Abstract
The paper relates that the lesson plan 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.

Table of Contents:
Abstract
Expectations/Opportunities
Pre-assessment/Student Accommodations
Resources
Lead-in
Step-by-Step Procedure
Assessment/Evaluation

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?" "

Tags:inductive, esl, bags, grammatical, habitat

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This paper provides an outline of a 6th grade lesson plan on a terrarium project that teaches students about ecosystems. The lesson plan follows Hunter's model and Bloom's taxonomy and is in outline form. The rationale is in essay format.

Tags:lesson plan, rationale, Bloom's taxonomy, outline, Hunter's model, science, 6th grade, terrarium

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This paper outlines a first grade lesson plan that uses "The Tale of Peter Rabbit" to demonstrate the concept of the commutative rule of addition.

From the Paper
"Read "The Tale of Peter Rabbit" to the class and use the food designated in the book to teach the math concept of the commutative property of addition. This lesson is for first grade students. The students in this class range from upper-middle class homes to working class. The cultural ethnic backgrounds include Caucasian, North American, African-American, Latino and Pacific Islander, Asian. Some students come from..."

Tags:Lesson plan, math, first grade, commutative rule of addition.

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This paper gives a lesson plan on the life cycle of plants and animals according to the California Content Standards for Life Science. According to the paper, it must meet specific objectives and how plants and animals meet their needs in different ways. The paper also discusses how students must understand different kinds of environments for plants and animals following the lesson.

From the Paper
"The California Content Standards for Life Science on Grade 1 includes the following objectives: 2. Plants and animals meet their needs in different ways. As a basis for understanding this concept: a. Students know different plants and animals inhabit different kinds of environments and have external features that help them thrive in different kinds of places. b. Students know both plants and animals need water, animals need food, and plants need light."

Tags:edu, lesson, unit

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This paper is a proposal for a lesson plan to instruct 3rd graders in an elementary school about the importance of wearing helmets for bicyling and skateboarding. The lesson is designed to be age appropriate and develop positive peer pressure to encourage 8-year-olds to wear safety helmets. According to the paper, there are no compulsory helmet laws in this jurisdiction.

From the Paper
"This paper shall develop an age and developmentally appropriate lesson plan for a 3rd grade class to encourage the use of safety helmets for bicycling. The lesson will encourage class participation and use the inherent developmental characteristics of 8-year-olds to belong to a group to provide positive peer pressure. The lecture is also designed to provide reasons why the wearing of helmets is necessary for personal safety and to prevent injury. Bicycle Helmet Use Instruction There are 85 million bicycle riders in the United States, and 540,000 of..."

Tags:bicyle, helmet, lesson

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The paper provides a lesson plan for the teaching of a children's story. In the process of so doing, the emphasis is upon encouraging the children to think critically about what other people tell them as well as to get them to think critically about descriptive words and when they should be used. Finally, the outline provides group activities that encourage children to work collaboratively with one another.

From the Paper
"The following is a brief outline of a class lesson plan for the teaching of a traditional children's story book - in this case, the City Mouse and the Country Mouse (Cone Bryant, para.1-17). The lesson plan's "points of focus" are really upon three things: firstly, learning to appreciate the places and people you know; secondly, learning that every appealing thing comes with a cost attached; thirdly, learning to think critically about what other people tell them. The introductory question to the class is to ask them to write down if there are any places they would like to go and why those places seem more exciting than where they live presently; this..."

Tags:language, arts, lesson

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The paper presents a lesson plan that aims to provide an understanding of the historical background of Shakespearean drama. The lesson aims for students to recognize tragedy as a dramatic genre, to learn the importance of Elizabethan "Great Chain of Being" and to address the dichotomy of Order/Chaos for understanding Shakespearean tragedy. The paper relates that it is a critical lesson, introducing major themes in Shakespearean tragedy to students, with an emphasis upon making Shakespeare, his time and its concerns, relevant to the students.

From the Paper
"Teacher: Unit/Strand Title: Drama Unit - William Shakespeare's Hamlet Lesson Title: Shakespeare, His Period and his Drama Learning Expectations Understand the historical background of Shakespearean drama. Recognize tragedy as a dramatic genre. Learn the importance of Elizabethan "Great Chain of Being" and preoccupation with dichotomy of Order/Chaos for understanding Shakespearean tragedy."

Tags:plans, lessons, education

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This paper presents a lesson plan 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."

Tags:assessment, theory, semester

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The author feels that the Crayola' website, which has hundreds of lessons plans for all age groups, can be used almost exclusively as a source of lesson plans, 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 lesson plan 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."

Tags:age, benefits, directions, modern, representational

Abstract
The paper outlines the achievement targets for a simple scientific experiment in class, and describes the assessment methods to be used. The paper notes that the essay allows for the student to explore all pf the knowledge that has been derived from the lesson, while the open ended questions provide an opportunity for the student to fully examine the process. The paper also notes that if the student presents the experiment while explaining it, the student will be capable of verbalizing the process, as well as demonstrating it.

From the Paper
"Sample achievement targets include: General Science: In conducting a simple scientific experiment in class, will be able to describe a control used in the experiment and explain its importance in the scientific method. Assessment Methods: Essay, open ended questions or presentation. The essay allows for the student to explore all pf the knowledge that has been derived from the lesson, while the open ended questions provide an opportunity for the student to fully examine the process. If the student presents the experiment while explaining it, the student will be capable of verbalizing the process, as well as..."

Tags:edu, assessment, targets