Needwood Middle School
LFS Weekly Lesson Plan
Teacher:
Purvis
Grade/Subject:
7th Life Science
Dates:
2012- 2013
Unit Topic:
Genes, Chromosomes,
Reproduction
GPS:
Coach Lessons 8-9 (pages 77-87) Text chapters 5,6 & 26 (pages 102-147 & 610-631)
Accommodations: Top drawer of filing cabinet.
EQ and/or Key Questions
Activating/Accelerating- Hook / Background
Mon.
Report Card grades due
Knowledge (KWL, Pre-reading, Think Pair Share, Thinking
Maps, Vocabulary Overview, Word Splash, Survey, Big Four)
How do we grow and reproduce on
a cellular level?
(mitosis and meiosis)
Mon.
1) Record homework
2) Preview daily vocab
3) Ask who is interested in becoming a fashion
designer since we’ll be designing some
fashion jeans (genes) today.
Cognitive Teaching Strategies- Teaching Steps (Lecture/Question, Read/Discuss, TIMS, Hands on
Activity, Thinking Map, Pictograph, Research, Vocabulary, Diagrams/Graphs, Comprehension)
10 minutes
1) Activator
2) T-chart on the board of body cells and sex cells (class determines location,
reproduction of, and # of chromosomes)
20 minutes
3) Coach 82 popcorn read and work 1-4 together on the board
4) Review notes on mitosis and meiosis.
40 minutes
5) Review coach 86
6) Activity: ‘Hang your jeans (genes)!’ … Rubric attached
Mon.
Mon.
Summarizing Strategies (Ticket
Extending/Refining Act. After they acquire, and then take
Out the Door, 3-2-1, The Important
Thing, One Word, Learning Logs)
them up a notch with thinking skills/writing prompts.
(Cause/Effect, Compare/Contrast, Write, Classify, Analyze,
Evaluate, Inductive, Deductive)
Journal: Explain the two types of
Compare the steps of mitosis pg 115 and meiosis pg
cell reproduction (mitosis and
116 and determine the slight differences.
meiosis)
Assignment/Assessment A
Differentiation (Gifted)
Homework
variety of informal, performance,
Research Dolly, the world’s Page 122 #’s 13-16
constructed response, selected
first known successful cloning (#16 should have eight
response
of a mammal.
Can you bubbles)
Grade * Hang Genes
remember
the first TV Gifted also do 17-18
* Journal
cloning? Frankenstein
Needwood Middle School
LFS Weekly Lesson Plan
Tuesday EQ and/or Key Questions
Activating/Accelerating- Hook / Background
Knowledge(KWL, Pre-reading, Think Pair Share, Thinking Maps,
Vocabulary Overview, Word Splash, Survey, Big Four)
1) Collect homework
2) Record homework
3) Review homework!
Tuesday
What are the possible genotypes
and phenotypes of your
baby….bug?
Cognitive Teaching Strategies- Teaching Steps (Lecture/Question, Read/Discuss, TIMS, Hands on
Activity, Thinking Map, Pictograph, Research, Vocabulary, Diagrams/Graphs, Comprehension)
10 minutes 1) Activator- Do homework problem # 16 concept map on the board
60 minutes
2) Lab: Bug Builders Text 702 Draw and complete chart in journal
Tuesday
Summarizing Strategies (Ticket
Extending/Refining Act. After they acquire, then take them
Out the Door, 3-2-1, The Important
Thing, One Word, Learning Logs)
up a notch with thinking skills/writing prompts.
(Cause/Effect, Compare/Contrast, Write, Classify, Analyze,
Evaluate, Inductive, Deductive)
Ask why it would be a good idea to
look for good traits in a mate?
LCD:
Assignment/Assessment
Differentiation
Brain Pop Mitosis Meioses
www.scilinks.org HSTL 105
(Gifted)
Homework
A variety of informal,
performance, constructed
response, selected response
Grade * Homework
* Lab
Wed.
Students pair up with a
Complete Bug Family Traits chart
buddy to compare their
in your journal.
baby bugs and give it a
name.
EQ and/or Key Questions
Activating/Accelerating
Wed.
1) Collect homework
Is a mutt or a purebred more
2) Record homework
likely to have genetic mutations?
3) Introduce Duke!
Cognitive Teaching Strategies- Teaching Steps (Lecture/Question, Read/Discuss, TIMS, Hands on
Activity, Thinking Map, Pictograph, Research, Vocabulary, Diagrams/Graphs, Comprehension)
20 minutes 1) Activator2) Show a picture of a purebred Rhodesian Ridgeback
3) Explain the difference between a purebred and a mutt.
20 minutes
4) Popcorn read coach 88-89
5) Students complete tree chart of three types of selective breeding (inbreeding,
hybrids, and cloning) to include the cross and production of each using the example of a
ridgeback.
20 minutes
Needwood Middle School
LFS Weekly Lesson Plan
3) Journal: Rewrite a paper titled ‘Pity the Poor Popular Purebred’ and what you
know about backyard breeding.
4) Board: Four question quiz on coach 91
Wed.
Summarizing Strategies
Quiz! 1-20 coach 92-98
Wed.
Assignment/Assessment
Grade
 Tree Chart
 Journal
 Quiz
EQ and/or Key Questions
Thurs.
Extending/Refining Act.
Differentiation (Gifted)
Homework:
Research the top ten
Read and respond (summarize)
dangerous purebred
Saving at the Seedbank pg 172
dogs and write a report
on them.
Activating/Accelerating
Why is back yard breeding not a
good idea? (we have many
animals in shelters that need
homes & inbreeding yields genetic
mutations)
1) Students record homework in agendas.
2) Collect and review homework
Thurs.
Cognitive Teaching Strategies
10 minutes
1) Activator
55 minutes
2) Speaker from the Humane Society to discuss the amount of animals in need of
homes and how to care for pets.
Thurs.
Summarizing Strategies
Complete note taking guide while
speaker is presenting
Thurs.
Friday
Extending/Refining Act.
Research the number of unwanted animals in
Brunswick and the number of dogs and cats put to
death each month.
Assignment/Assessment Differentiation (Gifted)
Homework
Grade Bead Activity
Create a brochure
Complete brochure and read to
Grade coach quiz 83
urging people to spay
family member. Have them
and neuter their pets.
respond on a sticky note and stick
to brochure.
EQ and/or Key Questions
Activating/Accelerating
When is selective breeding a good
idea?
Friday
Cognitive Teaching Strategies
5 minutes
1) Activator
1) Students record homework in agendas.
2) Collect and review homework
Needwood Middle School
LFS Weekly Lesson Plan
50 minutes
3) Genetically Modified Foods: Read GM Foods and make a t-chart of the pros and
cons.
4) Create and advertisement: Write an article to go in a newspaper taking a stand on
GM foods. This advertisement will include 4 reasons why or why not foods should be
genetically modified.
Friday
Summarizing Strategies
Read your buddy’s article and
respond on a sticky note.
Friday
Assignment/Assessment
Grade:
 Advertisement
 Homework
Glynn County School System
Life Science
Extending/Refining Act.
Go to:
http://www.pbs.org/now/classroom/geneaction.html
Review and discuss
Differentiation (Gifted)
Homework
Research other articles None
on GM Foods.