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Exploring Conformity in English Class

This lesson plan is for a 12th grade English class about conformity. The essential question is about what conformity is and whether it is necessarily bad. Students will engage in class discussions about the pros and cons of conformity and identify ways they personally conform. For an assessment, students will write about times they felt pressure to conform, how they felt, what they did, and whether it was a positive or negative experience. The learning plan involves activating prior knowledge, processing new knowledge through a class discussion and poster activity, and summarizing learning by writing about personal experiences.

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Exploring Conformity in English Class

This lesson plan is for a 12th grade English class about conformity. The essential question is about what conformity is and whether it is necessarily bad. Students will engage in class discussions about the pros and cons of conformity and identify ways they personally conform. For an assessment, students will write about times they felt pressure to conform, how they felt, what they did, and whether it was a positive or negative experience. The learning plan involves activating prior knowledge, processing new knowledge through a class discussion and poster activity, and summarizing learning by writing about personal experiences.

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Lesson Plan

Things I must remember to do: think deeply about each step; annotating
Go over my expectations
Subject Area(s) English Grade Level 12
Stage 1: Desired Learning Outcomes
Essential Question What is conformity? Essential Understanding Conformity is present in all
Is conformity necessarily bad? cultures. It can confer advantages on the individual
Why might conformity exist? (strength in numbers, to avoid being singled out, or
to feel part of something larger)

LEARNING OUTCOMES
Knowledge/Skills Language ESLOs
Students will engage with the teacher and ask Outcomes Critical Thinker
questions. Analytical
Students will acknowledge both pros and cons to Evaluative
conformity Critical
Students will identify the ways that they conform,
both good and bad
Stage 2: Assessment Evidence
Writing Speaking & Listening
Students will respond to the following: list Ss will take part in class discussions (conformity v
times you have felt the pressure to reasonable actions)
conform. Describe how you felt. What did Will work in groups to complete posters; present
you do? Was it a positive or negative posters to class.
experience? Did you learn anything?
Stage 3: Learning Plan
Step 1: Activating Prior Knowledge
● Ss will apply lessons from last week w/r/t annotation (the 5 steps)
● Ss will draw on personal experience
Step 2: Processing New Knowledge
● Class discussion on pros/cons of conformity
● Students will make a pro/con conformity poster
Step 3: Summarizing New Learning
● Ss will write about personal experiences
Resources Homework Assignment
Colored pens/pencils N/A
Poster paper

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