Writing Homework Help

You will critique and strengthen a lesson plan that you have already developed, an

existing lesson plan that someone shared with you, or one that you obtained from a

website or other source. You should submit the lesson plan along with your critique.

Directions

For this assignment, you will critique the lesson plan of your choice and

submit a reflection on your critique. 

Your reflection and critique should include:

1. Your next steps for strengthening the lesson plan to include the 3

principles of UDL 

? Representation:  Include how you will present and adapt

instruction and materials to provide access for ALL students. 

? Engagement:  Include how you will adapt or present materials

to engage ALL students

? Representation:  Include how you will adapt your assessments to

be authentic and allow ALL students to show you what they

know and are able to do.

2. Your next steps for differentiating instruction for 2 focus students based

on their learning profile. (Remember, UDL includes embedding the 3

principles of UDL into lesson design before we know students, whereas,

lessons are differentiated based on student data)  

? You will develop a learner profile for 2 focus students who

present with a disability. Include the following in your focus

students’ learner profile:

? Disability type and how it presents for this student

? Age 

? Student Strengths

? Student Challenges

? Students interest

? You will include student specific recommendations for

accommodations and/or modifications for each of your

focus students that support them to access the curriculum,

increase engagement and allow them to demonstrate their

understanding.  You should include the type of

materials/strategies that should be adapted to support

their success with this lesson. 

3. Included a brief reflection describing your thoughts about

this assignment

? Was it helpful to critique and strengthen an existing lesson plan?

Explain.

? How comfortable were you providing suggestions around

universally designing the lesson and adapting materials to

support UDL.? 

? Was it helpful to consider the type of accommodations and/or

modifications that needed to be put in place to support both focus

students?  What came easy when differentiating based on your

focus students’ learning profile?  What was challenging?