Name: Doreen Tabb
Content Area: Entrepreneurship
Woodland Hills High School
Lesson Plans
Date: 10/6/2014
Stage I – Desired Results
Lesson Topic (Standard/Anchor):
Big Ideas: Understanding Entrepreneurial
Reading, Writing, Speaking, Listening:
Trends, Learning to recognize Opportunity,
15.5.12.A Analyze personal choices
in preparation
NBEA- Entrepreneurship I -Entrepreneur Opportunity
Thinking
Creatively about Opportunity,
Choose a PA Standard:
Choose a National Standard:
Challenges to Creativity, Creative Sources
of Ideas
Student Objectives (Competencies/Outcomes):
Students will be able to:
make journal entries in Microsoft Word as their warm-up
activity
Take guided notes as a summary for class concepts
Create an electronic folder, save and retrieve files
Edit a document in Microsoft Word
Write essays about entrepreneurial concepts
Essential Questions: What are the current
entrepreneurial trends?
Length of Lesson: 5 days
Understanding Goals (Concepts):
Journal entries as warm-up activity
Saving appropriately & Retrieving files
Comprehending entrepreneurial and business
concepts
Research on famous entrepreneurs
Vocabulary: Literacy Week 2-3 Vocab
online business, services, outsourcing,strategic
alliance, corporate venture, innovation, niche
brainstorm, demographics, trade magazine,
specialty magazine, trade show, values, goodwill,
franchise, franchisee, franchisor, business broker
Stage II – Assessment Evidence
Performance Task: Guided Notes, Using the computer as a learning resource, Keyboarding Practice, Editing a document in
Microsoft Word, Research using internet
Other Evidence: teacher
observations
Stage III – Learning Plan
Materials & Resources: Computers, MicroType software, Syllabus, Parent Letter
Formative Assessment(s):
#4. Student Monitoring
#5. Graphic Organizers
#6. Peer Tutoring
#1. Pre-Assessment
#2. Summarizing Key Concepts
#3. Summarizing New Skills
CONTENT AREA READING: Hightlight important steps or key terms
Instructional Procedures*: (includes mini-lessons) Lecture / Guided Notes
Active Engagements used:
#1. Note-Taking
#2. Graphic Organizers
Others: Using
the computer, software and
internet as learning resources
Scaffolding used:
#1. Guided Notes
#2 . Build Vocabulary
Others: Build
on prior knowledge
Describe usage:
Procedures
Describe usage:
Monday
 Do Now: Literacy Journal
Entry "In 5 lines, explain
the top three rewards of
entrepreneurship for you
Tuesday
 DO NOW: Literacy Journal
Entry "List 3 products and
services that have changed
over the years to stay
Wednesday
 DO NOW: Literacy
Journal Entry "List 3
current
entrepreneurial
Thursday
 DO NOW: Literacy Journal
Entry "List the products and
services that Woody High
outsource. What are the
Friday
 DO NOW: Literacy Journal
Entry: "Read Issues in
Entrepreneurship on page
52. In 5 lines, discuss some
personally
 Instruct students on
Entrepreneurial
characteristics essay
 Complete DoNow:Literacy
Vocab Journal Entry
Assignments

 Complete Essay on
Entrepreneurial
characteristics.

ahead of the competition.
trends that are a
List 2 that have not
source for new
changed.
enterprise ideas.
 Overview of
"Entrepreneurial Essay"
 Review 3.1 PPT 1-11
 Handout 3.1 Day 1 handout  Read Pages 49-56
 Assign students a type of
together.
business to read,

summarize, and present to
class
 Complete Do Now: Literacy  Read Business Week
Vocab Journal Entry
CaseStudy and Pages
 Complete "Entrepreneurial
50-56 outloud.
Essay"
 Complete handout 3.1
Day 1 and Reading
 Read info on business type
Organizer diagram.
given, summarize and

report out to class.
Take Guided
 Complete handout 3.1 Day
1 and Reading Organizer
Notes on
diagram.
Section 3.1 Day
2Notes & Vocab
advantages and
disadvantages of
outsourcing? "
 Review Notes and Concepts
from Section 3.1
 Review 3.1 PPT slides 12-19

advantages to operating a
culturally segmented
business.
 Review Chapter 3.1
 Instruct on Recognizing
Opportunities Database
Applications Assignment
 Complete Do Now
 Share journal entry

 Complete 3.1 Day 2 Notes
 Complete Do Now
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I updated my teacher website.
I updated my grades on edline.
 Complete the"Recognizing
Opportunities Database
Applications Assignment"
 Homework: bring in a
newspaper for Monday..