Fluency Lesson Plan: Be Yourself with Ed Sheeran

Description

Ed Sheeran is a world-famous musician who doesn’t only speak in public but sings for millions regularly. Teach your students about his experience as a person who stutters.

 

This lesson plan is designed for SLPs and teachers and to be used with middle to high school age students who stutter in order to 1) learn about stuttering 2) reduce negative attitudes toward stuttering, and 3) help them educate others.

 

Read more about this lesson plan and the evidence base behind it in this article at ThinkSLP.com

 

The lesson plan can also easily be used in a general education classroom for curriculum on listening comprehension, making connections (text-to-text; text-to-self; text-to-world), and critical thinking.

 

This no-prep lesson is centered around a 3.5 minute YouTube video (link included in download). The video briefly explains Ed’s journey with stuttering and his thoughts on related topics. Worksheets include listening comprehension on the video, review of three quotes with guided questions to make critical thinking connections, and a 2-page worksheet on building self-confidence so you can “Be yourself.”

 

The detailed lesson plan includes suggested teacher scripts, discussion questions, three worksheet activities, guided and independent practice, and four potential homework assignments (which can be adapted to future lesson plans).

 

As a special bonus, this purchase INCLUDES the 1-page reading and 1-page worksheet: Ed Sheeran Famous People Who Stutter.

 

Related Materials:

• 16 Pro Athletes Who Stutter
• Famous People Who Stutter: The Bundle
• Famous People Who Stutter Reading: Kendrick Lamar, American Hip-Hop Artist
• Famous People Who Stutter Reading: Emily Blunt, Actress in Mary Poppins, The Devil Wear’s Prada, and A Quiet Place
• Famous People Who Stutter Reading: King George VI

 

Download includes:

• 3 page lesson plan (.pdf)
• 1 page listening comprehension worksheet & key (.pdf)
• 1 page “Making Connections” worksheet & key (.pdf)
• 2 page “Understanding self-confidence” worksheet & key (.pdf)
• 1 page printable, blank Venn Diagram (.pdf)

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