Grade 11 & 12 English - Sample Lesson Using OER Resources
Overview
This is a one period Grade 11-12 English lesson plan using course achor texts, Robert Pirsig's Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance and Plato's Allegory of the Cave. Its production intention is to prvide guidance on how to use OERs in the classroom.
Grade 11 & 12 English - Sample Lesson Using OER Resources
Grade 11 & 12 English - Sample Lesson Using OER Resources
Standard Addressed W.11-12.9.a:Draw evidence from literary or informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and research.
Text: Plato’s Republic & Zen and The Art of Motorcycle Maintenance - Robert Pirsig
(OER - Project Gutenberg - gutenberg.org)
Warmup:
First, A Closer Look At The Art Of Pieter Bruegel The Elder Be sure to scroll all the way to the end and take your time with looking at each frame.
Next - create a blob opera and take them on tour
Finally, go swimming in an ocean of books
(OER - https://artsandculture.google.com/)
Independent Reflection: In your virtual journal, hypothesize why/how these sites connect to Robert Pirsig’s Zen and The Art of Motorcycle Maintenance passage from homework reading.
(Reading Passage from OER: https://openstax.org/details/books/introduction-philosophy)
(Journal Template from OER: education.apple.com template)
Socratic Discussion: What, if any, are the connections between the text and the sites? How do these sites (generally) support Pirsig’s argument, and how?
(Teacher Resource to guide Socratic Discussion - Video OER: https://oercommons.org/courses/how-to-argue-induction-abduction-crash-course-philosophy-3)
View: Ethics: Know Thyself (The Examined Life)
(Video from OER: https://www.khanacademy.org/partner-content/wi-phi/wiphi-value-theory/wiphi-ethics/v/the-examined-life-know-thyself-1-wireless-philosophy)
Independent Practice: Annotate the passage for instances of specific evidence that Pirsig uses to support his claims (get granular).
(Teacher Resource Annotation OER: https://oercommons.org/courseware/lesson/73804)
Assessment: Student learning is assessed via a Quick Write at the end of the lesson. Students respond to the following prompt, citing textual evidence to support analysis and inferences drawn from the text. • How does the author's use of evidence support the main claims in the excerpt? Use evidence to support your response.
Reading in preparation for tomorrow’s class:
Plato’s Allegory of the Cave
Let’s engage in some cave drama! Read Plato’s Allegory of the Cave)
Why does Plato say that only philosophers should be kings (rulers)? Explain this claim based on evidence from the text (discussion)
Here is Plato’s Republic in full - read pages
(Text from OER: Project Gutenberg - gutenberg.org)
Additional Resource: Coach Hall and the Classical Rhetorical Appeals - Logos, Ethos & Pathos Video
(Video from OER: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bwPjWiBB0OQ)