Direct Instruction Lesson Plan

Teachers: Subject:
Gabby Sutherlin Plastic Pollution
Amy
Haleigh
Common Core State Standards:
 Life Science – L2: Organisms require a supply of energy and materials for which they often depend on, or
compete with, other organisms & L4: The unity and diversity of organisms, living and extinct, is the result of
evolution.
 Plus HS+B.L4U1.2
Engage in argument from evidence that changes in environmental conditions or human interventions may
change species diversity in an ecosystem.

Objective (Explicit):
 Students will be able to infer how plastic pollution effects the environment by answering true or false
statements on the misconceptions of plastic Pollution

Evidence of Mastery (Measurable):

 Include a copy of the lesson assessment.
 Provide exemplar student responses with the level of detail you expect to see.
 Assign value to each portion of the response.

Master(3) Proficient (2) Novice(1)

Students will be able to answer 5-6 Students will be able to answer 4-6 Students will be able to answer 1-2
true/ false questions correctly with true/false questions correctly with tru/false questions with 40%
90% accuracy 70% accuracy accuracy

Sub-objectives, SWBAT (Sequenced from basic to complex):

 How will you review past learning and make connections to previous lessons?
 What skills and content are needed to ultimately master this lesson objective?
 How is this objective relevant to students, their lives, and/or the real world?
 Describe what plastic is
 Correlate how plastic can affect the environment
 Defend opinions on how to limit plastic pollutions

Key vocabulary: Materials:

Plastic Laptops
pollution Nearpod
polymer
Opening (state objectives, connect to previous learning, and make relevant to real life)
 How will you activate student interest?
 How will you connect to past learning?
 How will you present the objective in an engaging and student-friendly way?
 How will you communicate its importance and make the content relevant to your students?

Using the near pod app students will sign in and answer 6 true or false questions about plastics
to the best of their abilities with only prior knowledge to help them

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 Teacher Will: Student Will:
 How will you model/explain/demonstrate all  What will students be doing to actively capture and
knowledge/skills required of the objective? process the new material?
 What types of visuals will you use?  How will students be engaged?
 How will you address misunderstandings or
common student errors?
 How will you check for understanding?
 How will you explain and model behavioral
Instructional Input

expectations?
 Is there enough detail in this section so that
another person could teach it?
The teacher will provide an interactive lecture/discussion Students will participate in discussion and follow along on the
interactive powerpoint

Co-Teaching Strategy
 Which co-teaching approach will you use to maximize student achievement?
All teach- students will be divided into smaller teaching groups

Differentiation Strategy
 What accommodations/modifications will you include for specific students?
 Do you anticipate any students who will need an additional challenge?

Teacher Will: Student Will:

 How will you ensure that all students have multiple
opportunities to practice new content and skills?
 What types of questions can you ask students as
you are observing them practice?
 How/when will you check for understanding?
 How will you provide guidance to all students as
Guided Practice
 How will students practice all knowledge/skills required
of the objective, with your support, such that they
continue to internalize the sub-objectives?
 How will students be engaged?
 How will you elicit student-to-student interaction?
 How are students practicing in ways that align to

they practice? independent practice?

 How will you explain and model behavioral
expectations?
 Is there enough detail in this section so that
another person could facilitate this practice?

The teacher will ask questions pertaining to Students will participate in the discussion.
plastic pollution and have a discussion on how
to limit plastics in the environment

Co-Teaching Strategy
 Which co-teaching approach will you use to maximize student achievement?

Teacher Will: Student Will:

 How will you plan to coach and correct during this  How will students independently practice the knowledge and
practice? skills required by the objective?
 How will you provide opportunities for remediation and  How will students be engaged?
extension?  How are students practicing in ways that align to
Independent Practice

 How will you clearly state and model academic and assessment?
behavioral expectations?  How are students using self-assessment to guide their own
 Did you provide enough detail so that another person
learning?
could facilitate the practice?
 How are you supporting students giving feedback to one
another?
Co-Teaching Strategy
 Which co-teaching approach will you use to maximize student achievement?

Differentiation Strategy
 What accommodations/modifications will you include for specific students?
 Do you anticipate any students who will need an additional challenge?
Sentenced stems will be given to students that may need them

Closing/Student Reflection/Real-life connections:

 How will students summarize and state the significance of what they learned?
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  Why will students be engaged?

Students will answer the same 6 questions from the beginning to see what they learned
during the lesson