LESSON PLAN # 2:

Differentiated Lesson plan: Readiness

Lesson Title: Characteristics of Successful Businesses

Grade Level/Subject: 11^th & 12^th/ Marketing 2

Materials: Previous Class Groups Lists/Pictures/Skits on Personality Strengths, Personality Descriptions handout

Length of Lessons: 68 minutes

Unit Goals:

To value and appreciate that effective groups/businesses need all 4-personality types represented.

Lesson Objectives:

The student will be able to demonstrate their understanding of strengths of all personality types by identifying a strength of each type through lecture, individual writing, drawing, and relating this information to running a successful business.

Differentiation/Rationale (1 paragraph):

This builds on knowledge of strengths/weaknesses of your own personality. Readiness is an appropriate differentiation because some students have previous personality knowledge and its importance and other don’t. This will allow all students, based on readiness, to have appreciation for others personalities.

Pre-assessment/Lesson Assessment:

I will scan journal writes at beginning of class to see how the class is doing.

Individual research and group presentations at the end of class.

Anticipatory Set:

Quote of the Day- “I was afraid of you Julius, but now I know I was only hating my brother”. Show clip from “Remember the Titans” with this line. Journal write- “What does this mean to you”.

Whole Class Instruction:

- Handout personality description paper

- Get in same groups as yesterday, compose group list with handout list and prepare presentation

- Lecture: “Qualities of Successful Business”

- Individually find acceptable research via internet on single personality businesses

- Group presentations

Actual Differentiation:

TAG- will copy lecture notes, write down personal list of all strengths/weaknesses of your personality, leading role in group presentation, 3 research articles

Standard- will copy lecture notes, write down personal list of most strengths/weaknesses of your personality, have a role in group presentation, 2 research articles

Emerging- - give copy of lecture notes, write down 2 personal strengths/weaknesses of your personality, have a role in group presentation if possible, 1 research article

Closure:

Mt. Rushmore story (All personality types represented by great Presidents)