Appropriate 
Learning 
Activities in 
the Different 
Phases of the 
Lesson
Introductory 
Activities
• KWL Chart
• Video clip 
from a news 
story that 
relates to 
content 
• Editorial from a 
current newspaper 
related to a 
lesson
• Posing a 
scientific problem 
and require 
students to 
formulate a 
hypothesis or 
predict what’s 
going to happen 
next .
• Cartoon or comic 
strip related to 
the topic • Games
• Simulation 
• Puzzle, brain teaser 
• Mysterious scenario 
• Song followed by its analysis
• Picture without a cap•tQiuoontable quote
• Anecdote 
• Compelling 
stories from 
history, 
literature 
related to course 
content
• Current events 
to introduce 
curricular 
topic. 
• Diagnostic test
• Skit, role playing 
• Voting
• Rank ordering 
Where do 
you stand? 
low high 
1 2 3 4 5 
Honesty 
• Values continuum
• Devil’s advocate • Conflict story
• Brainstorming • Interactive computer 
games
• Question and answer • Anticipation guide 
______1. Parents are always stronger 
than children. 
Reason: 
______2. It is possible for children to 
feel suicidal. 
Reason: 
______3. No wars have been fought 
in Europe since World War II. 
Reason:
Developmental 
Activities
• Interview • Library research
• Internet research • Reading
• Lecture • Inviting resource speakers
• Field trip • Experiment
• Panel discussion• Hands-on learning
• Case study
• Using graphic 
organizers 
• Jingles, rap, song
• Verses 
• Acrostic 
H - Honest 
E - 
Excited 
R - 
Respectful 
O - 
Organize 
E - 
Empathetic 
• Power point presentation
• Solving 
real-world 
problems 
• Performances and 
demonstrations of 
skill mastery
• Authentic projects 
• Portfolios 
of 
students’ 
best work 
and work in 
• pLreotgtreersss to the editor
• Power point presentation • brochures
• Writing and 
performing a 
song, rap, or 
musical 
• News report for 
a local news 
program
• Television talk shows• Mock 
debates and 
mock trials
• Mock job interviews• Personal narratives
• Cartoons, comic str•iOprsganizing a symposium
Concludin 
g 
Activity
• Finish and 
review the KWL 
Chart 
• “passport to leave” 
• Journal 
writing at 
the end of 
the period
• 3/2/1 countdown • Using analogies
• Completing 
unfinished 
sentences 
From this lesson, I learned that 
__________. 
• Synthesize or summarize the lesson
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Appropriate Learning Activities in the Different Phases of the Lesson
Appropriate Learning Activities in the Different Phases of the Lesson

Appropriate Learning Activities in the Different Phases of the Lesson

Editor's Notes

  • #24 used to explore causation in order to find underlying principles.[1][2] Case studies may be prospective (in which criteria are established and cases fitting the criteria are included as they become available) or retrospective (in which criteria).