Implementation of Lesson #2: What Will This Look Like?

IMPLEMENTATION (2nd Post)

Procedure:

• Students will walk into the classroom and be instructed to sit down at their seats and pull out a sheet of paper with a writing utensil. 
• The teacher will ask the students to take a look at some pictures that are going to be projected onto the screen and write down any thoughts or comments about what they are seeing. 
• Students will be given approximately 10 minutes to view four pictures (two from the civil war period and two from the modern era) and jot down some observations. 
• From there, the teacher will lead the class in a whole-group discussion about what was observed when looking at the pictures. 
• This discussion will help the teacher to start designing a class Venn-diagram about the similarities and differences between the two time periods. 
• Once this discussion has concluded, the class will move onto the next activity.
• The teacher will hand out some letters that were written by soldiers who fought in the civil war. 
• The class will read this letter as a group and make a list about what the time period was like back then, the kinds of outfits that were worn, food they ate, how they stayed dry, things that they took with them etc. (This list will be used as a reference sheet when the children are making their IMovies about what their life would be like if they were a soldier in that time period.) 
• Teacher will direct the students back to their individual computers and explain the next activity. 
• Students will be instructed to open up IMovie and begin to create a movie version of a comic strip based off of what their daily life would be like if they were a soldier in the civil war era. 
• Teacher will walk around providing assistance and giving each child a score guide (rubric) of what they will be graded on within regards to their IMovie. 
• At the end of the period, teacher will collect the IMovies and keep them to use for assessment. If the students finish before the time is over then students will be asked to present their IMovie and lead the class in another discussion about the similarities and differences between their peer's movie versus the time period. 

Technology Integration:
     The technologies that will be used in this lesson are a master computer, projector and a screen for the teacher to use to project the pictures of the two time eras. For the Venn Diagram we will be using the smartboard to construct our interactive class comparison. The other piece of technology will be the IMovie which will be created using individual computers. Students will be using the computers to create their IMovies.
     

Differentiated Instruction: Describe how you will differentiate the instruction for each of the following:

• Cognitive delay- For students with an intellectual disability the instruction of this lesson will be more scaffolded to assist in helping the students with misunderstandings. Students will be given prompts on the observations to make should they require this for the beginning of the lesson. The teacher will make accommodations depending on the student's needs but overall, the students will be provided with a more scaffolded version of this lesson. However, the expectations will not be lowered for the completion of the assessment but they will be modified to fit the student. 
• Gifted- For students who are gifted in intelligence the lesson will be modified to challenge the students. These modifications include having the students evaluate how their life as a soldier during the civil war would be different depending on where they are from, what kind of families they are from and how their lives would be different if they fought for the other side. 
• ELL- For students who are secondary English language learners the lesson will be modified to allow for understanding to happen without a huge language barrier. The teacher will modify the language to avoid bias and help each child to achieve to their best ability. The students can be partnered with strong readers to make the reading portion easier so that the child can focus on the topic. 

Reflect on:
Designing Instruction (InTask Standards 7 and 8):

I am using the instructional methods that I have described because they are what is best for every child. My lesson allows the children to reflect and analyze things that are seen through observation. It allows for the students to work together as a class to communicate their thoughts and ideas. The most important thing about why I am using these methods is because it allows for each student to be engaged and creatively respond to the learning through various means of expression. From my methods classes I have learned that students need to be engaged in their learning and they need to be given guidelines of what the teacher is expecting from them. The teacher will get better results if they allow the children to know what it is they are looking for. I am engaging my students in creative and higher order thinking skills throughout the lesson in multiple ways. First of all, the students are being asked to take the pictures that they are viewing and analyze what the time period was like. Through the creation of their IMovie they will have to synthesize the information that was discussed during the lesson to come up with their version of a day in the life of. The integration of technology in this lesson will help to provide a way for the content to reach every child in a way that makes sense to them. It allows children the opportunity to interact with the content through different means of expression.