SPRINGFIELD COLLEGE HEALTH LESSON PLAN TEMPLATE

Name Morgan Martucci Date 11/21/17

School Williams Middle School Lesson # 18

Grade 8 Class size 16 Class/Time 12:00-12:50

Unit/Theme Drugs/Alcohol Lesson Focus Introduction to Drug Unit

Objectives (must be measurable, use action verbs and include elements of success)
Cite appropriate standards from MA Comprehensive Health Curriculum Frameworks
By the end of the lesson, students should be able to:

Define drug use, abuse, and misuse

Differentiate between illegal, over the counter, and legal drugs

Materials/Supplies/Lesson Preparation
1. Presentation
2. Projector
3. Speakers
4. Intro to Drugs Note Sheet
5. 16 Chromebooks

Special Accommodations (How will the special needs of individual students be met?)

Visuals will be used in the presentation to aid the learning of the visual learners in the class.

References/Resources (include books, articles, websites, etc.)

http://www.doe.mass.edu/frameworks/health/1999/1099.pdf
http://www.scienceinschool.org/content/ready-set-infect

Opening (activator/instant activity)

Instant Activity - 5 Minutes

Students will answer the question what are drugs? on the nearpod application.
Procedures Step by step description of teaching strategies/methods/pedagogy to be used.
(Include time frame for each activity, transitions, extensions/adaptations, cooperative learning
techniques jig saw, pair/share, etc.)
1. Instant Activity - 5 minutes
2. Nearpod Presentation - 15 minutes
3. Poster Activity - 10 minutes: Students will draw a poster on their nearpod presentations
describing the differences between drug use, abuse, and misuse to people who dont
know the differences.
4. Class Discussion - 5 minutes: Discuss what the point of the activity was and share some
of the drawings with the class.
5. Hot seat assessment - 5 minutes: During the activity, walk around the classroom and
place 3 stickers on 3 different chairs. After the discussion, ask the students to stand if
they have a sticker on their chair as they are in the hot seat. Ask each student 1 question
about the lesson, if they get stuck they can call on their peers to help them out.
6. Video - If time permits, play video on the heroin epidemic in the USA.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pROfg1vOp4w

List Assessment(s) informal or formal how do you know they have learned the desired
content and you have achieved your objectives?

Formal - Nearpod Presentation

Informal - Class Discussion
Informal - Hot Seat Activity

Closure/Summarizer
Hot seat activity/video

Notes/Reflection (to be completed right after you finish teaching a particular lesson)
What did you accomplish? How much did the students learn? What would you leave the same
and what might you change in the future to improve this lesson?