Abstract The author feels that the Crayola? website, which has hundreds of lessonsplans for all age groups, can be used almost exclusively as a source of lessonplans, ranging from science to pop art to multicultural and classical art styles. The paper describes the "Abstract Animals" lesson, very fitting for third graders, which teaches kids how to use simple shapes and colors to draw animals and other objects after the style of more modern representational artists. The author uses this lessonplan within a comprehensive interdisciplinary art curriculum that teaches about the relevance of art within its social and historical setting.
From the Paper "The third section is called ?Directions,? and for a change is precisely what it claims to be. The directions for this lesson are, in short, to show the children images of various animals and forms and to use tracing paper to draw simple geometric shapes over the forms. (For example, an elephant's head would be a circle with two large ovals for the ears and a long thin oval for the trunk.) Subsequently these designs are redrawn with marker on construction paper and colored in with chalk."
Abstract The research proposal provides two lessonplans and a survey to assess whether children are learning in a "brain friendly" environment. The paper explores how classroom environments that are conducive to learning are a vital component in the education process. The paper examines how providing students with a "brain compatible" program of instruction - one that appeals to all of the senses, is inviting, playful and happy, feels comfortable and smells great - will result in a regimen that provides nutritious "Brain Food" for these kindergartners to third graders. The paper includes a survey to be administered to both children and adult workshop participants to determine how well they enjoyed the lessons, and what recommendations they may have for future workshops.
Outline:
LessonPlan No. 1:
Area
Level
Time
Type of Lesson Ontario Standards
Objective(s)
Materials
Procedure
Development
Summary/Closure
Assessment
Reinforcement
LessonPlan No. 2:
Area
Level
Time
Type of Lesson Ontario Standards
Objective(s)
Materials
Procedure
Development
Summary/Closure
Assessment
Reinforcement
LessonPlan No. 3:
Area
Level
Time
Type of Lesson Ontario Standards
Objective(s)
Materials
Procedure
Development
Summary/Closure
Assessment
Reinforcement
References
Appendix
From the Paper "The results of this experiment will likely confirm that as people grow older, they begin to lose their sense of smell (the teacher should ensure that the concentration of the first level jar is sufficiently weak that the average adult cannot discern it, while a young person can). Students will be asked why younger people might smell better than older people, and the teacher can explain that this difference in smelling ability could be caused by a lot of things such as being exposed to more pollution in the air, lifestyle habits such as smoking, or maybe just as a result of the aging process itself."
Abstract This paper describes the objectives, assignments, materials and handouts of five different lessonplans designed for the third grade level. The lessonplans focus on language skills and include a lessonplan for ESL students.
From the Paper "The goals of this lesson are to give a student-centered approach that focuses on the language skill of speaking and using grammar on the level of verbal interchange and conversation. The third grade student will therefore be able to practice verbal literacy in a structured environment around a lesson plan that concentrates on the free exchange of ideas between individuals. The content topic incorporated into the lesson is one of speaking rather than listening because routine oral skills are the focus of the lesson in terms of practice and maintenance. Additional goals include the need to, "Determine student "level" and "needs"(e.g.,Ferris & Tagg (1996) found the most important
academic language need was authentic practice in classroom participation). Determine related functional uses of language (e.g., identify specific purposes such as planning business meetings, and their related speech acts such as greetings, apologies)" (Lazarton, 2001). This can be done with groups of students or by the teacher in any classroom situation including tutoring or one on one lessons. The lesson generally has objectives or goals of increasing fluency and proficiency in English language verbal skills through structured conversation. In this way, the student will learn the language as something that is living and useful to them, rather than abstract or the subject of endless repetition
by the teacher."
Abstract This paper aims to design a plan to integrate fluency teaching strategies into lessonplans. The paper identifies a minimum of five fluency building strategies and provides an explanation and rationale for each strategy. The paper also describes how three reading fluency activities can be included in a Dr. Seuss unit and includes a rationale for each activity strategy.
Table of Contents:
Objective
Review of the Literature
Use of the Strategies for Fluency in the LessonPlans
From the Paper "Each day of the lesson plans will focus on one of the five identified strategies for fluency building in readers. Day one will make use of the strategies noted for phonemic awareness. This will be accomplished through Dr. Seuss's books such as 'C'at in the 'H'at. Day two will focus on the strategies reviewed for phonics instruction. Day three will be geared toward fluency in reading by reading aloud to students, having the students read aloud and then having students read independently. Day four will focus on vocabulary instruction with the teacher using the strategies noted in the research for vocabulary instruction. Day five will test the students on their comprehension of the instruction provided for phonemic awareness, phonics, and vocabulary as well as testing their fluency through having the students read aloud from the Dr. Seuss books that are used in the first four days of the instruction in this unit."
Abstract The paper shows how education students should incorporate Bloom's Taxonomy and student learning processes into their lessonplans. The course created in this paper is for adult learners, but the processes and procedures used can also be used for any grade level. This paper itemizes and explains each of the steps in preparing a lessonplan, beginning with defining the topic, audience, and environment of the course, and ending with a listing of technologies to be used as learning adjuncts.
