EDUC 547
DIFFERENTIATED IFFERENTIATING BY NTEREST SSIGNMENT LESSON: D I A
INSTRUCTIONS
OVERVIEW
Planning lessons differentiated by readiness, interest, and learning profile are the basics of
differentiating instruction to student traits. Differentiating based on student traits assists the
learner in multiple ways. Differentiating instruction by readiness ensures tasks closely align with
the understanding and skill level of the learner. Differentiating instruction by interest utilizes
student’s natural curiosity for a topic. Lastly, differentiating instruction by learner profile
focuses on making the learning accessible and applicable to each student.
In addition, as you differentiate by student readiness, interest, and learning profile, you must
examine each element of your lesson: content, process, and products. While all three of these
items are interconnected in a lesson, while planning for differentiated instruction, understanding
how to differentiate each item according to student readiness, interest, and learning profile can
assist you manage a differentiated classroom.
This assignment allows you to practice what you have been reading about in the textbook
concerning planning lessons by readiness, interest, and learning profile within the context of
content, process, and products. The purpose of this assignment is to use Differentiated Lessons
Assignment and discuss ways to integrate specific strategies to address content, process and
products. You will use the three lesson plans you developed in your Differentiated Lessons
Assignment, and complete the template.
INSTRUCTIONS
Download the Differentiated Strategies Template and review your Differentiated Lessons
Assignment. Open the template and review the requirements. Review the feedback for your
Differentiated Lessons Assignment.
Part One
Lesson One Readiness: Content, Process, and Product –
Using your Lesson One Readiness from your Differentiated Lessons Assignment, you will –
determine how you will differentiate the content, process and products based on readiness. For
this section of the template, you will provide a background to differentiating based on student
readiness in light of content, process, and product. You will fully explain the strategies you will
use to differentiate the content of this lesson. Then, you will fully explain the strategies you will
use to differentiate the process of this lesson. Finally, you will fully explain the strategies you
will use to differentiate the product of this lesson. Each strategy must be supported by research
and each section should include at least one citation from the textbook and one additional peer-
