You will have approximately 45 minutes to perform your lesson. If your lesson is longer than 45 minutes (or if it spans several days or weeks), that is fine. Simply plan on presenting only 45 minutes worth of the lesson. Use the following guidelines for time:
First 5 minutes: Tell your group what grade and topic(s) the lesson will cover and what standard you will teach and which NOS tenets you will incorporate into the lesson. If relevant, explain to your group what the students have already mastered in previous lessons that they will be using in this lesson.
Next 5 minutes: Introduce the topic as you would to students. Either lecture/present it in the way that you would do in a classroom, or summarize for your group members things that you would do to introduce the lecture. For example, you might tell your group that you plan to read the class a certain story prior to doing the actual activity... but you do not need to read the story to your group. If you plan to use pictures to teach the students vocabulary, present an example. If you plan to lecture, do a short example of how you would lecture. Present a list of vocabulary words that are important for students to know for your lesson.
Next 30 minutes: Perform the activity (or activities) with your group acting as your students. You can follow your lesson plan notes as a guide, but you should not be reading them word for word. You can use the white board, the computers, or any table-top laboratory materials that are necessary. Again, if this part of your lesson would normally take more time, just perform about 30 minutes of it. Be sure to summarize at the end so that student are reminded of the important points that the lesson was intended to teach.
Last 5 minutes: Give your group the assessment (worksheet, quiz, etc.) that you created to determine if the students learned the standard.
Each member of your group will complete an evaluation form (see example at bottom of page). Their evaluations will include two questions that they will create that they think a student in your class could potentially ask about your lesson. You must respond to each of these questions in your final draft of the lesson due the next class following your presentation. Evaluations will be collected by the instructor, so you will need to copy those two questions on a separate piece of paper.
Turn-in the final, revised written draft the class following your presentation. Include the first draft that has comments from the instructor (be sure you addressed all of the comments!). Also include a self-evaluation and your answers to the group's questions.
Oral Presentation Dates
May 1:
Arave
Armen
Assiaban
Bowles
Barrett
Brown
Cortez
Jung
May 3:
Perez
Rivera
Rodriguez
Romero
Leach
Sandoval
Waller
Vargas
May 8:
Borio
Chavez
Cisar
Frame
Gutierrez
Hwang
Navarrete
May 10:
Campos
Garcia
Haun
Jercan
Pompa
Rochin
Oral Presentation Groups
Group 1:
Jung
Navarrete
Pompa
Waller
Group 2:
Brown
Cisar
Rochin
Sandoval
Group 3:
Barrett
Borio
Campos
Rodriguez
Group 4:
Armen
Chavez
Garcia
Leach
Group 5:
Cortez
Jercan
Vargas
Group 6:
Arave
Perez
Gutierrez
Haun
Group 7:
Assiaban
Hwang
Rivera
Group 8:
Bowles
Frame
Romero
Sample Evaluations
Reviewed by:
Presented by:
Grade Level:
Standard:
Three NOS tenets incorporated:
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3.
On a scale of 1 to 5, evaluate each of the following:
Strongly agree
Somewhat agree
Neutral
Somewhat disagree
Strongly disagree
The lesson clearly taught the selected standard.
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5
The lesson effectively incorporated at least one of the three chosen NOS tenets.
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5
The lesson effectively incorporated at least two of the three chosen NOS tenets.
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5
The lesson effectively incorporated all three of the chosen NOS tenets.
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4
5
The "teacher" understood the topic very well.
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5
The lesson was grade-appropriate.
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5
The "teacher" was very well prepared.
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The "teacher" did an excellent job at summarizing key points at the end of the lesson.
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The assessment activity was very effective at determining whether or not the students learned the chosen standard.
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5
Please add additional comments/explanations for you choices above. All criticism should be constructive criticism.
Please write two questions that you think a student at this grade level might ask during this lesson.
