CONTENT OVERVIEW

Teacher: Rahma Munir Date : February 13th 2023

Subject: English Lessons: Unit 4 : Human Intelligence

Unit Vocabulary

Class: 8

School mission and vision: (describe the link between the content and the MVCs; align with the unit plan)

Empower learners to contribute to the global community through innovation, exploration, and citizenship.

School mission: DMES cultivates reflective scholars’ bold innovators and passionate leaders equipped with the content knowledge, skillset, and ethics to contribute to society positively. The learning environment prepares
students for lives of meaning and purpose, emphasizing academic excellence, high expectations, and enthusiasm for life. Our school emphasizes the development of a character loyal to GOD and a country identified by integrity

through self-discipline and tolerance.

School Yearly Theme: Stronger Together: Empowering learners for success in a changing world.”

Real-life application: (describe how the specified knowledge and skills will be shown through real-life student application)

How can different types of intelligence help you exceed in different walks of life.

Cultural Integration: (UAE/International knowledge; align with the unit plan)

Different people have different ideas about what being intelligent means. A person’s age, culture, and personal beliefs can affect how he or she views and measures intelligence. Even the historical period in
which a person lives can have an effect. And, while there are tests to measure intelligence, there is no definitive gauge.

Prior knowledge: (prerequisite information necessary to support learning)

Students should be aware of classroom routine /procedure and discussion rules.

Students should be aware of context clues
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Twenty-first-century focus: (highlight to show the main 21 -century learning that will happen during the lessons)

Media & Technological literacy- Collaboration- Responsibility- Global literacy- Social/ cultural literacy

Communication Critical thinking Collaboration Creativity

Global literacy Media & Technological Literacy Civic Literacy Social/ Cultural Literacy

DMES core values Respect / high expectation /excellence Commitment / leadership /citizenship Responsibility/ tolerance /sustainability

LESSON PLAN
Date: February 13th 2023 Essential question: : In what different ways can people be intelligent?

Lesson series:

The lesson duration is two session

STANDARDS
List the standards that will be addressed in the lessons using the correct codes.

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.8.4 Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words or phrases based on grade 8 reading and content, choosing flexibly from a range of strategies

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.8.6:Acquire and use accurately general academic and domain-specific words and phrases, sufficient for reading, writing, speaking, and listening at the college and career readiness level; demonstrate

independence in gathering vocabulary knowledge when considering a word or phrase important to comprehension or expression.

ISTE/CTE:

(All lessons must include technology standards)

Acquire and accurately use Information and Communication Technologies sector terminology.

Learning Objectives SUCCESS CRITERIA

State what learners will know or be able to do by the end of this
State what the learner needs to fulfill to achieve the learning outcomes. (WILF-What I am Looking For)
lesson due to the instructional activity.
- -Determine the meaning of new vocabulary words
▪ I can predict the meaning of new vocabulary using context clues.
using context clues.
▪ I can use the new vocabulary in sentences.
- Use the learned vocabulary in writing.

KEY VOCABULARY/ LANGUAGE STRUCTURE

Note the key domain-specific and foundational vocabulary and language structures that will be learned/reinforced.

Concept Vocabulary : 
● Integrate
● Observation
● Documentation

TIMING CONTENT
Engage Do now / Do now – The backward approach

5 mins  Learning Objectives to be read out

"Doctors recommend that everyone exercise every day, particularly those who spend many hours doing SEDENTARY activities like reading,
(student’s voice) aloud.
 watching television, or playing video games."

Which of the following correctly defines the meaning of the word SEDENTARY?
This must:
How can you tell ?
 Be achievable, engaging, and enjoyable
To engage in physical activity.
 Connect prior knowledge and skills to the
To spend time using minimal brain function.
new content being learned
To engage in criminal activity.

To spend much time seated

Cooperative Learning Strategy/Activity  Students will go through the PPT and complete the differentiated activities.
5 mins This must:  Students will use the new words in meaningful context
(student’s voice)  Develop interpersonal learning skills .
 Develop the vocabulary of the lesson

Explore Direct Instructional Strategies/Activities/ Here the teacher will build on the conclusions/ findings to explain the concept.

10 mins This must:

(teacher’s voice)
 Include a central critical question
The teacher guides the student through the lesson using the PPT.
 Cover the main content of the lesson
Instructions:
 Be supported by appropriate resources
1. Use the given link to hear the word’s correct pronunciation.
 Be carefully sequenced
2. Use different contexts such as mentor texts, pictures, or roots to predict the meaning of the underlined word.
 Address misconceptions
 Be embedded in real-life applications
3. Use a reliable source such as an online dictionary to find the actual meaning.

4. Compare your prediction with the actual meaning to evaluate your outcomes.
5. Use the new word correctly in an original sentence
.

Explore -We do

Explore: Vocabulary -Context Clues

Read the given texts to figure out the meaning of the new word .
1- Integrate

We will integrate this new activity into the lesson.

The new student should integrate into our school very quickly.

