Bridgewater College Teacher Education Program Lesson Plan

Background information:
This class is our New Comers Resources.
These students speak little to no English. There are 5 students in the class
ranging from the 6th to 8th grade. This lesson was chosen because during a
Daily Grammar Lesson, the students struggled with plural nouns. During
Tuesdays class, I taught them what a noun is, and we went through rule
one and two with some practice. During this lesson, we will review the
content from last class as well as finish the last 6 rules, complete their
foldable and play a game with them.
It is normal for students to use the bathroom, get water, go to their lockers,
etc. at the beginning of this class. Because of this, the class will start about
5 minutes late.
Name: Meagan Ours
Subject/Grade
Level:

Lesson Title:

Unit:

Plural Nouns

New Comers-ELL

Date or Lesson
#:
9-29-16

Virginia SOL/National Standard:

Basic grammar concept

Measurable Lesson Objective(s):

TLWBAT change a regular, singular noun into a plural noun using the plural noun rules.

Materials/Technologies/Resources Needed:
SMART Board

9-27 Plural Nouns SMART board presentation created by Meagan Ours

Foldables-created last class
Plural Noun Rules Foldable created by Meagan Ours
Student journals
Plural Nouns Practice worksheet created by Meagan Ours
Assessment (Formative and/or Summative):
1. Plural Nouns Board Game

Anticipatory Set (Hook & Agenda)

Teacher will:

Students will:

Tell students we will be learning

about EVERY THING in this room,
school and world today!

Listen to the teacher

Accommodat
ions/Differen
tiation:

Anticipated
Time:
1 min

Access /Review Prior Knowledge

Teacher will:

Students will:

Kick Start-on SMART board

changing nouns to plurals

Complete the Kick Start in their

journals

Accommodatio
ns/Differentiati
on:

Anticipate
d Time:
10 mins

Give Instructions
Monitor and provide assistance
as needed

Teaching Process & Modeling (Content is presented, accessed or built)

Guided Practice & Checking for Understanding
Independent Practice
There is no prescribed order to this section; you must tailor the order to the students and the content. This should be the
longest portion of your lesson plan.

Teacher will:

Students will:

Use SMART board presentation to

go through the teaching process.

Listen to the teacher, watch the

SMART board presentation and
answer questions as asked.

Teaching Process & Modeling

(Content is presented, accessed, or
built):

Choral read noun definition. Remind

students of the definition of a noun
and give examples. Ask each
student for an example of a noun.

Accommodatio
ns/Differentiati
on:

Anticipate
d Time:

Teaching Process & Modeling

(Content is presented, accessed, or
built):

Choral read noun definition.

Offer examples of a noun.

Remind students of the definition of

singular and plural.
Listen to the teacher.

10 mins

Hand out foldable from last class.

Go through rule 1 and 2 reviewing

information from last class.
Guided Practice: Ask students to
volunteer word examples for each
and make them plural as a class.
They may use the examples in their
foldable. Write them on the SMART
board.

Volunteer word examples

Slides 2-8:
Choral read the slide.
Explain in different words.

Choral read definition.

Listen to the teacher.

Modeling: Discuss examples.

Provide examples to write on
foldable.

Brainstorm examples and share.

Write examples on foldable.

20 mins
Guided Practice: Change the list of
nouns from singular to plural as a
class. Write the first few on the
board after discussion. Then have
students come to the board to write
the others.

Listen to the teacher and answer

questions as asked.
Write nouns on the board

Independent Practice: Give

instructions. Model for students how
each turn will go. Play the board
game on the SMART board. Students
will take turns rolling the dice. They
will move their piece the number of
spaces indicated on the dice. Finally,
they must change the singular noun
on their space to a plural noun for
their move to count.

5 mins
Participate in playing the board
game.

25 mins

Independent Practice: Students will

use their foldable to independently
complete the worksheet changing
singular nouns to plural nouns.

10 mins

Closure

Teacher will:

Students will:

Tell the students that they have just

learned a very important skill that
will help them for the rest of their
lives speaking English. Remind
them that they can put their
foldable in their binder to use in
other classes.

Listen to the teacher and put

their foldable in a safe place.

Accommodatio
ns/Differentiati
on:

Anticipated
Time:
1 min

Declarative Summary Statement:

There are eight rules to help us change singular nouns into plural nouns.
Activity If Extra Time Remains or Technology Fails
Teacher will:

Students will:

If extra time remains the game

can be played again or students
can independently read the easy
readers in the classroom.

Play the Board Game again or

independently read the easy
readers.

Accommodatio
ns/Differentiati
on:

If technology fails, complete the

lesson using paper printouts of
the SMART board presentation.
Note: Attach or provide hyperlink to all handouts, external documents, resources, etc.

Anticipated
Time: