Title and/or Lesson Plan #: Synthesizing Information – Lesson 7
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Lesson Overview: Students have reviewed the reading strategy of determining importance E
and worked with the first three parts of a constructed response: make an assertion, use S
strong text evidence, and analysis. Students will learn how to synthesize the content of these S
three parts in a concluding statement. Students will work with a partner to write a full O
constructed response now that all the pieces have been presented to practice their writing N
skills with support.
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Resources or Materials Needed:
Paper, poster board, markers, and computers to be used in pre-instruction activity
Power Point: Concluding Statement [Appendix I]
Computer with internet and connection to projector/smartboard
Rubric used for scoring constructed response
Student computers to access internet
Collaborative Online Word Processor: WriteURL https://www.writeurl.com/
[Appendix J]
Text, digital or print, “Capture this: It’s wrong to play Pokemon at Auschwitz!” by
Leonard Pitts, Jr. and prompt.
Performance Objective 7:
Provided a text, a prompt, and peer support, students will write an effective constructed
response that concludes by unifying multiple pieces of evidence and points of analysis,
scoring a minimum of five out of six on the given rubric.
Time: 60 minutes
Step 1: Pre-Instructional Activities: Student-led Review
Teacher shares the lesson’s objective with the students.
Teacher assigns small groups based on Lesson 6’s exit ticket, placing struggling
students with those with a strong understanding of the unit’s content.
Each group will create a review to share with the class on one of the four content
lessons from the unit: determining importance, inferences, strong evidence, and
analysis.
Groups can use their choice of medium, but the review of the content topic should
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include what it is, how to do it, and a visual aid. E
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Each group shares their review topic. S
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Step 2: Content Presentation: Conclusion / WriteURL / Rubric Reading N
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Teacher presents concluding constructed response [Power Point – Appendix I]
o Refer to evidence
o Refer to analysis
o Restate assertion
Teacher presents six-point rubric for scoring a constructed response
o Does the constructed response ______?
Make an assertion that responds logically to the prompt
Provide a strong piece of evidence that supports the assertion
Show how the evidence supports the assertion (analysis)
Provide a second piece of strong evidence that supports the assertion
Show how the second piece of evidence supports the assertion
Conclude by synthesizing the assertion, evidence, and analysis
o Proper grammar/syntax is expected but is not scored on the rubric since the
scores should reflect students’ understanding of the content presented in the
unit.
Teacher explains how to navigate WriteURL, especially the collaboration aspect
[Tutorial in Appendix J]
Step 3: Learner Participation: Partners Craft a Constructed Response
Students are given the text “Capture this: It’s wrong to play Pokemon at Auschwitz!”
and prompt, What is the central idea?
Student pairs read the article, annotating by choice, and discuss the central idea.
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Student pairs write one constructed response collaboratively on WriteURL, making
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sure to share the document with the teacher. S
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Step 4: Assessment: Formative: Targeted Feedback N
While the partnerships craft their constructed responses on WriteURL, the teacher 7
can read the responses at her computer to assess understanding as students work.
Teacher purposefully moves around the room to provide guidance to the pairings
seen struggling and affirmation to those on track.
Step 5: Follow-Through Activities: Partner Revision
Once the constructed response is finished, each partner should revise and edit it.
Each partner should type his/her name at the bottom of the constructed response to
signify completion of the work and that it has been “turned in” on WriteURL.
Teacher scores the response and students should receive at least a 5 out of 6 on the
rubric to meet the performance objective.
Teacher provides written feedback and the rubric on the WriteURL document.
