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Lesson or Project Topic
What is the topic? What is the title?
Power and what it means to you.
Curriculum Connections
What specific curriculum learning outcomes will be addressed in this lesson or project?(TAKS)
LAFS.1112.L.3.4
Technology Connections
What technology skills and/or goals will be addressed in this lesson or project?
ISTE 6b
Lesson or Unit Starter
What will you do to introduce the lesson or project? Are the connections to the curriculum and technology
clear?
Open with own video based on the literary definition of, and our own definition of, power.
Student-focused Activities
What activities will your student do during this lesson or project?
1) Introduce the questions: What is power? What does it mean to you?
2) Let students brainstorm, talking aloud and giving their own ideas of the word "power".
3) Give the actual definition of the word "power" based off of the Oxford Dictionary.
4) Continue class discussion, connecting the actual definition with the student's ideas.
5) Students select three chosen resources, each based off of a different idea of the word "power", and read
to themselves.
6) Using Prezi, students will create a 5-slide minimum presentation on the word "power" and what it means
to them. Examples for slides includes "What does the word mean to you" and "How class discussion may
have influenced your personal definition". Cite any additional resources used.
7) Students get into groups of 3 to share their created Prezi's and further discuss their interpretation of the
word "power" to continue building their personal definition.
8) Students turn in their Prezi's digitally.
ESOL Accomodation
- The program "Forvo" for assistance with word translation
Resources
Hardware, Software, Web, CD ROM Other (Print, Human, etc)
Prezi, Forvo, Oxford Dictionary Selected Poetry
Student Assessment
How will you assess the extent to which the students have achieved the goals and objectives?
Letter grade based on in-class participation and how the Prezi's that were turned in
reflected that. How well did the student comprehend and express their ideas?