Lesson Plan Template

Candidate Name:___Whitney Wilson________

Strategy (circle one): Task Rotation; NAL; Mystery; Decision Making;
C/C Thinking; Metaphorical; Windows Notes; Other
Unit Name
Ratios and Proportions
Lesson Name
Proportional Reasoning
Grade
7th

Subject
Mathematics

Time Needed (Hours/Days)

90 Minutes
Course
Math

Essential Question(s)
What should students know when lesson is completed?

How is the unit rate represented in tables, graphs, equations and diagrams?

Teacher Lesson Preparation

Activating Strategy (for example: Hook/Mini-Lesson/Warm-Up/Connection to Prior Learning)

Phase I: Activating Strategy
Car or Motorcycle? The table gives information on the worlds fastest car and fastest
motorcycle. Suppose the car and motorcycle race for 10 minutes at the rates shown. Which
vehicle would win the race (that is, which vehicle would travel farther)? What would be the
margin of victory?

Instructional Sequence and Activities including use of technology

Phase II
Students will work in pairs. For the first three steps.
They will first predict answers just using the information given in the tables. Writing it down in
the space given.
Part 1: Find the unit rate of the car?
Find the unit rate of the motorcycle?
Which one goes faster the car or the motorcycle how do you know?
Part 2: Make tables and write equations?
Part 3: Make Graphs

Assessment Strategies
Part 4: Answer the questions after parts 1-3 are completed within partnership, students will
separate to answer part 4
Summary: Whole group discussion
Compare your answer with initial prediction. Are they the same what things didnt you
consider when making your prediction that you should have?
Differentiation
Scaffolds/ Interventions/Extensions/Enrichment
Extension: Speeds of cars and motorcycles are most familiar when they are written in miles per hour (mi/h). Use
these tables and proportional reasoning to find the speed of each vehicle in miles per hour
Scaffolds? Throughout lesson the handout has scaffolded questions embedded to guide students thinking. Teacher
will also use these questions as check points throughout the activity
Enrichment: If students need less scaffolding questions can be taken out to provide more freedom of thinking

Materials/Links/Text References/Resources
Problem Solving
Connections Activity.docx