This document outlines a 47-minute lesson plan focused on having students respond to a journal question using Google Docs. The lesson begins with a 5-minute discussion of a Martin Luther King Jr. quote. The teacher will then spend 8-12 minutes demonstrating how to open and write in a Google Doc. Students will then get 20 minutes to type their own response in Google Docs while the teacher ensures differentiation. The lesson concludes with students sharing their responses over 5 minutes. The assessment will include student responses in Google Docs.

1. Lesson Focus: Using Google docs NYS Standards:
Lesson duration: 47 CCSS:
Enduring Understanding: SWBAT respond to a question using Google docs.
Essential Question: How can we respond to a journal question using Google docs?
RESOURCES LCD Projector
LESSON Do Now: (5 min)ANALYZE QUOTE:
PLAN React and respond to the following: “The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in
moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.”
Martin Luther King, Jr.
AGREE/DISAGREE. EXPLAIN WHY
Mini Lesson: (8-12 min) Using Google docs
Students will get laptops and login. They will also open a document entitled Crucible Journal
Response. I will model all the steps leading up the opening of the file and writing a response.
Check for understanding (part of the mini-lesson) Help students with any technical problems.
Guided Practice: (20 min) ensure to consider differentiation Students will type a response.
Wrap-Up and Share: (5 min) Students will share their response.
Independent Practice/Homework: N/A
EVIDENCE 1. Assessment – Summative/Formative/Peer/Self
OF 2. Questioning and Conferencing
LEARNING 3. Student Product