Lesson Plans and Teaching Analyses
This artifact is a unit that I taught at East Side
Middle School in Anderson, IN. I developed and
taught a three-day unit on Communication Technology
to 8th grade students. This artifact aligns with
INTASC Principles 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, and 8 because I
needed a firm knowledge of the subject matter so
that the information I taught was accurate. I
applied knowledge of the developmental stages of
the students. With limited knowledge of the
students’ backgrounds and personalities I tried to
present the content in a way that was interesting
to them. I also used examples that they were
familiar with because of the time in which they
grew up. I planned to teach a lot of information in
three days. My plans did not always work as I had
planned so I had to adjust. At the end of the unit
I administered a multiple-choice exam to assess
students’ learning. However, throughout the lessons
I checked for understanding by soliciting student
responses and interaction. And at the end of each
lesson I would reflect on what worked well and what
I could have done better. I then took those key
points and implemented those techniques the next
day. This unit gave me the opportunity to showcase
my ability to design, teach, assess, and revise a
curricular unit in a real-world experience.
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Parodies of Dr. Seuss Lesson Plan
This is a lesson plan that I wrote to teach
students about parodies by having them write
parodies of Dr. Seuss stories. This lesson required
that I have a solid knowledge of the content as
well as knowing where students are developmentally.
There are also multiple instructional strategies
used in this lesson which help motivate students by
tapping into their personal interests. I spent a
lot of time planning how to teach the less and make
it a feasible time frame. Assessment techniques are
different in this lesson because of the nature of
the project. Throughout the development of this
lesson I continually reflected on the ways in which
I would teach the unit. This unit was my first
attempt at a unit that spanned more than one day. I
know that in the future I will employ many of these
techniques to develop better and more useful
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