Predict meaning :

Actual meaning :
Sentence :
Drawing :

Do you think people from different backgrounds have successfully integrated in Dubai?
2- Observation

My findings are based on close observation over many weeks.

Ed went to the hospital for observation after he fainted.

Predict meaning :
Actual meaning :
Sentence :
Drawing :

What information do you think you can collect by a keen observation of birds in the wild?
3- Documentation

Sally was struggling to prove that the house in the village belonged to her family. After considerable research and investigation, she found

documentation from the 1800s that proved her family built the house. Finally, Sally presented the papers in court and received complete ownership
of the property.
Predict meaning :

Actual meaning :
Sentence :

Drawing :

Suggest; what documentation should a person have to travel to a different country?

Express: Differentiated Tasks

DMES Value - High Expectations

Evaluate :
Online quiz :
https://quizizz.com/admin/presentation/604d420251776d001fc7a3f6/contextclues?
source=MainHeader&page=QuizPage&searchLocale=&fromSearch=true
Extend practice
 Complete the online quiz :
https://quizizz.com/admin/presentation/604d420251776d001fc7a3f6/contextclues?

source=MainHeader&page=QuizPage&searchLocale=&fromSearch=true

Assessment

Differentiated questions

Exit slip :

Now discuss your answer

Did you get it right?

"Doctors recommend that everyone exercise every day, particularly those who spend many hours doing SEDENTARY activities like reading,

watching television, or playing video games."

Which of the following correctly defines the meaning of the word SEDENTARY?

How can you tell ?

To engage in physical activity.

To spend time using minimal brain function.

To engage in criminal activity.

To spend much time seated

Self-reflection

Students reflect on their learning.

Different Groups of Students Differentiated Tasks

Tier 1 (High Achievers ) Above expectation Write a short passage about your life in UAE using the newly learnt words.

 Include a central critical question Tier 2 In line with the expectations - Use three words that you have learned in compound or complex sentences.
 Students should express their

knowledge gained
 Differentiated tasks
 Be clearly explained so that all
Tier 3 Low Achievers/ Below expectation Write antonyms of the following words and use any two in sentences.
learners achieve against the lesson

Express
standards
 Integrate
 Be differentiated to meet the
 Observation
range of learning needs in the

classroom
 Documentation

 Be challenging and allow all SOD Write synonyms of the following words.

learners to develop their (Students of Determination )  Integrate

understanding, knowledge, and  Observation

skills in, incrementally  Documentation

Gifted and talented ( Beyond grade level Complete tier 1 and proceed to the extended task.

expectation )

Cross-Curricular Links: (different subject skills /knowledge integrated Social studies:

with lesson content; aligned with the unit plan) Do you think people from different backgrounds have successfully  integrated in Dubai?

Plenary – Plenary
This must: Oral presentation
Evaluate
 Students review and consolidate learning. Exit cards/power points
5 mins
 Students reflect on what has been achieved.
(student’s voice)  Assessment as Learning (AaL)
 List formatives used

Teacher Reflection & Student Next Steps:

  Provide an overall evaluation of the lesson.

 State what went well.

 State what needs to be repeated/revisited.

 What are learners ready to learn next?

 Add feedback to the Atlas unit plan.

SEATING PLAN 8F

Data used to inform this seating plan includes: (highlight the data used to inform this seating plan)

CAT4 MAP IBT Internal Formative Assessments Internal Summative Assessment

Group 1 Group 2 Group 3

 Haya Salah Abdulrahman Saleh A Alab-

 Aalya Khalid Ali Ibrahim Abdelrahman  Alia Jamal Mohd Abdulla Alabdooli dooli
 Amna Salah Abdulrahman Hussain Ali Al-  Batool Hussein Kotobi  Mahra Faisal Ali Abdulla Alblooshi

mukhyat  Dhabya Abdulla Ali Mohammad Alsuwaidi  Maryam Jamal Sultan Ali M Almar-
Higher order skills or

thinkers
 Einas Osama Makansi  Fatema Taleb Mohammed Alood Alteneiji zouqi
 Hamda Mohammad Ali H M Albalooshi  Serin Mohammed Abdo Al

Mekhlafi

Group 4 Group 5 Group 6

 Fatima Ahmed Dain Juma AlTamimi  Hour Abdulkarim Ahmad Ibrahim Al-

 Fatima Talal Saeed Ali Alghafri  Maith Hamad Ahmad Nafar M Ahmad blooshi

 Hamda Ahmad Ali Obaid Alshaibah  Maitha Juma Ali Salmin

 Muzoon Arif Ozair Mubarak Ahmad

 Hind Khalid Yousif Ali Binhuwaiden  Samar Ibrahim Sulaiman Abdulla Al Hashmi
 Shaikha Sameer Mohammad Saeed
Lower order skills or
 Hind Mohammad Ahmadi Khalaf Abdulla
thinkers
 Reem Khalid Musabeh Mohamed

Alsuwaidi
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Learner codes: S - SEND with LSA/ I – Individualized needs/ U - Unmotivated / T - Talkative/ D - Disruptive