Hierarchic: 4 Main Ideas

s
TM

Makes Sense Sense Strategies Strategies Makes

Upside down
2008 Edwin Ellis, All Rights Reserved Published by Makes Sense Strategies, LLC, !rth"!rt, AL www#MakesSenseStrategies#$!%

Name:

Emily Floyd

Date:

April 2, 2014

Is about This is a teaching model that is meant to help students understand organized bodies of kno

Lecture Discussion Model

ledge.

Identify Topic: pick out the topic that ill be taught. Specify Learning Objectives: !dentify main points of the topic that you ant your student to understand Structure Context: To make the most of this model, organization is key. "rganization can be done ith matri#. Prepare Lesson Introduction: $lan out attention grabber introductions. Create Advance Organizers: $lan out %erbal and or ritten statements that pre%ie lesson.

$hase &'(e%ie prior topics and then introduce ad%ance organizers that ill be used in the lesson. $hase )' $resent information in an attracting ay. $hase *' !nformally assess hether the students are understanding the topic. This can be done ith +uestions, ha%ing students pro%ide e#amples, and through think,pair,share. $hase -' Make sure students understand relationships among the different parts of the information. $hase .' /lose out the lesson by summarizing the information in the lesson. This can be done by the students as ell as the teacher.

0ssessments should be done on hether the students understand the relationships bet een concepts, facts and generalizations. 0 students filled out matri# can be used to assess hether they understand. Short essays can also be used for assessments.

Students are moti%ated to participate throughout the lesson. Moti%ation can be promoted ith group ork and encouraging student in%ol%ement.

Planning

I ple enting

Assess ent

!otivation

Students should be able to connect concepts, facts, and generalization and be able to tell about their relationships.