A very important part a teacher as is "uncovering" material rather than simply going over it to say that it has been covered. Uncovering suggests that the material has been studied in depth and that the teacher guided students in the ways necessary for them to really be able to delve into the material and have it mean something, and also make the material lasting learning. While this certainly is not an easy task the W.H.E.R.E.T.O part of the backwards planning model can help ensure that this happens. This is an anagram that stands for Where,Why,What-Hook-Equip,Explore,Experience-Refine,Revise,Rehearse,Rethink-Evaluate
-Tailor-Organize. While this does help to diversify a lesson some of the steps are more challenging than others, one such step is the hook. Once a teacher has hooked students they must then face another challenge further down the WHERETO road. That challenge is tailoring the lesson. Once these hurdles have been cleared the rest of the WHERETO process is no problem at all.
The WHERETO model is helpful for many reasons the biggest being, it's versatility, it's straightforwardness, as well as it's ability to keep us as teachers focused. The genius in this is how easy it is to apply it to all lessons, and any subjects. As teachers we really don't have to worry about writing a lesson plan into a corner so to speak because we have the benefit of being able to know what step is next and we can figure out the flow from there. Also this model can easily be transposed into a daily agenda, and it helps us keep on track, and in a way lets students know what is expected of them for the day so it helps keep them on track as much as it is possible to do so. Lastly this method really can help prevent us from forgetting where we were going to go with a lesson plan because each step is a little mind jogger, so we will remember what needs to go there, and it will aid us in remembering what we had planned for that spot.
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derek- awesome second link!!! lots of great information and resources about MI lesson plans. great job!
I liked your tailoring link it is a helpful second definion that is different from the chapter.
Derek-I really liked your second link on tailoring. It really breaks down all the different ways to tailor a lesson to all the different multiple intelligences. It's going to be a helpful link :)
I liked your first link. I saw that it had some stuff on there for high school history, probably something that I can use at some point.
Your first link is amazing! There is so much on that Website.
I was just clicking around and I found some great sites for lessons from the links you posted. The article about hooks will be awesome.
derek nice links. i really liked the link on tailoring. it made it easy to understand diffferent ways to tailor lesson plans.
I really liked your second link especially lessons plans at the bottom since it's so helpful to see how others are incorporating the MIs into actual classrooms.
I think the first link about the hooks, is great. There are a lot fun things to do that can really engage students.
I really liked your link on how to "hook" students. Lets face it, it's hard to get studetns motivated, so a site like this with ideas that can bounce off of each other and can generate even more ideas is awesome!
Derek,
I like your link about tailoring lesson plans. Links like that really help with understanding the readings. Good work! :)
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