Professor Riley
EDUC 359
Fall 2017
1. Our objectives for our lesson were that students will be able to summarize in writing the
characteristics of places and regions and their physical and human features and students
will be able to classify places and regions by physical and human features. I think we
achieved our objectives because we modeled for the student the nine physical features
that we were discussing and showed them on the map. We also showed a picture and
gave a few facts about the feature. We had a writing assignment that got the student
thinking and he wrote a few very creative sentences based on the physical features that
were discussed.
2. We used vocabulary that would be age appropriate for a middle school classroom. We
included nine words which was a sufficient amount. We noticed that using prior
knowledge, the student was able to name at least five of the features that we were
discussing. I think maybe we could have picked more challenging words, but the ones
3. We initially wanted to include bingo in our lesson but swapped it out for a writing
assignment. I think the writing assignment worked very well for our lesson and got the
student thinking. When he read his sentences, he was very creative and understood the
task that was assigned really well. We did a map labeling which I dont think was too
easy or too hard. I think it worked well to help the student remember where the features
are located on the map. Our lesson was simple and I think the KWL chart worked too
because we were able to answer the students question in the what you want to know
section at the end of the lesson in the what you learned section. If we were to do the
lesson again, I think adding bingo would add another good component to the lesson. The
4. I think we used good labeling with pictures, so we would write the words in English as
well as having a picture of what the term is. I think for the writing prompt, we would
have to read the prompt out loud slowly to the student because the directions may be a
little confusing. We would also have to explain each feature more because this student is
not from America, and will not be familiar with the features. A lot more repetition would