New Year

Learning Plan: ELEMENTARY & SECONDARY1
Student Teacher Ayoub Drouiche Co-operating Teacher(s)

Date Start/End Room
Time
Title of lesson The role of food in identity Grade level Grade 7 sec1
Subject English as second language enriched Topic culture
Relevance This lesson will begin the students understanding of various cultures, this lesson will focus
on traditions and celebrations. This will be part of a unit on culture that will culminate with a
project on their heritage.
Materials/Resources Celebrating the lunar New Year
Required Reflection and discussion questions.
Power point
QEP Subject Area Competency #1: interacts orally in English
Competencies - Initiates reacts to maintains and ends oral interaction
- Constructs meaning of the message
- Expand a personal language repertoire
Competency #2: reinvest understanding of text
- Listen to, reads and/or vies texts
- Constructs meaning of the text
- Represents understanding of the text
Learning Objectives Progression of learning:

Cognitive strategies:
- Activate prior knowledge
- Scan
- Skim
- Take notes
- Highlight
Communication strategies
- Recast
- Rephrase
Essential Question(s) How do you celebrate the New Year?
Lesson Introduction (hook): Student will know:

Timing The students start with a journal entry where they talk Students begin to develop their
about their favorite Holiday of the year. This entry is meant understanding of what culture is and the
to get students to reflect on the various holidays that the role it plays in our lives. This lesson will
various communities of the world observe. focus on the role of holidays and
celebrations.
Development (Learning activities – step by step sequential Students will understand:

procedure): Students will be able to better understand
why culture is crucial to our identity as well
as why it is important to our own sense of
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Based on a simplified version of Understanding by Design (UBD) and the IB Middle Year Program Planner
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Students will read the text on their own and then will start by identity and it connections to the holidays
answering the question individually. Once they have worked for a we observes.
period, they get in groups of 2 and complete the work together.
Once every student is done the teacher goes over every Students will do:
element of the questions and gets the students to share Students will complete a worksheet
their own holidays and the part, they like the most of these allowing them to better appreciate the
events. various traditions that exist all over the
The teacher also shows the students a slide show with world.
images on various new years celebrations. The teacher also
explains the importance of being true to these traditions as Cross Curricular Competencies:
they are part of our identity. Competency 8: Cooperates with others
- Contributes to team effort
- Uses teamwork effectively
- Interacts with an open mind in
various contexts
Competency 9: Communicates
appropriately
- Manages the communication
process
Broad Areas of Learning:

Health and Well-being
- Self-awareness and awareness of
his/her basic needs
Universal Design for Learning/

Differentiation:
Information will be presented with using
both visual and audio formats allowing
students to tap in 2 different learning
styles. Students will also get the
opportunity to work together allowing
them to help one and other.
Closure (transition): FORMATIVE - Assessment FOR learning:

The teacher gives space for the students to recap what was I will refer to previous works done in the
done during the lesson. Students will also be asked to class to determine the level of the students
reiterate the importance of staying in touch with their as well as their weaknesses. This will allow
culture. me to better determine the students who
might require additional assistance.
FORMATIVE - Assessment AS learning:

Students will assess their own learning
thought the in-class discussion by
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comparing their understanding to that of
their classmates. They will also get the
opportunity to reflect during discussion.
SUMMATIVE - Assessment OF learning:

The teacher will make sure all students
understood by listening to their answers
and making sure they have proper
understanding of the work by looking at
what they wrote in their work sheet.
Equity, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI) Considerations:

Further considerations:
Reflection:
Professional Competencies:
- Competency 3: implement teaching and learning situations
- Competency 6: manage how the class operates
- Competency 8: support the students love of learning
Greeting 5 min
Journal 15 min
Reading 10 min
Questions 10 min
Teamwork 10 min
Slide show and discussions 20 min
Closure 5 min

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Learning Plan: ELEMENTARY & SECONDARY1

Student Teacher Ayoub Drouiche Co-operating Teacher(s)

Learning Objectives Progression of learning:

Lesson Introduction (hook): Student will know:

Development (Learning activities – step by step sequential Students will understand:

Broad Areas of Learning:

Universal Design for Learning/

Closure (transition): FORMATIVE - Assessment FOR learning:

FORMATIVE - Assessment AS learning:

SUMMATIVE - Assessment OF learning:

Equity, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI) Considerations:

Slide show and discussions 20 min

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