Table of Contents:
Topic
Audience
Environment
Course Objectives
Learning Process and Bloom's Taxonomy
Idea Map
Outline
Storyboard
Instructional Technology Usage
Resources
From the Paper "The class which I am preparing this lesson plan for is "Coping with Separation," a part of the Operation READY (Resources for Education About Deployment and You) educational system for soldiers and their families. This course has been adapted by me to help soldiers and their family members to be able to recognize and deal with stress-related problems associated with deployments."
Abstract This paper presents a lessonplan with the aim of identifying current trends in Chinese culture through media framing. The paper presents an overview of the subject material - an essay written by K. Hallahan, titled "Seven Models of Framing: Implications for Public Relations". The paper then discusses the objectives for the lesson and the requirements of the students. It provides a suggested procedure and student assessment for the information taught.
Table of Contents:
Overview
Connections to the Curriculum
Time Required
Materials Required
Objectives of the Exercise
Analytic Skills
Suggested Procedure
Opening
Development
Closing
Suggested Student Assessment
Extending the Lesson Related Links
From the Paper "Suggested Student Assessment. Because the media framing analysis is a highly subjective process, students will be requested to defend their respective positions on a given news account in the form of an essay that will be assessed on the basis of how well it takes into account the various media framing structural dimensions in supporting its position."
"Extending the Lesson. When students identify an issue that is particularly interesting to them, they would refine and extend its concepts through a WebQuest approach that uses a free Web site account. WebQuests have become increasingly popular in recent years for this purpose, and these become a "work in progress" that students continue to contribute to as additional research is completed and more news accounts become available."
Abstract The writer discusses the cognitive and psychosocial characteristics of ninth graders. The writer then discusses how a class could help students identify career paths that are appropriate for their aptitudes and interests. The writer presents his career education plan, explaining that it includes four units of study for ninth graders: "Demands of the Workplace", "Being Accountable and Taking Initiative", "Setting Goals and Assessing My Own Strengths and Progress", and "Self-Management and Self-Assessment". The paper then details the lesson in the first unit.
Outline:
Background Theory
My Ninth Grade Career Education Plan LessonPlan from Unit One
From the Paper "Jean Piaget the noted to child development expert postulated that there were four operational stages of intellectual development. These students are just entering the fourth or "formal" operational stage meaning that they can begin to think abstractly and move beyond simple concrete ways of thinking. (Child Development Institute, 2006) Onset of this stage allows for exploration of adult roles as student thinking grows more flexible.
"According to psychologist Erik Erikson there are eight stages of social development through which individuals pass as they mature. At this age students generally are entering the fifth stage and the major developmental task is role identity. Adolescents discover who they are as members of society meaning that most students begin to think of workplace roles (Harder, 2002). Career education can assist this development."
A lessonplan, predicated upon the scientific inquiry model, that asks students to consider how human beings impact the mating and feeding habits of wildlife whose ecosystems suddenly are disrupted by human waste.
Abstract The paper relates that the lessonplan presented seeks to employ the scientific inquiry model to foster rational, rigorous and inductive thought and to facilitate the ability of students to communicate about technical/environmental matters in a second language. The author points out that the class will enter the room to find a poster depicting seagulls or other marine wildlife mired in an oil spill, which emphasizes the dangers of human pollution. The paper includes a step-by-step procedure for the lesson. The author states that the student observations will be assessed for grammatical fluency, for descriptiveness, for answering all of the questions posed by the instructor and the amount of detail devoted to answering each question.
From the Paper "As part of their observations, students will be asked to answer the following questions: "what happens when one particular area is cleaned up and another area is not?" (The class has brought garbage bags to clean up some areas which are especially hard-hit by pollution while leaving others alone for longer-term observation). "What happens to the soil and vegetation of areas that have been polluted and littered with garbage?" "
Abstract In this article, the writer develops a lessonplan for teaching quadrilaterals in high school math and considers some of the underlying pedagogical theory and how it applies. The writer notes that quadrilaterals are defined as polygons with four sides, and while this encompasses any such figure, the more important of these are parallelograms, squares, and rectangles. Further the writer shows how the student can discover certain relationships by looking to the real world.
From the Paper "Below is a lesson plan for the instruction of high school students in the mathematics, specifically on the subject of quadrilaterals. This lesson is found in the larger subject area of Geometry. Quadrilaterals are defined as polygons with four sides, and while this encompasses any such figure, the more important of these are parallelograms, squares, and rectangles. The lessons in this subject area define these figures and address different mathematical concepts applying to them, including ways of determining area, angles, and other ratios. This lesson should introduce the students to the area of quadrilaterals defining this area of Geometry by describing the elements that make up a quadrilateral and the mathematical relationships that define this type of figure, as well as the formulae that are used to calculate different characteristics."
Abstract This paper discusses important aspects of successful teaching. These include appropriate lessonplanning, an understanding of students' needs and effective learning outcomes. The first section of the paper explores the need of teachers to understand their students' level and progress, especially lower-achieving students. The author also discusses the role of teachers in promoting motivation among students. The paper concludes with a list of suggestions that are general guidelines that a teacher must bear in mind to maintain a successful learning outcome for students.
