ToczekLessonPlan2


 * __Lesson 2: Introducing Share Sheets (50 minutes)__**
 * Rationale:** In order to further grasp the concept of utopian societies, students will closely engage with text through critical analysis of what they have just read. This lesson introduces Share Sheets into our unit as a tool that will aid in students' understanding of the text‍ by hvaing them closely analyze what they have just read and which will build off the Venn diagrams created in the previous lesson as aids to learning. ‍‍‍


 * Objectives:** Students will think critically about text, drawing on certain moments and individual ideas and opinions about the text.


 * Motivational Device:** Briefly review, asking what students can remember about the concept of utopias. Students can look in notes to help aid the review.

-//The Giver// -Share Sheets -__Share Sheet Activity__ (30 minutes) Every student receives a Share Sheet: a piece of paper divided into 4 sections. In each of the 4 sections on the paper, students will have the options to include 4 of 5 different things about the chapters that were just read, in this case, Chapters 3 and 4. Students will then share the 4 things they chose with a small group of other students and then ultimately with the rest of the class.
 * Materials:**
 * Activities:**
 * -**Brief review of utopias (10 minutes)

These are the 5 different criteria that students can choose from to include on their Share Sheets:


 * Connections- Does the text remind you of something else you have read, a television show or movie you have seen or something you've experienced yourself


 * Favorite Part- Discuss your favorite part of the section and why it was your favorite


 * Predictions- Make informed predictions about what you think a certain part of the section means or what may happen next and why


 * Visualization- Explain how you imagined a certain part of the section or draw a small picture of a scene or image you remember from the reading


 * Asking Questions- Write 2 or 3 questions you may have about the text that encourage critical thinking. Not just simple plot or character-oriented questions.

__Silent Reading__ (10 minutes) Depending how much time is left after the Share Sheet activity, students can begin to read silently to themselves from //The Giver// for the remainder of the period.


 * Assessment:** Share Sheets will be collected and graded for a total of 8 points, 2 for each aspect included.


 * Closure:**
 * Homework:** Read up to pg. 58 in //The Giver.// Write down anything you may have found confusing, interesting, or importan‍‍‍t ‍‍‍.

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