Aspect 1: The Syntax

Learning Goals

Instructional Strategies

Instructor Actions

Student Activities

 Student Content Goal

Building prior knowledge and experience with figurative language by active reading and interpreting text.

Direct Instruction

Guided & Shared Reading

Focused Imaging

Modeling

Dialogue

Questioning

Teacher will read literary excerpts with figurative language examples. Teacher will model thinking processes to identify figurative language, decide what it means, and explain how it adds to the feel of the story.

Teacher reads excerpt and guides questioning for students to identify figurative language, explain what it means and how it enhances the story.

Listen and contribute to guided questions.

Write what each figurative language example adds to the story.

Use active reading skills, problem-solving, and prior knowledge to create a figurative language example

Brainstorming in

Collaborative Groups

Group editing

Teacher will explain the goal, give guide sheet for reference, and monitor groups.

Teacher will “OK” final page plan.

Work on their figurative language example. Edit and finalize figurative language page planning sheet.

 Student Technology Goal

Use desktop publishing to create a page:

Implement identified parameters for page layout, use text, and include a graphic to help explain figurative language

Direct Instruction

Demonstration

Teacher will provide a help sheet with an example of a finished product.

Teacher will demonstrate the software.

Students will take notes on the help sheet as teacher demonstrates to whole group.

Guided modeling

Personalized with support

Teacher will direct students to their machine and lead students through basic steps.

Students will actively listen during guided modeling of the software, taking notes as necessary.

Independent work

Peer collaboration

Cognitive coaching

Teacher monitors and assists students as they complete their anthology page.

Teacher will copy and bind pages into class anthology book.

Work independently to create their anthology page. Assist peers and get help from peers and teacher as needed for success.

 Teacher Technology Goal

Plan applications-based integrated technology lessons

Identify assistive technologies for identified needs

Independent Study

Collaboration with Mentor

Role-play

Complete steps required to build the technology lesson. Will gather ideas, collaborate, and practice teaching the lesson to mentor.

Not involved, yet.

 Mentor Affective Goal

Support teacher to build confidence for successful technology integration

Active Listening

Collaboration

Model

Role-play

Focused Imaging

Concept Formation

Reflective Discussion

Actively listen and take notes to use as a guide as mentee brainstorms details of tech lesson.

Mentee will explain ideas and visualize a successful lesson.

 Mentor Instructional Goal

Attend to details of lesson development to guide teacher to incorporate effective techniques, strategies, and technology skills for student success

Structured Overview

Concept Mapping

Reflective Discussion

Explicit Teaching

Problem-solving

Mentor will communicate an understanding of the mentee’s goals. Mentor will provide help pages to guide effective documentation of lesson sequence and materials for mentee use as needed.

Mentor will walk mentee through the software demonstration and guided modeling students will perform during the lesson.

Mentee will actively participate in the lesson, taking notes and asking questions as necessary. Mentee will clarify meaning as needed.

Active Listening

Reflective Discussion

Evaluation

Mentor will active listen and consider mentee’s ideas on evaluation of helps and tutorials provided to the mentee.
Mentor will adjust as necessary to allow for growth and focus in the mentoring process.

Mentee will evaluate and communicate to the Mentor the usefulness of helps and tutorials, offering suggestions at will.

Aspect 2: The Social System - Describe the interpersonal structure of the instructional experience.

Students will actively listen and cooperate in whole group discussions and modeling. Peer group members will be respectful and employ etiquette when assisting peers during group work and in technology lesson.

Aspect 3: The Role of the Instructor - Describe your general instructional role. For example, will you present material, guide students as they research, etc?

Instructor will set expectations, show examples, facilitate technology project, monitor student progress, guide as necessary,

and approve final product.

Aspect 4: The Support System - Describe the types and amount of instructional, technical, and other resource support required for the instruction (e.g., materials, communication capabilities).

Human Resources

Hardware & Software

Other Instructional Materials

Librarian

Reference materials

Book ideas

Instructional Technologist

Planning support

Hardware & software support

Tutorials and trouble-shooting

Templates

Assistive adaptations to

  hardware

Special Education Teacher

Modifications

Recommendations for assistive

  adaptations

Student support

Computer lab

Projection system

MS Publisher

Color printer

Color copier

Binding machine

2 reams 12# white paper

1 ream 14# color paper

20 plastic binder rings (small)