Lesson Plan 3: The Hill We Climb

1. Unlocking of Difficulties in Vocabulary

Students are to determine the meaning of the underlined words through context clues.

2. Activating Prior Knowledge & Developing Purpose for Reading

Show the students a picture of a person climbing a hill or mountain and let them respond to the guide questions. The image and questions are available on the full LP found in Appendix LP 3)

Present a brief profile about the poet, Amanda Gorman, and an overview of the setting. (Profile available on Appendix LP 3)

Ask the students to predict what the selection must be about aside from the literal meaning suggested by the title.

Students will use a prediction chart that is available on the full LP found in Appendix LP 3)

Before presenting the selection, ask the students to recall the standards of listening to poetry. Let the students watch the video and listen to Amanda Gorman as she delivers the spoken poetry. The link of the video is provided on the LP found in Appendix LP 3)

Ask them to read silently the close caption or subtitle in the video as they listen to her. They may also be provided with the transcription of the literary text. Let one of the students read the poem aloud.

1. Engagement Activity: Think-Pair-Share Activity

Students are paired to share and discuss with each other their predicted ideas about the text. Encourage them to take note of the evidence from the text that would support their ideas.

(Prediction chart is available on the full LP found in Appendix LP 3)

2. Discussion: Let the students answer the following comprehension check questions. The guide questions are available on the full LP found in Appendix LP 3)

3. Skills Development: Analyzing contextual meaning of the poem conveyed by the literary technique (i.e., allusion) employed by the author

(Activities under this goal are available on the full LP found in Appendix LP 3)