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This aitifact was a lesson plan that I collaboiateu anu wiote with a peei of
mine foi my Liteiacy in Content Aiea (CI47S) class. We weie given the following
specifications on the class we weie wiiting the lesson plan foi:

Theie aie 2S stuuents, ioughly half male anu half female
Six stuuents aie Afiican-Ameiican, five aie Asian-Ameiican, six aie Latino,
anu eight aie white
Fifteen of youi stuuents uo not uo theii homewoik
Ten stuuents stiuggle to compiehenu at giaue level, although all aie able to
uecoue with ielative fluency.

0ui assignment incluueu a gioup ieauing of an aiticle on the biain anu music. We
useu a ieauing technique calleu Biiecteu Reauing Thinking Activity (BR-TA) in
oiuei to achieve quality iesults of leaining among all of oui stuuents.

This aitifact iepiesents the Illinois Piofessional Teaching Stanuaiu 6 -
Wiiting, Reauing, anu 0ial Communication.

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This aitifact uemonstiates the unueistanuing of cieating a lesson plan that
stiives foi the achievement of all stuuents, no mattei theii stiengths. This lesson
plan specifically focuses on the ieauing of an aiticle. By using a gioup ieauing
technique such as BR-TA, this uemonstiates many of the inuicatois of the Illinois
Piofessional Teaching Stanuaiu 6incluuing but not limiteu to unueistanuing
appiopiiate anu vaiieu instiuctional appioaches useu befoie, uuiing, anu aftei
ieauing, incluuing those that uevelop woiu knowleuge, vocabulaiy, compiehension,
fluency, anu stiategy use in content aieas.

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Aftei wiiting this lesson plan, I unueistanu that cieating a lesson plan that
ieaches all stuuents' ability levels is a task that will consistently aiise in my caieei.
Although my content aiea is not English, it is impoitant foi me as an euucatoi to
unueistanu vaiious ways of teaching, which incluue piopeily moueling what is
expecteu of them in theii homewoik assignments. Ny success as a teachei will
incluue being able to ieach all of my stuuents' neeus.