Lesson Plan Guidelines for Deaf and HardofHearing Students

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Lesson Plan Guidelines for Deaf and
Hard-of-Hearing Students
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General GuidelinesBased on AskERIC, Lesson
Plans, http//askeric.org/Virtual/Lessons/Guide.s
html

• THREE BASIC QUESTIONS
• Where are your students going?
• How are they going to get there?
• How will you know when theyve arrived?

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Goals of the Lesson Plan

• Determine purpose, aim, and rationale
• Broad educational or unit goals
• Questions
• What are the broader objectives, aims, or goals
  of the unit plan/curriculum?
• What are your goals for this unit?
• What do you expect students to be able to do by
  the end of this unit?

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Objectives of the Lesson Plan

• What your students will do to acquire further
  knowledge and skills
• Drawn from broader aims of the unit but achieved
  over a specific time period
• Questions
• What will students be able to do during the
  lesson?
• Under what conditions will students performance
  be accomplished?
• How will satisfactory attainment of the
  objectives be judged (what criterion)?
• How will students demonstrate that they have
  learned and understood the objectives?

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Prerequisites for the Lesson Plan

• Useful for considering the readiness state of
  your students
• Allow you to factor in necessary preparatory
  activities
• Questions
• What must students already be able to before the
  lesson?
• What concepts have to be mastered in advance to
  accomplish the lesson objectives?

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Materials for the Lesson

• Determine how much preparation time, resources,
  and management will be involved
• Determine what materials, books, equipment, and
  resources need to have ready
• Questions
• What materials will be needed?
• What textbooks are needed?
• What needs to be prepared in advance?

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Lesson Description

• Opportunity for author of the lesson to share
  thoughts, experiences, and advice with other
  teachers
• Provides general overview of the lesson in terms
  of topic, focus, activities, and purpose
• Questions
• What is unique about this lesson?
• How did your students like it?
• What level of learning is covered by this lesson
  plan (knowledge, application, analysis, etc.)?

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Lesson Procedure

• Detailed description of how to replicate the
  lesson and achieve objectives
• Suggestions on how to proceed with implementation
• What the teacher have students do
• Four components
• Introduction
• Main activity
• Closure/Conclusion
• Follow-up

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Lesson Procedure Introduction

• How will you introduce the ideas and objectives
  of this lesson?
• How will you get students attention and motivate
  them in order to hold their attention?
• How can you tie lesson objectives with student
  interests and past classroom activities?
• What will be expected of students?

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Lesson Procedure Main Activity

• What is the focus of the lesson?
• How would you describe the flow of the lesson to
  another teacher who will replicate it?
• What does the teacher do to facilitate learning
  and manage the various activities?
• What are some good and bad examples to illustrate
  what you are presenting to students?
• How can this material be presented to ensure each
  student will benefit from the learning experience?

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Lesson Procedure Closure/Conclusion

• What will you use to draw the ideas together for
  students at the end?
• How will you provide feedback to students to
  correct their misunderstandings and reinforce
  their learning?

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Lesson Procedure Follow-up Lessons/Activities

• What activities might you suggest for enrichment
  and remediation?
• What lessons might follow as a result of this
  lesson?

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Assessment / Evaluation

• Ensure that students have arrived at their
  intended destination
• Gather evidence and assess it using a grading
  rubric based on lesson objectives
• Questions
• How will you evaluate the objectives that were
  identified?
• Have students practiced what you are asking them
  to do for evaluation?

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Special Considerations

• In developing a lesson plan, what special
  accommodations or alterations must be made for
  deaf and hard-of-hearing students?
• What communication methods will be used to ensure
  access to the lesson by students who have
  different degrees of hearing loss?
• Are there other lesson plan components that must
  be employed in addition to those presented above?
• What special media or support services will be
  needed to carry out the lesson plan?