Short-term plan- Secondary
Week beginning: April 14 – April 25
UNIT: 8
Tim
ing
Success Criteria
Fra
mewor k
Ref:
Learning Objectives
CLASS: 7
Activities
(see notes below re: differentiation
details, etc)
W: whole class; G: group; I: individual.
Description
3
blocks
8.5 –
Intro to Metamorphic rocks, what
causes them to form
8.10
Exam for previous sections
Weekly quiz
Chemical weathering and physical
weathering differences, Biotic
weathering examples
Writing of vocabulary words
How rocks move, deposition,
abrasion
Homework pg. 112
Homework pg. 114/115
Homework pg. 1116/117
Homework pg. 119-121
What are fossils? What can they
teach us? Where they are found.
The fossil Record.
Resources
W/G/I
The students will be quizzed daily
on their homework and the days
before section.
Lab
The writing of vocabulary words
to increase comprehension.
Graphs
Whiteboard
Pictures
Open book exam on past
sections will help them to
remember information as they
will have to search for it.
End of chapter questions as
exam
Organisation: details of differentiation / groups / adult role (linked to activities)
Evidence of
achievemen t
Notes / extension opportunities / homework
Possibly taking the students in search of different types of rocks in
New Zakho.
Q&A: question /
answer
D: discussion O:
observation M:
marked work