North Rockland HS/Pt Chester HS Mini - Lessons
for Task I
Values and the Impact
they have on Human Relationships
Lesson 1 | Lesson 2 | Lesson 3 | Lesson 4 | Student Task
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Rockland/Pt.Chester Resources| Parallel Tasks 1
Lesson #:
1
Task Developers: Debra
Weatherwax, Lenore Gavigan, Francisco Garcia, Deborah Giacopelli,
David Terry, Joanne Marx
NYS Standards Addressed:
- ELA Standard One
- ELA Standard Four
Duration of Lesson: one
class period
Topic/Theme: Active
Listening Strategies
Materials/Resources:
Outcomes :How to be an
active listener by illustrating that we are not naturally good
listeners.
Skills Addressed:
- Listening skills
- Focusing skills
- Note-taking skills
- Communication skills
Procedures:
Task I -Teacher gives the
following directions orally:
- "Don’t do
anything until I finish giving you all of the
directions:
- Take out a piece of
paper.
- Write your name on it.
- Write down five of the
vocabulary words from last nights homework
assignment.
- Either define the words
or use each correctly in a sentence
- Ignore all previous
directions."
- Teacher looks around the room
and points out that any student who does have paper on
his/her desk was not listening.
- Teacher poses the question:
"What was the first thing I said?"
- Discussion – difference
between hearing and listening
Task II -Notes on how to be an
active listener:
- Clear desk of any unnecessary
material.
- Find a focal point (could be
the reader or any other NON-DISTRACTING point of the
room)—stress that this is an individual preference
and there is no right or wrong.
- Tune out everything but the
reader.
- Visualize the story as you
hear it (put yourself into the world of the reader).
Task III -
- Teacher will read the passage
"Meet
the Writer" by Langston Hughes and employ the strategies discussed
(instruct students to listen ONLY).
- Distribute copies of the questions and allow students to review them
for a few minutes (students should use this time to jot
down any preliminary answers).
- Teacher reads passage second
time while students take notes.
- Students will use notes to
write their answers in complete sentences.
- Students will share their
responses with the class.
- Closure: Review good
techniques of an active listener.
Assessment:
- Teacher will record and post
student notes from listening task.
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Lesson #:
2
NYS Standards Addressed:
- ELA Standard One
- ELA Standard Four
Duration of Lesson: one
class period
Topic/Theme: Active
Listening and Note-Taking Strategies as an Organizational Tool
Materials/Resources:
Outcomes :
Students will be able to:
- Illustrate good listening
skills
- Take notes using the A-Z
method
- Share responses with their
peers
Skills Addressed:
- Active listening
- Note-taking strategy
- Communication
Procedures:
- Preview active listening
strategies learned in previous day’s lesson
- Introduce the A-Z note taking
strategy:
- Hand out the A-Z
ditto.
- Explain: As the teacher
reads the passage, write key words and phrases next
to corresponding letters.
- Teacher reads the passage
slowly, pausing after each sentence.
- Teacher allows a few
minutes to pass before beginning the second reading.
- Teacher reads the passage
a second time.
- After A-Z note taking,
students share their notes with a partner to access
comprehension.
- Elicit and share
reactions to this strategy of note taking.
Assessment: Teacher will
evaluate the students’ lists and their response to the
success of this strategy.
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Lesson #:
3
NYS Standards Addressed:
Duration of Lesson: one
class period
Topic/Theme: Using notes
from listening passage to write a response to a prompt.
Materials/Resources:
- Notes taken the previous day
- Writing prompt
- Pen / paper
Outcomes :
Students will be able to:
- Understand the prompt
- Use notes and own experiences
to write a response
Skills Addressed:
- Note-taking
- Incorporating notes into
writing assignment
- Writing: organization,
development and conventions
Procedures:
- Students will be asked to
take out their notes from the previous day.
- Students will be given a
writing prompt: Using your notes from the previous days
listening assignment, write an essay in which you discuss
the importance of the relationship between self-awareness
and achieving success. Be sure to make references to the
folk legend.
- If time allows, students will
share written responses.
- Teacher will collect
responses.
Assessment: Teacher will
assess first draft.
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Lesson #:
4
NYS Standards Addressed:
Duration of Lesson: two
class periods
Topic/Theme: Listening to a
passage in order to respond to multiple-choice questions and a
writing prompt
Materials/Resources:
Outcomes :
Students will be able to:
- Listen actively
- Use a note taking strategy
- Use their notes to answer
multiple choice questions, create an outline and write an
essay.
Skills Addressed:
- Listening skills
- Note taking skills
- Organizational skills
- Application / transfer skills
- Writing skills
Procedures:
- Students clear desks and
prepare to listen to the passage.
- Teacher reads the overview (task)
and the situation to the students (students will have
this in front of them).
- Teacher reads the passage (students may or may not opt to
take notes during this reading).
- Teacher distributes multiple
choice questions
and allows students a few minutes to preview the
questions.
- Teacher reads the passage a
second time while students take notes.
- Students will answer multiple
choice questions individually.
- Teacher and students will
discuss answers to the multiple-choice questions.
END OF DAY ONE
- Teacher will go over methods
/ strategies for organizing an essay (i.e. outline,
graphic organizer).
- Students will use their notes
and the multiple-choice questions to organize their
writing response.
- Students will write their
essays.
Assessment: Teachers grades
essays.
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