UDL+Lesson+Plan

"Music makes the 1500's come alive!"

Reflection: The UDL lesson plan allowed me to gain good insight into a new way of teaching diverse learners. I feel this lesson plan was very straight forward and allowed you to easily create an effective lesson. In the required readings in this week's assignments, I noticed how the lesson was to direct towards three specific networks: recognition, strategic and affective. Recognition relates to how you present information and making sure to present it in different ways to students. Strategic refers to giving students the chance to express what they are learning in various ways. Finally, affective is making sure the information is motivating and interesting to students. I teach at the junior high level and I feel that the use of UDL lesson plans can greatly affect this age group. In my lesson plan, I was able to gear towards various forms of learning including auditory and visual. The different forms of modern music I would use to relate to Romeo and Juliet can help auditory learners hear the words while the lyrics can be shown on a smartboard for visual learners. It also allowed students to practice the skills they learned by choosing their own music to bring to the class the next day and analyze it. I feel that so many skills can be learned in this lesson that can open the doors for diverse learning.