Direct Instruction Model
Quick Guide
Key Words :
Direct Instruction Method , Oral communications and culture
Learner English Level : High School 3rd year and above
Learner Maturity Level : High School 3rd year and above
Preparation time : 30 minutes
Materials :
Paper Pencil Blackboard Word lists
The direct instruction model provides the opportunity for students to receive information from the teacher through lecture, demonstration or presentations. The purpose of the model is to provide students with the opportunity to receive information directly about a subject and begin to cognitively apply that information to previous learning. Direct instruction serves as a tool for teachers to provide a variety of information that is needed about a subject and then allow the students the opportunity to use that information as a foundation for later work.
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Procedure:
Step 1.
Introduction of Skill: The skill to be discussed is listening, as it relates to the manner in which many words within the English language sound the same.
A. Begin the lesson by writing about a dozen words that sound exactly the same, but that have different meanings and may be spelled differently.
B. Then try to get the students to use them in a sentence. (Mostly likely they wont be able to ).
C. The teacher will then focus on one specific word as an example of how words may sound the same, but have different meanings. Write the words on the blackboard so that the students will be able to visually analyze how they are different. Using the words "bare" and "bear" demonstrate their ability to be used in a sentence. For example: "Her back was bare", and "The bear was big". Explain that in order to distinguish words from one another that sound the same, the individual must be capable of listening to the entire sentence that the word is used in as a means of determining what the true intention of the speaker is in conveying the message.
D. Student Participation: Students will be asked to participate by discussing words that they know which sound alike, but that have different meanings in small groups. When this exercise is complete, the teacher will call on various students to use specific words that sound alike in sentences. Students will be in groups and will do so behind a board or room divider, so no one can see their body language or gestures. Then the class listens to the words being used and has to guess the content or situation. If students are unable to think of words, then teacher will supply the words to be used in the exercise. Students and the teacher will assist the students performing their words in appropriate usage as well as understanding the meanings of the words and their proper use of them in a sentence.
E. Test the students understanding of the significant of understanding words that sound alike, as well as listening for how they are used in sentences through questions and answers between the teacher and the students.
Step 2.
A. Practice of the learning will occur with the teacher providing a completely new list of sound alike words to the students. The students will be divided into groups within the classroom, to practice using the words in sentences and discussing the meaning of the words with one another.
B. Test the students understanding with questions and answers between the students and the teacher.
Step 3.
Independent Practice: Students will then be required to use the list of words and write sentences, using each form of the word in a sentence.
Step 4.
Application of Skill Beyond the Classroom: Students will be asked to observe others using words that sound the same outside of the classroom and report to the class the words that were used and how the student was able to determine the word meaning.
Conclusion:
This Lesson plan serves two purposes, one it's a lesson plan that can be used in classes and two it's a lesson plan that can be looked at as a good example of what actually constitutes a lesson plan that utilizes the Direct Instruction Method / Model Lesson approach. This lesson corresponds to the direct instruction model because the lesson calls on the teacher to provide information about the subject matter. This lesson Plan has been successfully used for classes ranging in size from 5-50, and has been used in both (High-level 3rd year) high school classes and University level classes.