Lesson Plan Template WCSD Writing Program Teacher’s name: Wesley Reid Teacher’s school: Wooster High School
Writing Type/Genre: Non-fiction Prose: Argument, Informative/Explanatory, Narrative Lesson Title: College Placement Portfolio Semester Plan
Standards-based Outcomes: Common Core College and Career Readiness Anchor Standards for Writing: Text Types and Purposes: 1. Write arguments to support claims in an analysis of substantive topics or texts, using valid reasoning and relevant and sufficient evidence. 2. Write informative/explanatory texts to examine and convey complex ideas and information clearly and accurately through the effective selection, organization, and analysis of content. 3. Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, well-chosen details, and well-structured event sequences.
Student Outcomes: Over the course of a semester (in my mind the final semester of their senior year), students will develop, select and reflect on three pieces of nonfiction prose (essays) that demonstrate their ability to write for informative purpose, to write for persuasive purpose, and to use narrative effectively on its own or in support of an informative or persuasive purpose. Students will compose a professional cover letter designed to introduce and reflect upon the writing that the reader will encounter in the three-essay collection. As a result of preparing this comprehensive portfolio, students will be better able to develop nonfiction prose that effectively reaches a specific audience and articulates an identifiable purpose. Audience and Purpose for Lesson: 1. One potential audience is the members of the Core Writing Program Placement Committee at the University of Nevada, Reno (or other institution of higher learning such as TMCC if the opportunity is available). The purpose is to challenge and improve upon initial placement, based on ACT or SAT (or Accuplacer) scores, in a college freshman composition course. 2. Another potential audience is the other members of the high school senior English class. The purpose is to inform, to convince, to make aware, to entertain, to shock, to astound, to inspire.