Hurricane 101 Lesson Plan

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ANTICIPATORY SET (hook)
Motivation for Lesson: Communicating the academic learning goals and activating prior knowledge/interests of students.

• The topic of the lesson will be initially introduced to activate students’ background knowledge about hurricanes.

• A video clip named “Hurricane 101” from National Geographic will then be shown to stimulate students’ curiosity. They will be directed to record important information from the video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zP4rgvu4xDE • I want students to discuss what they already know about hurricanes. What is a hurricane, how it occurs, and what could be the effect of a hurricane on our city.

• Watching this video I want students have a better idea what a hurricane is. At the same time, I want the
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I will get each student results immediately and I’ll have an idea what points of the lesson need to be reviewed

End of Lesson Assessment:

• I will formally assess each student for understanding at the end of the lesson with the Exit

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