequences.
SS6G4: The student will describe the cultural characteristics of people who live in Latin
America and the Caribbean.
a. Describe the results of blending of ethnic groups in Latin America and the Caribbean.
b. Explain why Latin America is a region based on the languages of Portuguese and
Spanish.
c. Evaluate how the literacy rate affects the standard of living.
Learning Objectives/Learning Targets
Objective/Target
The students will list different cultural
aspects that affect immigration.

Assessment
The students will write 3-5 different cultural
aspects on a sheet of paper that they think would
affect an immigrant moving to another country.
This is an accountability measure to make sure
the students understand how countries differ
from one another in order to understand the
upcoming novel
The students will create personal
The students will use the cultural aspects from
narratives that are real or imagined
the previous assessment to write a narrative
experiences about life as an immigrant.
about life as an Immigrant. They will put
themselves in a position where they are the
minority and see how life is different and difficult
in an unfamiliar environment.
Academic Language/Language Function Objectives
Syntax The students will be transforming their thoughts and observations from class
discussions into an arrangement of words and phrases on paper into narrative format.
Assessments
o List of assessments
Daily Assessment: List of 3-5 different cultural aspects
Life as an Immigrant narrative
Instruction Strategies and Learning Tasks (Procedures & Timelines)
Time
Instructional Strategies/Learning
Purpose
Tasks
Mini-lesson
Watch A Day in the Life of an
Engages the students in the mini-lesson and
5 min. Immigrant
serves as an introduction to the novel.

20 min.

5 min.

30-40
min.

Write down 3-5 cultural aspects

that affect an immigrant whos
moving to a different country
and discuss answers with groups
of 3-4. Cultural aspects may
include clothing, food, money,
language, education, etc.

Give instructions on narrative

assignment and explain the prewriting graphic organizer.
Pre-writing process and begin
writing paper.

This gets the students thinking about how

countries are different and how immigrants
experience culture shock when living in an
unfamiliar place. The students are in groups so
everyone has a turn to talk. If done as a whole
class, some students may not participate in the
discussion. This activity also builds up ideas for
narrative.
Activity
To make sure all students understand the
expectations of the assignment and know what
theyre doing. The graphic organizer helps them
put ideas together for narrative.
The students are given the rest of the class
period to write their narratives. The purpose of
writing the narratives is so the students
understand how it feels to be an outcast. When
reading the novel, they will understand the
characters emotions and connect with her on a
deeper level.

Student Supports
o List what you are using to support student learning/organization.
There will be directions for the writing assignment posted on the board. They will also be given
a pre-writing graphic organizer worksheet that will help guide them have questions for them to
answer at each center.
Materials and Resources
Resources:
YouTube video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-FULDdVN7FY
Materials:
Graphic organizer handout
Paper and pen/pencil

Pre-writing Graphic Organizer

Country you are moving to:

Cultural Characteristics
that will affect your new
life:

Reason for moving:

How you will feel: