Lesson 8 is all about letting the students work on their group projects individually for the entire period. Now that the teacher has given them some insight and ideas on what kinds of things to include in their presentation, the students will now be given the rest of the time to put all of their ideas together.
For this lesson you will need:
-Anything that the students need for their project
-A blackboard, SMARTboard or whiteboard
-A copy of the rubric for each student. See link here:
The following period is 1 hour:
1. The teacher should introduce the class by writing on the board a list of things that need to be completed. This way the students will have something to keep them on task and to remind them of all of the elements that must be completed for their assignment.
2. A volunteer should be selected from the class to hand out a copy of the rubric to each student. Briefly go over this as a class and make sure there are no questions or concerns about what they are being graded on.
3. The remainder of the period will be given to the students to work quietly with their group on whatever they need to finish for the presentation. Emphasize everything should be simple and brief, have an strong focus on math and numbers, and appeal to various audiences.
4. After that introduction let students work independently while circulating the room to answer questions.
5. The homework from this class will be to finish up everything on their project because they will only have half a period left to complete it.
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