Name: Brian Dawson
Date: 3/17/2014 - 3/21/2014
Woodland Hills High School
Lesson Plans
Stage I – Desired Results
Lesson Topic (Standard/Anchor):
Big Ideas: Class Rules, Class Syllabus,,
Reading, Writing, Speaking, Listening:
Internet Safety, Journal Entries, WHHS
Choose a PA Standard:
NBEA- Entrepreneurship I -Entrepreneur Opportunity
Internet Policy, Student Questionaire,
Choose a PA Standard:
Choose a National Standard:
Entrepreneurship, Entrepreneur, Products,
Services, Brands, Characteristics, Skills,
Trends, Innovation, Franchise, Business
Plan
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
Create a Business Plan
Essential Questions: What are the class
rules?
What does "Internet Safety mean?
What is the WHHS Internet Policy and why
is it important?
What is entrepreneurship?
What skills and traits are needed to be a
successful entrepreneur?
What is capital? What is an investment?
What is the difference between a product
and a service?
What is a brand?
What are entrepreneurial characteristics?
What are entrepreneurial skills?
What is innovation?
What is a niche?
What is a franchise?
What is a business plan?
What is a business model?
Stage II – Assessment Evidence
Content Area: Entrepreneurship
Length of Lesson: 5 days
Understanding Goals (Concepts):
Journal entries as warm-up activity
WHHS Internet Policy understanding
Editing a doucument in Microsoft Word
Saving appropriately & Retrieving files
Comprehending entrepreneurial and business
concepts
Research on famous entrepreneurs
Create a Business Plan
Vocabulary: Literacy Vocab
Editing, Saving, Folder, Student Questionaire,
Download, Internet Safety, Entrepreneurship,
Entrepreneur, Venture, Economics, Market
Structure, Free Enterprise System, Capital,
Investment, Competition, Product, Service,
Brand, Entrepreneurial Characteristics, Skills,
Trends, Online Business, Innovation, Niche,
Demographics, Franchise, Business Concept,
Feature, Benefit, Feasibility Analysis, Industry,
Customers, Targets, Business Model,
Competitive Grid, Prototype, Value, Business
Plan, Company Description, Description of
Products and Services, Mission & Vision
Statements, Business Model, Sole
Proprietorship, Partnership, Corporation
Performance Task: Guided Notes, Using the computer as a learning resource, Keyboarding Practice, Editing a document in
Microsoft Word
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:
Describe usage:
Monday
 Warm-Up: Literacy
Journal Entry
 Distribute and collect
class folders
Procedures
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 Review Ch.6.concepts
and vocab
 Instruct students to
organize their folder and
notes in prep for Ch.6
Test

 Instruct students to open
and continue work on
their "Business Model"

 Assess student progress
on Business Model
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Tuesday
 Warm-Up: Literacy Journal
Wednesday
 Warm-Up: Literacy
Entry
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 Distribute and collect class
folders

 Administer Ch.6 Test

 Instruct students to open
and continue work on their
"Business Model"

 Assess Ch.6 Test

 Assess student progress
working with their
"Business Model"

Thursday
 Warm-Up: Literacy Journal
Journal Entry
 Distribute and collect
class folders

 Introduce and Discuss
Ch.7.1 concepts and
vocab

 Instruct students to
work on and complete
Ch.7 Vocab

 Instruct students to
open their "Business
Model" and continue
working with it

 Assess Ch.7 Vocab
 Assess student
progress working with
their "Business
Model"

Entry
Friday
 Warm-Up: Literacy Journal
Entry
 Distribute and collect class
 Distribute and collect class
folders
 Discuss Ch.7.1 concepts and
vocab
folders
 Discuss Ch.7.1 concepts and
vocab

 Instruct students to work on
and complete Notes 7.1
Day 2

 Instruct students to continue
work on their "Business
Model"

 Assess 7.1 Notes
 Assess student progress
working with their "Business
Model"

 Show "Shark Tank"
entrepreneurial video clip
 Discuss and analyze clip


 Instruct students to work on
and complete Ch. 7.1 Notes
Day 1

 Instruct students to open
their "Business Model" and
continue working on it

 Assess 7.1 Notes

 Assess student progress
working with their "Business
Model"

 Show "Shark Tank"
entrepreneurial video clip
 Discuss and analyze clip

 Complete Warm-Up:
Assignments
Literacy Vocab Journal
Entry
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 Work on Business Model
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 Organize folder and notes
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 Complete Warm-Up:
 Complete Warm-Up

Literacy Vocab Journal

Entry
 Complete 7 Vocab

 Continue work on "Business 
 Open and continue
Model"
work on "Business
 Save to Entre folder
Model"
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 Submit "Mission & Vision
Statements" if not done so
yet
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 Complete Warm-Up
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 Complete 7.1 Notes Day1
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 Open and continue work on
 Complete 7.1 Notes Day2
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 Open and continue work on
"Business Model"
"Business Model"
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 Watch and analyze video clip  Watch and analyze video clip
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I updated my teacher website.
 Complete Warm-Up
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I updated my grades on edline.