NTEQ MODEL

NTeQ Model

NTeQ Model

Introduction

Considering the current emphasis on integrating technology in the classroom, a unit of related lesson plans is fitting. Taking the Humanities as our unifying theme, the following lessons in our series will explore the human condition through a diverse range of experience. The array will stretch from the tragedy of incarceration, through the difficulties of choice in love and relationships to a question of equality. Included arelessons featuring the implementation of technology, appropriate rubrics, management plans and the evaluation of three software packages. The evaluation of the software is based on our personal experience with the software.

The lessons are based, in part, on the NTeQ Lesson Plan Format

Difficulty in Lesson Plan

The lesson plan can be adapted or modified for many diverse learners. The diverse learners most commonly encountered in the high school are the learning disabled whose disabilities range from mild to severe. Fewer in number but also often present in the typical classroom, are the cognitively and physically impaired. There are many strategies that can be adopted to assure the effective inclusion of these learners into most lessons.

The first step in this process is to identify whether the special needs student is working on an adapted or a modified program. Usually the Student Services Department will have sent you background information on students who require special attention. If students are on an adapted program then they are working to achieve the ministry prescribed learning outcomes so that they can graduate with a Dogwood Certificate. If students are on a modified program then their needs and hence their learning outcomes are significantly different from the ministry ones.

In the case of the learning disabled the common adaptations are:

increase in time for the assignment

decrease in length of the assignment

taped novels or texts

the use of a scribe or reader

rewording of the assignment or the material upon which the assignment is based

The emphasis is on quality rather than quantity of assignment. A good measure is the amount of time the LD student typically takes to complete work. Most LD students, working to their potential, take longer to complete less work.

In considering this lesson plan, let's look at the activities that are to be accomplished before this actual assignment and whether they need to be adapted and if so how to accomplish this:

Anticipation Guide. This should be a task all learning disabled students can ...