7/28/2019 Guest Speaker Lesson Plan

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Kelley Neumann

Johnston Middle SchoolThursday, February 14, 2013

Secondary Lesson Plan Template

Lesson PlanChallenging the Status Quo

Topic: Guest speaker Utilizing Grassroots: How to influence elected officials to act for you!

Length of class: 45 minutes

Who are your students and what are their specific learning needs?

This lesson will be taught to five sections of 9th

grade Language Arts students. The majority of the

students are at or above grade level in reading and literacy skills. The 4th period and 8th period classes

contain students identified for special education services.

Standard(s) to be addressed:

Iowa Core Speaking and Listening Standards:

Comprehension and Collaboration Come to discussions prepared, having read and researched material under study; explicitly

draw on that preparation by referring to evidence from texts and other research on the topic

or issue to stimulate a thoughtful, well-reasoned exchange of ideas.

Learning Objectives for this lesson:

Content: Understand how to lobby an elected official.

Language: Complete the note-taking guide.

Social: Listen respectfully.

Materials/Resources:

Note-taking guide

Lesson Sequence: (How will you organize your lesson?)

1. Listen to guest speaker and fill out note-taking guide (45 min).Assessment of learning (How will I know if students achieved my learning objectives?)

The note-taking guide will serve as a formative assessment.

7/28/2019 Guest Speaker Lesson Plan

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Kelley Neumann

Johnston Middle SchoolThursday, February 14, 2013

Challenging the Status Quo

Guest Speaker

9th

Grade Language Arts

As you listen, practice good listening skills and use the following sheet to guide you through the

presentation.

1. Mrs. Nielsen is speaking about a type of lobbying called Grassroots lobbying. What isGrassroots lobbying?

2. According to the pie chart, what is the most effective way to contact an elected official?

3. This presentation discusses three ways to contact elected officials. What are they?1)2)

3)

4. On the slide called Effective Communication, what stood out to you as being veryimportant? Why is this important to remember when you contact your legislator?

5. Three slides in the presentation are devoted to Political Dos and Donts.Name one thing on the Do slides you think is important:

Name one thing on the Dont slide you think is important:

6. When lobbying a senator or representative by mail, the parts of your letter are known as___________________, ___________________ and ______________________. (In

Language Arts, we use the terms introduction, body and conclusion.)

7. What is one thing that stood out to you as important from the slide about having a face-to-face meeting?

8. Discuss one thing you learned from todays presentation that will assist you when tryingto lobby a legislator. How will this information help you?