Danielson Domain 1: Planning and Preparation
Below is a sample lesson plan prepared for Pennwood Middle School in the fall of 2023.
Samples of student work
An example of a student's completed homework for the lesson U.S. Power in Latin America. (The student's name is redacted.) This work shows how an answer that contains plenty of true information related to the topic still isn't necessarily the information the student's being tested on. In this case, while the student's answer to question 3 is a very good description of the Panama Canal's purpose, it doesn't explain why the canal was built on an isthmus (the answer is that an isthmus is by definition narrower than the surrounding land, allowing the canal to be shorter). In my classroom, homework is checked live by the teacher, which requires other students to wait while the teacher goes around the room. This poses a challenge to time management and forces the teacher to choose between grading for accuracy or completion. In this case, students were graded on completion. This student received full credit. On a test, this answer would be marked...
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