ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS LESSON:

INTEGRATING TECHNOLOGY (MEDIA LITERACY)

Lesson Author(s): Emma Kelly
Model: http://chrisgoesintothewild1.tumblr.com/
Password: wild
Lesson Focus:
What is the focus of the lesson? What grade level am I aiming for?
The focus of the lesson is to apply the role Christopher McCandless has
in Jon Krakauers Into the Wild to todays society and apply todays
technological culture to the ethical and moral debates of the
informational text. The focus is also to incorporate an informational or
nonfiction text in the course.
This lesson will be for grade 12 because of mature themes of
independence and survival that can be applied to the students lives
after high school. This lesson would be the first project of the first unit
in order to bring together the students through technological means.
Rationale, Common Core State and ISTE Standards:
Why am I teaching this lesson? Which standards apply?
I am teaching this lesson in order to motivate the students to better
understand the emotions of a relatable character, Christopher McCandless,
and to see how his experience would be different if he used the technology
from todays society.
Common Core Standards:
RI.11-12.6 Determine an authors point of view or purpose in a text in which
the rhetoric is particularly effective, analyzing how style and content
contribute to the power, persuasiveness or beauty of the text.
RI.11-12.1 Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of
what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text,
including determining where the text leaves matters uncertain.
RI.11-12.10 By the end of grade 12 read and comprehends literary nonfiction
at the high end of the grades 11-CCR-text complexity band independently
and proficiently.
W.11-12.2d Use precise language, domain-specific vocabulary, and
techniques such as metaphor, simile, and analogy to manage the complexity
of the topic.
W.11-12.3b Use narrative techniques, such as dialogue, pacing, description,
reflection, and multiple plot lines, to develop experiences, events, and/or
characters.
W.11-12.6 Use technology, including the Internet, to produce, publish, and
update individual or shared writing products in response to ongoing
feedback, including new arguments or information.

W.11-12.9 Draw evidence from literary or informational texts to support

analysis, reflection, and research.
W.11-12.10 Write routinely over extended time frames (time for research,
reflection, and revision) and shorter time frames (a single sitting or a day or
two) for a range of tasks, purposes, and audiences.
ISTE Standards:
5. Digital Citizenship: Students understand human, cultural, and societal
issues related to technology and practice legal and ethical behavior.
Advocate and practice safe, legal, and responsible use of information
and technology
Exhibit a positive attitude toward using technology that supports
collaboration, learning, and productivity
Demonstrate personal responsibility for lifelong learning
Exhibit leadership for digital citizenship
6. Technology Operations and Concepts: Students demonstrate a sound
understanding of technology concepts, systems, and operations.
Understand and use technology systems
Select and use applications effectively and productively
Troubleshoot systems and applications
Transfer current knowledge to learning of new technologies
Objectives:
What, specifically, should the student be able to do, understand as a result
of the teaching? (Bloom verbs)
Students will
Modify Krakauers description of McCandless into their own words with
applied emotion from various chapters in the informational text.
Construct a view of McCandless that would otherwise be impossible
through methods of todays technological society (i.e. Facebook,
Tumblr, Blogger, etc.)
Write continuously throughout the unit to illustrate comprehension of
assigned reading
Justify the actions of McCandless through the point of view of
McCandless using evidence from Krakauers book to support stance
Prior Knowledge:
What prior knowledge do my students need in order to be successful with
the focus of this lesson?
Students will need prior knowledge of Facebook, Blogger, or Tumblr in
order to be successful.
Students must continue to read the book in order to triumphantly
answer questions provided.

Materials, Resources and Technology:

Materials and resources (textbook, magic markers, etc.)
Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer
Notebooks, pens, etc. to brainstorm ideas for Facebook, Blogger,
or Tumblr
Technology Resources needed for this lesson:
Computer
Projector to share Facebook, Blogger, Tumblr with class
Web Addresses needed for this lesson: (Web site name followed by the
complete web address
YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q8pyNHz6Pr0)
Facebook (www.facebook.com)
or
Blogger (www.blogger.google.com)
or
Tumblr (www.tumblr.com)
Instructional Procedures
(Anticipatory Set/Hook):
How will you open the lesson to motivate the students? How will you relate
this lesson to previous learning and to real life experiences, to explain the
importance of the learning to the students? (requires student involvement).
I will show Jim Asaros YouTube video Social Media Revolution 2013 and ask
the students to actively listen and take notes: write down any statistic that
stands out. Social media is a concept that almost every teenager is familiar
with: the class will open up into a discussion about the role that technology
has on todays society. The discussion will also include an assumption of
what the students lives would be like with social media as the central idea.
Techniques and Activities:
List the step-by-step activities in sequential order as they occur in the
lesson. They clearly identify what is to take place in the lesson. Within the
procedures, identify a variety of classroom teaching strategies
(methods). Student-centered activities are included as well as guided
practice of the learning. (Use language like teacher models, inputs
students explore).
1. Show the YouTube video Social Media Revolution 2013
2. Class discussion about social networking in todays society as well as
social network as its own culture.
3. Introduce Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer: have the students read the
first two chapters for the next class.

4. Introduce the Blogging for Christopher McCandless Project by giving an

example of Christopher McCandless Tumblr.
5. In a computer lab, each student will design their pick of a social
networking site and begin to design their page with Christopher
McCandless in mind. The teacher will collect each students Facebook,
Blogger, and Tumblr email and password as to make sure appropriate
mature quality is being portrayed.
6. While reading the informational text, the students will answer one
question a chapter that is provided on the handout I give them. The
book will be broken up into sections with two or three chapters in each
section. The sections will contain 2-3 questions that the students must
answer in the voice of Christopher McCandless on their Facebook,
Blogger, or Tumblr.
7. Each post must be at least 100 words: pictures are not necessary but
may help to prove a point. The students may use class discussion on
the chapters to write their blog post but their thoughts must be
original. Another option for students to write about is why Krakauer
chose the epigraph for that specific chapter: how does it apply to the
chapter you just read?
8. After students write about chapters 6 and 7, there will be an individual
conference with the teacher. The teacher will comment on the
individual Facebook, Blogger, or Tumblr site and note to the student
ways to improve the writing. The main focus will be on the writing
aspect because the other qualities of the blog will be distinctive to
each student.
9. When the unit is coming to a close, each student will read a post from
a specific chapter chosen randomly by the teacher.
Lesson Closure:
How will the lesson come to a close? The content should be summarized and
related to future lessons.
After the book has been read, each student will read a portion of his or her
blog from a specific chapter. The students will witness the change between
an informational text about Christopher McCandless and how Krakauer
portrayed him. There will be a noticeable difference and interest that is
witnessed by the students who read about McCandless, and how
McCandless family and friends viewed him.
Assessment/Evaluation: How will you measure the student's success using
formative means? Put an x beside the appropriate mode of evaluation. Add
any specific criteria you will evaluate with i.e., if you are marking a journal,
are you looking for insight, expression, etc.
Anecdotal notes ___X__

Journal

____X__

Work Samples
_____
(i.e., quick write, group chart)

Self-assessment

______

Peer-assessment ______

Checklist

_____

Oral Questioning _____

Interview/Conference

__x__

Other: Blog posts and creative feature of blogs

Student Products:
What artifacts or products will result from this lesson
either independently or by its inclusion in a unit? (Newsletter, essay, poem,
diagram).
The student will have left the unit with a written blog, Facebook page, or
Tumblr page in the voice of Christopher McCandless.