From the Paper "Surely, a teacher can meet various kinds of students - students who have different personalities and views towards studying. At the same time, there is also a great possibility that the teacher will meet several "brainy" or intelligent students and several "low" profile students who have slow means of catching up with the subject matter - may it be in phonemics or K-W-L chart. Thus, as a teacher, he/she must know how to deal with all of these kinds of students. He/she must be well aware on how to be objective in his/her treatment keeping up with his ultimate goal, which is to teach and help develop the students in any way possible. "
Abstract This paper discusses and compares three lessons. It looks at one which made some use of online lessonplan activities, one that used class discussion and group activities, and one that used individual exercises. The paper shows how the content areas that were addressed in the lessons were reinforcing or reactivating the students' prior knowledge of writing skills and assessing reading comprehension. It discusses the student participation and enjoyment and the lessons' effectiveness.
Table of Contents:
Introduction
Reinforcing or Activating Prior Knowledge
Written Assignments
Assessing Reading Comprehension
Comparison
From the Paper "The lessons that used group activities seemed to generate the most student excitement and involvement. The written poetry lesson plan that encouraged the most student creativity and personal engagement seemed to be the most exciting for the students, and felt the least like 'forced activity.' It is important to generate a sense of joy when learning to read, or when learning to read like a more engaged and critical reader. Using group activities engaged students who might otherwise find reading boring or, and the use of poetry is a particularly expressive way to show students that the sound and creative use of words are fun and are used to express ideas and emotions."
Abstract This paper defines and examines the concept of instructional design - teaching what we know to the next generation. The paper discusses the history and the principles of instructional design and describes its importance in the educational system today. It analyzes models of instructional design and provides a sample lessonplan based on one of the models. The paper contains graphs and figures.
Table of Contents:
Section 1 Instructional Design - Definition
Section 2: Instructional Design Principles
Section 3: Models of Instructional Design
Section 4: Principles and Models of Instructional Design
Section 5 - Sample LessonPlan Using the Dick & Carey's Instructional Model
From the Paper "The most commonly used ID model is the ADDIE Model (McGriff, 2000). Each of the five steps produces and outcome that feeds into the next step. The first phase is the analysis phase where the audience and expected outcomes are defines. The design phase develops measurable objectives and instructional strategies. The development phrase is choosing the materials to be used in the lesson. Implementation is the process of teaching and learning process - student data or product is produces. The last step is the evaluation of the process, determining the adequacy of the instruction. As seen in the flowchart, evaluation occurs throughout the process and at any point the instructional designer can go back to the previous page."
Abstract The writer discusses the importance of creative lessonplanning and preparation prior to a lesson that includes knowing the classroom layout, seating style and how to react to potential disruptions outside the classroom. The paper emphasizes that a first lesson is the best opportunity a teacher has to set the scene for the duration of the programme. The paper concludes with the belief that prevention of disruption is better than having to control it if it arises.
From the Paper "In planning and preparing for any lesson, consideration must be given to how learners will be engaged using creative teaching methods to ensure they are kept interested, challenged and do not become bored. Boredom can be a major cause of disruptive behaviour and teachers should ensure all learners participate and are treated as individuals with different learning styles. Lessons should be fun and informative and all learners should be able to understand and achieve differentiated aims and objectives. I firmly believe that 'Good classroom organisation allows the lesson to run smoothly, so that good relationships can grow through positive experiences.' (Petty G, 2004, page 100)."
Abstract This paper produces a lessonplan for work in the introduction of Shakespeare and his works to 11th grade students at a public high school. It further discusses which of three learning theories would best be applied to this type of lesson. The learning theories considered include constructivism, cognitivism, and behaviorism.
From the Paper "In preparing a learning design for teaching Shakespeare it is evident that many students enter beginning lessons with apprehensions regarding the language, understanding, and situations of the major works. Furthermore, it is also clear that determining one theory which best applies to the learning objective is dependent upon the approach taken to the learning event, and the students that are involved in the educational process. Learning Environment The learning will take place in an 11th grade classroom at a public high school. There are 15 students in the class, all of which have had little to no exposure to the works of William Shakespeare. These students have, however, had experience with performance, reading plays, and various elements of theatre. The objective of the lesson is to provide an introduction to Shakespeare that modernizes the author's work, and provides a better understanding of Shakespeare's intentions."
Abstract This paper offers lessons created as part of a graduate program in education. The lessons consist of a range of documents, from lessonplans to texts created using programs such as Kidspiration. The lessons also include analyses of education programs in terms of a range of learning theories and models such as social constructivism and other Western theories of education and development.
From the Paper "The issue of teaching learners in P/J who are afraid of math problems is admittedly a challenging one. It must be acknowledged that it is unlikely that we will ever be able to reach the point where learners will "welcome problems with open arms and minds". Given an educational context in which even many candidates at our Teachers' Colleges admit to having a high degree of anxiety when facing math problems in their youth, it may be realistically concluded that nothing less than a profound overhaul of our education system's approach to the math curriculum will address this fear and anxiety."
