When I Grow Up...
Lesson Plan
Lesson Plan
Objective:
Students will create a concept map about a particular career of their interest using Inspiration. Students will research, brainstorm, and map-out ideas in order to present their findings to their peers.
Standards:
1. Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas, concepts, and information through the selection, organization, and analysis of
relevant content.
a. Introduce a topic clearly, previewing what is to follow; organize ideas, concepts, and information into broader categories; include formatting (e.g., headings), graphics (e.g., charts, tables), and multimedia when useful to aiding comprehension.
b. Develop the topic with relevant, well-chosen facts, definitions, concrete details, quotations, or other information and examples.
c. Use appropriate and varied transitions to create cohesion and clarify the relationships among ideas and concepts.
d. Use precise language and domain-specific vocabulary to inform about or explain the topic.
e. Establish and maintain a formal style.
f. Provide a concluding statement or section that follows from and supports the
information or explanation presented.
6. Use technology, including the Internet, to produce and publish writing and present the relationships between information and ideas efficiently as well as
to interact and collaborate with others.
7. Conduct short research projects to answer a question (including a self-generated question), drawing on several sources and generating additional related, focused
questions that allow for multiple avenues of exploration.
8. Gather relevant information from multiple print and digital sources, using search terms effectively; assess the credibility and accuracy of each source; and quote or paraphrase the data and conclusions of others while avoiding plagiarism and following a standard format for citation.
Procedure:
1. Students will come prepared to class with an idea of a career that they would like to research, as per assigned the previous night.
2. Ask the students to write down their desired research career on a piece of
paper.
3. We will show students how to research a question about their career by giving them types of search engines to use as well as example questions that show them how to locate the information that they will need.
4. We then will ask the students, “What are different aspects of a career?” And will document the answers that are given to us by our students.
5. We will then introduce the project to the class by doing an inspiration tree as an example. This will allow for the students to learn how to use inspiration, while at the same time, helping them understand what we would like them to do.
6. We will produce our own tree diagram as a final example to the class that outlines being an eighth grade English teacher.
7. They then will go to their computers and begin researching.
8. We will monitor their progress and answer any questions that the students may have as they do the project.
Assessment:
My assessment for my students will be in the form of a rubric. This rubric will allow for me to determine whether or not my students achieved their goals.
Students will create a concept map about a particular career of their interest using Inspiration. Students will research, brainstorm, and map-out ideas in order to present their findings to their peers.
Standards:
1. Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas, concepts, and information through the selection, organization, and analysis of
relevant content.
a. Introduce a topic clearly, previewing what is to follow; organize ideas, concepts, and information into broader categories; include formatting (e.g., headings), graphics (e.g., charts, tables), and multimedia when useful to aiding comprehension.
b. Develop the topic with relevant, well-chosen facts, definitions, concrete details, quotations, or other information and examples.
c. Use appropriate and varied transitions to create cohesion and clarify the relationships among ideas and concepts.
d. Use precise language and domain-specific vocabulary to inform about or explain the topic.
e. Establish and maintain a formal style.
f. Provide a concluding statement or section that follows from and supports the
information or explanation presented.
6. Use technology, including the Internet, to produce and publish writing and present the relationships between information and ideas efficiently as well as
to interact and collaborate with others.
7. Conduct short research projects to answer a question (including a self-generated question), drawing on several sources and generating additional related, focused
questions that allow for multiple avenues of exploration.
8. Gather relevant information from multiple print and digital sources, using search terms effectively; assess the credibility and accuracy of each source; and quote or paraphrase the data and conclusions of others while avoiding plagiarism and following a standard format for citation.
Procedure:
1. Students will come prepared to class with an idea of a career that they would like to research, as per assigned the previous night.
2. Ask the students to write down their desired research career on a piece of
paper.
3. We will show students how to research a question about their career by giving them types of search engines to use as well as example questions that show them how to locate the information that they will need.
4. We then will ask the students, “What are different aspects of a career?” And will document the answers that are given to us by our students.
5. We will then introduce the project to the class by doing an inspiration tree as an example. This will allow for the students to learn how to use inspiration, while at the same time, helping them understand what we would like them to do.
6. We will produce our own tree diagram as a final example to the class that outlines being an eighth grade English teacher.
7. They then will go to their computers and begin researching.
8. We will monitor their progress and answer any questions that the students may have as they do the project.
Assessment:
My assessment for my students will be in the form of a rubric. This rubric will allow for me to determine whether or not my students achieved their goals.