Lesson

=Introduction to Photosynthesis = Lesson Link from [|Taskstream]

Information:
This lesson is an introductory lesson into the topic of plants and photosynthesis. The students would have been given a reading for homework on the two phases of photosynthesis First the students would begin by labeling a worksheet with the plant structure. Then the students would fill out a QKWL. This then would lead to a short video showing a photosynthesis song. Then the students would so a list-group-label activity on what words and concepts go with each phase of photosynthesis. After this is done for closure there will be a discussion of the L in the QKWL.

Writing Tools:
In this lesson many writing tools are used: 1. **QKWL:** This is a modified KWL. It allows the students to answer more questions and I find it more engaging then the normal KWL. A copy of the QKWL can be found on the lesson link. 2. **List-Group-Label:** This writing strategy helps with categorizing and simplifying complex concepts such as photosynthesis into categories. This helps with teaching photosynthesis because students can have categories of how the light phase differs and is the same from the dark phase.

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