SIOP® Lesson Plan Template 2

STANDARDS:
Standard - 12.2.1.S4.B
Comprehend complex written sentences and paragraphs using enhanced vocabulary terms and
verbs of using, enjoying, understanding from selected classical authors.
Standard - CC.1.2.3.G
Use information gained from text features to demonstrate understanding of a text.
Standard - CC.1.2.3.I
Compare and contrast the most important points and key details presented in two texts on the
same topic.

THEME: Philosophy

LESSON TOPIC: German Idealist Philosophy

OBJECTIVES:
Language:
Students will be able to distinguish German philosophies and articulate their own
philosophy, using the key vocabulary as shown by their oral presentation.

Content:
Students will be able to synthesize the ideas of Kant, Nietszche and Hegel as evidenced
in their charts.

LEARNING STRATEGIES: Think aloud, QAR, dual coding

KEY VOCABULARY: Kant, categories, Hegel, dialectic, teleology, Nietzsche, ressentiment,

will to power

MATERIALS: note chart

Set the stage with direct instruction on Western philosophy before the three philosophers. Have
students think aloud and contribute what they already know about pre-Kantian philosophy.Have
this connected to the objectives, and why the students will be learning about the new
philosophies.

PRESENTATION:
(Language and content objectives, comprehensible input, strategies, interaction, feedback)
The information will be presented orally through direct instruction, but accompanied with
illustration for dual coding. Students can use QAR to work through the information in on the
board and in their notes. Students will also think aloud to construct the pre-Kantian
background. The key vocabulary must be used in the student presentations, which
accomplishes the language objective. In being able to present with the vocabulary, students
will have had to synthesize the ideas on their chart, accomplishing the content objective.

PRACTICE AND APPLICATION:

(Meaningful activities, interaction, strategies, practice and application, feedback)
direct instruction with illustration, students utilize checklists. Students will summarize each
philosopher's stances, and then express their opinion on the same topic by synthesizing ideas
they find compelling.
Students will then present for roughly two to three minutes, summarizing their chart and

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sharing their opinion portions.

REVIEW AND ASSESSMENT:

(Review objectives and vocabulary, assess learning)
Students will record questions they still have about philosophers

EXTENSION:
     
(Reproduction of this material is restricted to use with Echevarria, Vogt, and Short, 2008. Making Content
Comprehensible for English Learners: The SIOP® Model.)

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