How does the current event article connect to your content area and one other content area you will include in your lesson? Do not include art as your second content area unless you have a background in art and understand how to teach the elements of art at the same level an art teacher would. Just because you ask students to color or draw does not mean that you are teaching art to the depth required by the art standards.
Warm-Up – How will you introduce the topic of the current event and both content areas you will teach? How will you introduce your specific objectives?
Instructional Strategies: Explain how you will use high yield strategies to teach your objectives and guide the learning. This should be focused on your role in the lesson and what you will do to directly teach your objectives, not what your students will do. Make sure to fully include the current event article in your lesson.
List of materials needed for the lesson, including technology integration.
Lesson closure / Formative Assessment. Note: you must address BOTH components in order to earn full points on the rubric. Your closure activity may include a formative assessment component, but if you are combining the two, you must make this explicit in your plan. This is where you will discuss what your students will do to during the lesson as guided practice of your objectives.
Summative Assessment plan – How will you formally assess each objective?
Provide a homework plan or a plan to reinforce the learning in classroom. This should be different from your assessments.
