Lesson Title: Acquiring and Manipulating Language Subject: HSP3U

Unit Title: How Do We Communicate Time Required: 75 Minutes

Teacher Candidate: Emma Gordon Date: December 5th
Mentor Teacher: Karla Di Saverio Grade: 11 U

Learning Goals (What do you want the students to know or be able to do at the end of the lesson?)
- Students will be able to understand the stages of language development in young children
- Students will be able to identify the role of socialization in the psychological development of language in
young children
- Students will be able to describe the role of socialization in the psychological development of language in
young children
Success Criteria (What will you observe that tells you that students are successful?)
- I will be able to understand the stages of language development in young children
- Students will be able to identify the role of socialization in the psychological development of language in
young children
- I will be able to describe the role of socialization in the psychological development of language in young
children
Accommodations (How will you meet the needs of your students? What management strategies will you use?)
English as a Second Language:
- EA support, or peer mentor
Individual Action Plan:
- Accommodations only as specified on the student’s IEP – allowing for time, number of questions etc.
Curriculum Expectations (Which expectation is the focus for your instruction?)
Overall Expectations:
C1. Theories, Perspectives, and Methodologies: Demonstrate an understanding of major theories, perspectives, and
research methods in psychology
C3. Socialization: Use a psychological perspective to analyze patterns of socialization
Specific Expectations:
C1.2 Summarize the key ideas of major psychological theories and explain how they can be used to understand
human behaviour
C3.1 Identify and describe the role of socialization in the psychological development of the individual
Assessment (How will you know that the students have achieved the learning expectation? What assessment tool will you use?)
Assessment for Learning:
- Student Discussion
- Exit Card
Assessment as Learning:
- Student stories of language development
Instructional Strategies (Which teaching strategies will you use? how will you group the students?
 Independent Work  Cooperative Learning  Summarizing & Note taking  Identifying similarities/differences
 Homework & Practice  Visual & Graphic Organizers  Questions  Generating & Testing Hypotheses
 Goal setting & Feedback  Problem Solving

Materials Key Questions

- Computer - Any similarities or differences between your story and
- Youtube Videos your partners story of language development?
- Exit Card - Do children with significant hearing loss go through
these stages as well?

Lesson Template #5 1 Revised 2011

Instruction (How will the students develop the knowledge and /practice the skills?.)
Duration Activity/Task
Introduction (How will you engage and motivate the students?)
- Students will get into pairs to tell the story about when they started developing
language (or the story behind their name, if they can’t remember)
15 MIN o The purpose of this activity is to have students start thinking about the process
of developing language and the similarities and differences of how individuals
are socialized
o Each partner will have five minutes to speak
Lesson Steps (Describe the sequence of the lesson.)
- Then will begin the lesson of the language development in young children
- Stage 1 – describe age group, the main characteristics of this stage (i.e. babbling), and
show the video of babbling twins
- Stage 2 – describe age group, the main characteristics of this stage (i.e. telegraphic
sentences) and show the video of the interview with a two-year old
50 MIN - Stage 3 – describe age group, the main characteristics of this stage (i.e.
overgeneralizations) and show the video four-year old storytelling
- Discuss that children with significant hearing loss go through these stages as well
o Watch videos of children with significant hearing loss go through the three
stages with sign language – baby, 2-year old, 4-year old
o Watch motivational speaker Drisana Levitzke-Gray speak about the benefits of
sign language for children with significant hearing loss
o After, discuss why I showed this video – to alter perspectives and biases that
has for people who are deaf or hard of hearing, to deconstruct disability and
change it to differently abled, and to show that sign language is a language
Conclusion (How will you wrap-up the lesson?)
10 MIN - After discussion, will handout an Exit Card for students to complete – what I know,
what I want to know, and what I learned

Lesson Template #5 2 Revised 2011