Guest Speaker Lesson Plan nm2u

Kelley Neumann Johnston Middle School Thursday, February 14, 2013 Secondary Lesson Plan Template Lesson Plan – Challenging 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.

Kelley Neumann Johnston Middle School Thursday, 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 is “Grassroots” lobbying?

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

3. This presentation discusses three ways to elected officials. What are they? 1) 2) 3) 4. On the slide called “Effective Communication,” what stood out to you as being very important? Why is this important to when you your legislator? 5. Three slides in the presentation are devoted to “Political Do’s and Don’ts.” Name one thing on the “Do” slides you think is important: Name one thing on the “Don’t” 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 introduction, body and conclusion.)

7. What is one thing that stood out to you as important from the slide about having a faceto-face meeting? 8. Discuss one thing you learned from today’s presentation that will assist you when trying to lobby a legislator. How will this information help you?