American Sign Language Beginner Lesson: Describing Fruits & Vegetables

Assignment 3 : Lesson Plans  & Assessment Methods

Description 

Research has shown that observation experiences are more effective when one has had the opportunity to apply the information. This assignment is designed to help us to reflect on lesson plans and assessment methods based on what we have learned in our previous courses along with our observation experiences this semester.

Objective: 

• Reflect and practice writing lesson plans and assessment methods based on real-life teaching experiences.

Approaching the Assignment

While observing the host ASL instructor, take careful notes. You may wish to bring a blank lesson plan templates designed and/or modified from previous courses and/or borrowed from other sources or you may want to bring a set of questions to the observation experience. Remember that these questions are to help you to complete the assignment. Do not ask these questions of your host ASL instructor or expect him or her to give you a copy of his or her lesson plans. The goal of this assignment is to practice writing and reflecting on lesson plans and assessment methods – not to critique the ASL instructor or expect their involvement in developing the lesson plan.

• Lesson plans with all elements for each lesson should include:

o Lesson objective(s) (measurable by the assessment) Use Bloom’s Taxonomy if needed.

o Learning activities

o Materials and resources

o Assessment method (measures the lesson objective(s))

o Adaptations for diverse learners Cultural and/or linguistically diverse learners IDEA/504/ADA learning accommodations

You will do this assignment four times this semester. Remember that this is a lesson plan for one class – not for an entire day’s worth of lessons.