Lesson Plan Template for Content-Based Instruction

Teacher’s Name: Jaylen Fudge and Sophia Quattrocchi

Date: 6/24/19
Grade/Class/Subject: high school Time Period:
Unit/ Topic: Popular american dances Lesson Title: Popular american dances

Content Objectives: By the end of the lesson, students will (know and do): give and understand
directions/commands when learning popular American dances.

Language Objectives:
Form
Function
(grammatical term and/or example, eg. “Past Tense: ‘The boy went to
(in –ing form, eg. “Retelling a story” )
see his grandfather;’”)
1) Following and giving directions Students will learn how to give commands: “Step your right foot”

2)

3)

Review Vocabulary New Vocabulary Signal Words

(previously taught vocabulary that students likely
need review of)
Direction words: right, left, forward,
backward, up, down
(vocabulary that may need to be taught or
(new vocabulary to be explicitly taught that is
emphasized that link concepts in meaningful
critical to an understanding of the content)
ways, such as conjunctions and time markers)
Dance moves: shoot, whip, nae nae, Simon says
milly rock, floss, cha cha slide,

By the end of the lesson, students will (do X function using Y form with Z vocabulary):

Students will give and follow directions using commands when learning American dances.

Special Cross-Cultural Considerations: Include here anything relevant to culture that you will either incorporate as
part of your lesson or that you need to be attuned to in terms of your students’ background to ensure a lesson that is
culturally responsive.
When creating this lesson we needed to consider what American dances the students may know.
While American music is popular in South Korea, many of the dances are not known in Korea. Also,
some of the dances are have influenced K-Pop or go by different names. We will educate the students
on the differences and similarities between Korean and American popular dances.
Materials: Include here all the materials that you need, including textbook titles and the page numbers you will
refer to.

Powerpoint
Youtube videos

Lesson Sequence: This may be adjusted as necessary to accommodate unique lesson plan features. For each
step, explain what the teacher will do, the expectation of what the students will do, and how long the stage should
take.

I. MOTIVATION: Describe how you will build content background and introduce the specific language functions/forms that
you will target.

TIME: 10 Minutes
The teacher will…(specifically what the teacher does) The students will… (specifically what the students should do
in response to what the teacher does)
Ask the students a series of questions: Students will answer both questions by shouting them out
1. if they know what some american dance moves and giving suggestions
are?
2. If they know any Korean dances? If so what are
they?
3. Explain what american dances are, where these
took place the difference between the moves the
entire dance

Formative Assessment (How will you gauge whether or not students are connecting to the background the teacher is providing?) :
To gauge student understanding we will ask if they know any American and Korean dances, after explaining the
dances and purposes we will check for understanding by asking for thumbs up or down based off of comprehension.

II. PRESENTATION: Describe the specific techniques you will use to make your presentation of new content and linguistic
material comprehensible to students, to provide opportunities for interaction through appropriate questioning, to engage learner
strategies, and to assess whether or not students are “getting it”.

TIME: 20 Minutes
The teacher will…(specifically what the teacher does) The students will… (specifically what the students should do
in response to what the teacher does)
The teacher will teach the students various dance Students will stand up and repeat the dance moves taught
moves and show them example videos. ● floss
● whip/ nae nae
● Milly rock
● shoot

Formative Assessment (How will you gauge whether or not students are comprehending/using the targeted language forms as
presented?): We will have students repeat the given dance move, and repeat the dance after us, if students are not
using or doing the right moves will see that they are not comprehending.
III. PRACTICE/APPLICATION: Describe the activities you will use to allow for meaningful practice targeting the lesson’s
objectives, the learner strategies you will engage, and the formative assessment you will provide to gauge whether or not
students’ practice is moving them along closer to the target)

TIME: 20 MINUTES
The teacher will…(specifically what the teacher does)
Teachers will explain the directions to simon says and
give students commands during simon says.
The students will… (specifically what the students should do
in response to what the teacher does)
Students will verbally repeat the commands and then
repeat with action.

Teachers will teach the entire dance to the cha cha

slide

Formative Assessment (How you will gauge whether or not students’ practice is moving them closer toward achieving the objective
If students are successfully repeating the simon says commands we will know they
in a meaningful way?)
are understanding. If they aren’t we will the direction words.

EXTENSION: Describe the student-centered activities you will use for students to further apply language skills toward
greater mastery of the targeted content and language objectives, either independently or with a group. This should be an
opportunity for developing higher-order thinking skills and using language in communicative ways.

TIME: 5 MINUTES
The teacher will…(specifically what the teacher does) The students will… (specifically what the students should do
in response to what the teacher does)
There is no extension for this lesson

Summative Assessment (Describe the ways in which you plan to determine whether or not students achieved the content and language
objectives for the lesson. Be specific in terms of not only what the students will do to demonstrate their knowledge and skills, but how you will evaluate
what they produce.):

Students will learn and repeat the entire cha cha slide. If they successfully demonstrate the entire
dance it will prove they have learned several directional words. Also, the students will repeat names
the other dances at the end of class to which will prove understanding of American popular culture
and dance.