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Understanding By Design Unit/Lesson Plan Template

Bullying or Joking
Title of Unit Grade Level Form 1 – 1 Period

Social and Emotional Learning

Subject Time Frame 1 Week
Ms. Kartick
Designer (s)
Date Developed 12/01/2023
Date Modified

Stage 1 - Identify Desired Results

Established Goals(Transfer of Knowledge)
Students will be able to independently use their learning to:

 Identify the causes and effects of bullying.

Learning Outcomes(Established Goals)

What relevant goals will this unit address?
(Must come from curriculum – Ministry of Education, IGCSE, AS/AL)

- Define bullying behavior as repeated negative behavior with a desire to harm someone with less power (size, strength, or other perceived
imbalance of power). The aggressor appears to enjoy the interaction, and the victim feels oppressed.

Enduring Understandings(Meaning) Essential Questions(Meaning)

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What understandings about the big ideas are desired?(what you want
students to understand & be able to use several years from now)
What misunderstandings are predictable?
Students will understand that...
- There is a difference between bullying and joking.
- Bystanders can also take action
What provocative questions will foster inquiry into the content?(open-
ended questions that stimulate thought and inquiry linked to the content
of the enduring understanding)
- If you were being bullied, what grown-ups could you turn to for
help? List three adults that you would trust.
- Tell what you can do if you see a bully picking on a friend.
- How can you avoid becoming a bully?

Knowledge (Acquisition) Skills(Acquisition)

What knowledge will student acquire as a result of this unit? This content What skills will students acquire as a result of this unit? List the skills
knowledge may come from the indicators, or might also address pre- and/or behaviors that students will be able to exhibit as a result of their
requisite knowledge that students will need for this unit. work in this unit.

Students will know... Students will be able to…

 Methods of dealing with a bully.  Identify the situation in the poem.
 Deal with situations that involve bullying.

Stage 2 – Assessment Evidence

Performance Task
Through what authentic performance task will students demonstrate the desired understandings, knowledge, and skills? Typically, the P.T. describes a scenario
or situation that requires students to apply knowledge and skills to demonstrate their understanding in a real life situation. Describe your performance task
scenario below)
By what criteria will performances of understanding be judged?
Formative and summative assessments used throughout the unit to arrive at the outcomes.

 Complete worksheets
 Oral discussion
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Other Evidence Student Self-Assessment

Through what other evidence (work samples, observations, quizzes, tests, How will students reflect upon or self-assess their learning?
journals or other means) will students demonstrate achievement of the desired
results?
Graded responses.
Completed poem
Homework and Quiz

Stage 3 – The Learning Plan

What teaching and learning experiences will you use to:
 achieve the desired results identified in Stage 1?
 equip students to complete the assessment tasks identified in Stage 2?
Helpstudents to know Where the unit is going and What is expected. Help the teacher to know Where the students are coming from. (prior knowledge
interest. Hook all students and Hold their interest. Equip students, help them Experience the key ideas and Explore the issues. Provide opportunities to
Rethink and Revise their understandings and work. Allow students to Evaluate their work and its implications. Be Tailored to the different needs, interest
and abilities of the learners. (personalized). Be Organized to maximize initial sustained engagement as well as effective learning.

Discuss negative and positive personality traits.

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What events will help students experience and explore the enduring understandings and essential questions in the unit? How will you
equip them with needed skills and knowledge?
# Lesson Title Lesson Activities

1 Bullying or Introduction
Joking https://
Students will listen to anti bullying song. youtu.be/
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Activity

Teacher will share poem with class.

Students will read poem aloud. Superteach

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worksheets
Students will discuss the situation of the poem in group.

Teacher will write questions on the white board and instruct students to answer same.

Students will complete questions.

Teacher will mark responses and provide feedback.

Students will ask questions for clarification.

Conclusion
Students will watch video for enrichment.
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youtu.be/
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Assess and Reflect (Stage 4)

Considerations Comments
Required Areas of Study: Students enjoyed watching the snoop dog song on bullying. Students were also able to
What went well in this lesson/unit? Why read and analyze the poem and answer questions.
What challenges did I/we experience in this lesson/unit? Why?
What would we/I do differently?

Adaptive Dimension: For struggling students:

Have I made purposeful adjustments to the curriculum content
(not outcomes), instructional practices, and/or the learning
environment to meet the learning needs and diversities of all my Nil
students?
What went well? Why?
What challenges did I/we experience? For students who need a challenge:
What would we/I do differently?

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Instructional Approaches:
Do I use a variety of teacher directed and student centered Yes. Students were fully involved in discussions and activities.
instructional approaches?
Were students involved in the lessons?
Were the lessons presented clearly?
What would we/I do differently?
Resource Based Learning:
Do the students have access to various resources on an ongoing
basis? Yes
What additional resources could we/I make available to students?

Other notes of reflection 98 % of students understood concepts taught. Only one student in 1G did not understand
the goals of the lesson. This student has been recommended for phonics classes by other
teachers as well.
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