DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AND TEACHER

DEVELOPMENT
CLINICAL TEACHING
DIRECT INSTRUCTION

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Candidate: Date:
Alina Sturgis 2/8/17

Content Area: Math Grade Level:

8
Subject Matter: Comparing linear and nonlinear
functions

Lesson Content Description:

6.4: Looking at tables and graphs to determine if the
rate of change given by the input(x) and the output(y)
makes the function linear/nonlinear.

Instructional Strategies/Method of Delivery:

White board, vocabulary, notes/ examples, guided practice.
Common Core Standard:
CCSS.Math.Content.8.F.A.2
Compare properties of two functions each represented in a different
way (algebraically, graphically, numerically in tables, or by verbal
descriptions). For example, given a linear function represented by a
table of values and a linear function represented by an algebraic
expression, determine which function has the greater rate of change.

ELD Standard:
Expanding
Interpretive
5. Listening actively
Demonstrate active listening in oral presentation activities by asking and
answering detailed questions, with occasional prompting and moderate
support.
Common Core Lesson Objective:
ASWBAT determine and explain whether the given tables represent linear or
nonlinear functions by looking at the rate of change.

Assessment:
Formative: Guided Practice problems, oral questions, circulating the
classroom, homework

Summative: none
Lesson/Assessment Modifications: ELL: Special Needs
-extra class notes if necessary. focus on vocabulary/ writing/ oral explanation
/ circulating the room.
Technology: Describe the types of technology you will be utilizing in your
lesson to create and enhance instruction
If no technology is used, please explain why.
No technology was used in this lesson because lecture took up the
majority of the class period after homework was reviewed.

LESSON PREVIEW PRIOR TO TEACHING

Prior knowledge required for this lesson/objective success

Slope, linear functions
Review sub-skills required for this lesson/objective
Rate of change

June 2014

LESSON PRESENTATION

INTO

Step-by-Step Anticipatory Set/Orientation

Stamp previous nights homework assignment and answer homework
questions.
Give brief summary of 6.3, which dealt with linear function rules, and
introduce the new lesson title: 6.4: Comparing Linear/ Nonlinear
Functions

THROUGH

Step-by-Step Modeling/Presentation of the Objective

Objective: ASWBAT determine of a function is linear or nonlinear.
Teacher gives vocabulary nonlinear function: does not have a
constant rate of change.
Compares rate of change to slope, which students already know

EL: explained rate of change multiple ways

Step-by-Step Guided/Structured Practice of the Objective: Gradual

Release of Instruction
Show example of a table that represents a linear function
Explain how to find the rate of change by determining the relationship
between the input values and output values.
Explain how to write the relationship as x increases/ decreases by
___, y increases/decreases by __. And if Rate of change is constant
linear.
Example 2: table representing a nonlinear function
As x increases/ decreases by __, y increases/ decreases by different
amounts.
 During each problem, tie back to vocabulary.

Checking for Understanding/Formative Assessment of Each

Students Performance/Closure of Instruction
Guided practice 1: on a table that represents a linear function
Students are called on to give each step/ explanation
Guided practice 2: on a table that represents a nonlinear function
Students are called on to give each step/ explanation

EL: Special Needs Adaptations: referred back to vocabulary throughout the

lesson. Allowed for partner work/discussion on guided practice

BEYOND

Independent Practice/Summative Assessment of Each Students

Performance

Students are given their homework assignment, Pg. 270 #3-10. They are
able to work in small groups or pairs.
Class clean up.
Teacher asks one student to read the objective, and asks students to sum
up the lesson and if they think they accomplished the objective.

June 2014