Inquiry (5E) Lesson Plan Template

Teachers: Subject:
Savanna Pechac English
Common Core State Standards:

 W.11-12.7: Conduct short as well as more sustained research projects to answer a question
(including a self-generated question) or solve a problem; narrow or broaden the inquiry when
appropriate; synthesize multiple sources on the subject, demonstrating understanding of the
subject under investigation.
 W.11-12.8: Gather relevant information from multiple authoritative print and digital sources,
using advanced searches effectively; assess the strengths and limitations of each source in terms
of the task, purpose, and audience; integrate information into the text selectively to maintain the
flow of ideas, avoiding plagiarism and overreliance on any one source and following a standard
format for citation.
 W.11-12.9: Draw evidence from literary or informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and
research

ISTE Standards For Teachers: 7a

ISTE Standards For Students: 3a

Objective (Explicit):
 By the end of lesson, students will have displayed their understanding of the Project by conducting a mini-
research on a product of their choice.
Evidence of Mastery (Measurable):
 Include a copy of the lesson assessment.
 Provide exemplar student responses with the level of detail you expect to see.
 Assign value to each portion of the response.

The students will be assigned a product and be asked to do research on it. There will answer a few questions that
will be practice for the overall project.
Sub-objectives, SWBAT (Sequenced from basic to complex):
 How will you review past learning and make connections to previous lessons?
 What skills and content are needed to ultimately master this lesson objective?
 How is this objective relevant to students, their lives, and/or the real world?
Research methods have been used previously and will be applied to this project. Drawing evidence from credible
sources will be needed to master the objective. Products are items that are seen all around us and that makes it
relevant to their lives. The research will reveal the truth behind where these items come from.
Key vocabulary: product, consumerism, supply- Materials: Laptops, data bases
chains, outsourcing, globalization
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Engage
 How will you activate student interest?
 How will you hook student attention?
 What questions will you pose, based on your objective, that students will seek to answer in Explore?
Teacher Will: I will show a video that exposes the Nike Student Will: Students will respond to video in small
sweatshops. “Nike Sweatshops: Behind the Swoosh”. group discussions and then contribute thoughts to a
This will activate interest and hook student attention class discussion.
because it will shed light on how where our American
owned products actually come from.
Explore
 How will model your performance expectations? Remember, you are not modeling what you want students to discover but
need to model expected behavior or required procedures.
 How will students take the lead and actively use materials to discover information that will help them answer the question
posed in Engage?
 What questions or prompts will you be prepared to use with students while they are “exploring”?
Teacher Will: I will set the tone that this is a serious Student Will: Students will use their laptops to research
issue that needs to be handled with prudence. Some the product assigned. They will be following a sheet
products researched may be of controversial debate with questions to guide their thinking and research.
and have to do with morality. I will display how to find a
peer-reviewed article, so their source of information is
credible.
Co-Teaching Strategy
 What co-teaching approach will you use to maximize student achievement?
There will not be another teacher.
Differentiation Strategy
 What accommodations/modifications will you provide for specific students?
 How will you anticipate students that need an additional challenge?
Explain
 How will all students have an opportunity to share what they discovered?
 How will you connect student discoveries to correct content terms/explanations?
 How will all students articulate/demonstrate a clear and correct understanding of the sub-objectives by answering the
question from Engage before moving on?
Teacher Will: Students will be put into groups to initially Student Will: On their worksheet with questions that
share their findings on where their product came from. guide their research, they will have the chance to
Then they will be shared out loud to the class and I will display their knowledge on their discoveries.
have the opportunity to connect their discoveries to the
big project.
Co-Teaching Strategy
 What co-teaching approach will you use to maximize student achievement?

Differentiation Strategy
 What accommodations/modifications will you provide for specific students?
 How will you anticipate students that need an additional challenge?
Elaborate
 How will students take the learning from Explore and Explain and apply it to a new circumstance or explore a particular
aspect of this learning at a deep level?
 How will students use higher order thinking at this stage? (e.g. A common practice in this section is to pose a “what If
question”)
 How will all students articulate how their understanding has changed or been solidified?
Teacher Will: This topic can get sensitive depending Student Will: The student will be given the opportunity
upon what product is chosen. So not only is researching to use higher order thinking by posing a solution to what
methods being further developed but what to do with they have found (if there is a problem). The student also
this research is another aspect that will be explored. has the chance to decide if what they found even is a
problem. These critical thinking skills will be exercised
through the lesson.
Co-Teaching Strategy
 What co-teaching approach will you use to maximize student achievement?

Differentiation Strategy
 What accommodations/modifications will you provide for specific students?
 How will you anticipate students that need an additional challenge?
Evaluate
 How will all students demonstrate mastery of the lesson objective (though perhaps not mastery of the Elaborate content)?
 How will students have an opportunity to summarize the big concepts they learned (separate from the assessment)?
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Teacher Will: I will grade their question sheet based on Student Will: Students will complete the worksheet in
detail, responsiveness and accuracy (of their sources). class and present it to me by the time they leave.
On the question sheet there will also be a requirement
to summarize the main points of the class today.
Co-Teaching Strategy
 What co-teaching approach will you use to maximize student achievement?

Differentiation Strategy
 What accommodations/modifications will you provide for specific students?
 How will you anticipate students that need an additional challenge?