Emilie Tronoski

Professor Rielly
SIOP Process
November 27, 2017
Live Lesson Reflection
The Fourth and Fifth amendments are two that are most important when it comes to the

rights of citizens. If you dont know your rights when getting searched or what happens to you

after you are arrested, then illegal activity can follow. Therefore, I was excited to put together

this lesson plan and presentation. Putting together this lesson was much easier than I expected it

to be. While writing the lesson was tedious and full of details, that was the hardest part of the

process. Overall, I believe that our lesson was successful even with its faults.

For this lesson we wanted Taralyn to be able to identify the key concepts that were set

forth in the fourth and fifth amendments, put colonial terms into their own terms and be able to

match situations in real life to concepts in the Bill of Rights. Overall, I believe that all of these

objectives were met. In our PowerPoint and our notes we touched on all the most important parts

of these particular amendments. This means that we were reviewing in front of her the most

important parts and she was also writing down these concepts. We were also asking her to put

the terms into her own words throughout the lesson. Finally in the Kahoot that we did assessed if

she could match the Bill of Right to a real life situation.

In terms of the Bill of Rights, most of the language that the founding fathers used is

outdated. Therefore, when reviewing the words new vocabulary words are being added. The

terms that we decided to cover were ones that they may have heard in passing in the hallways,

the news, from parents and teachers and especially from crime based television shows. However,

by going into depth with these terms and really delving into what they meant, the student was
gaining more knowledge. When we were going through the lesson with her, we learned that she

really did not know a great deal of the terms we were going to be covering. Therefore, we knew

that we were challenging her and making her think about the new terms that she was learning.

I believe that this lesson was a challenging one especially in the allotted thirty minutes.

The fourth and fifth amendments are very similar. Searches and Seizures and the rights of the

accused overlap each other a lot. For this reason, we had to be very careful when explaining the

two and making sure that they were explained in full so there was no confusion. One of the main

things we could have done better was give real life explanations during the actual presentation.

While all the information was there, we were covering a lot. If we had included more examples

that Taralyn would have understood I think that the lesson would have gone farther. I also think

that our slides had too much information on. We wanted her to listen to us give the presentation

and absorb it all and also take down all the notes. We should have put only one or two terms on

one slide and let her copy them down and then continue with the lesson. Finally I believe that

some of our Kahoot questions could have been changed to be more clear so she would

understand what we were asking.

If I was dealing with an ELL student, I think the main thing I would change is the guided

notes. Instead of having all blanks, there would only be one or two words for the student to fill

in. I would also print the slides out so they could follow along and make notes as we going

through the presentation. This way they could write down our examples or even write words in

their native language above the words in English. I would also have them work with a peer for

the Kahoot. This way they could consult not only their notes but another person. Their peer could

interpret what was being said and also take some pressure off of the ELL. In situations like a

Kahoot some students may get nervous, therefore a partner may help.