Mini-Lesson & Reflection Template

Name: Whitney Bowers

Pima Course: EDC257
Lesson Topic: How to Make Perfect
Scrambled Eggs
Number of Learners: 4

Date: 4/1/16
Instructor: Lopez
Duration of Lesson: 10-15 minutes

Description of Learners: My fianc, fatherin-law, sister-in-law, and brother-in-law (all

novice cooks)
Instructional Objective: Must use a verb that aligns with Blooms Revised Taxonomy and has
at least two parts, learning and behavior.
My learners should exhibit adequate comprehension of the steps necessary to make the
perfect scrambled eggs; they should then be able to apply this knowledge and make a
perfect batch on their own.

Anticipatory Set: Describe how you will engage students and connect to their background
knowledge. (1-2 mins)
I am going to start by saying that making breakfast is one of the most fun and satisfying
weekend activities one can learn, and ask everyone about his/her favorite breakfast
memories from childhood. Then I am going to introduce the skill of making perfect
scrambled eggsa skill that stays with you for a lifetime.

Teaching: Describe how the strategy/concept/skill will be introduced/modeled. (1-3 mins)

This lesson will take place in my kitchen. I am going to start by having all the materials
out on the countera pan, a jar of coconut oil, a stick of butter, eggs, and chives. First I
will do a complete demonstration. I will turn on the stove and add just enough coconut
oil to cover the bottom of the pan.
As the pan is getting hot, I will chop up some chives, beat 3 eggs in a small bowl with a
fork, and whip in a dollop of butter. Once the pan is very hot, I will pour in the egg
mixture and wait a couple seconds before beginning to break it up with a spatula. Once
the eggs are added, Ill toss in a handful of chopped chives. I will then continue this
process, without over-stirring, until the scrambled eggs are done.

Active Involvement: Describe what students will do in a short practice session to demonstrate
understanding. (5-8 mins)
Once I am done with my eggs (and have my students sample them), I will get a new pan
and turn over the task to one pair of students. I will have the pairs make their own eggs,
one after the other, while I oversee them and provide some guidance but without
directing them too much. The students should be able to use my method to make eggs
that are of the same or similar caliber as my own. The most important thing is that they

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do not deviate from the method I taught them to make the eggs.

Closure: Describe how you will provide an opportunity for students to share work, ideas,
review, etc. (1-2 mins)

After we clean up, the students and I will sit at the table and eat while we talk about what
went well and what didnt. Its a pretty simple task to teach, but Ill ask them if anything
went differently than they expected, and if they are satisfied with the eggs they made. We
can also discuss any ideas they might have to make the eggs better or step-up the
process next time, like adding cheese, herbs, vegetables, or anything else they think
would be good. Ill ask them to quickly review the steps that I laid out for them and ask
them if they feel that any were unnecessary or if more should be included.

Reflection:

This lesson went really well overall. I think it is definitely most successful with a
small group versus a large class due to the nature of what is being taught. I think it
worked well to have my learners watch me do a quick demonstration while explaining
what I was doing and then turning the task over to them. If the process was more
complicated or contained more steps, I probably would have made a notes sheet and
distributed it to my students so that they could reference it while they made their own
eggs. The closure was a really important part of the lesson because it allowed us to talk
about what went well and what could have been dones differently.
There were not too many challenges that needed to be addressed during this
lesson, though at one point I had to correct one of my learners for skipping one of the
steps of the process. My father-in-law didnt think it was important to preheat the pan for
a full minute or more, and this caused his eggs to stick to the pan really bad, resulting in

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a loss of almost half his eggs. So he had to restart the process and I took this time to
explain to everyone the importance of thoroughly preheating the pan before adding the
eggs. I think even this minor setback went well because I took it as an opportunity to
teach the rest of the students the importance of this particular stepI didnt want them
to think I included steps that werent important.
Besides possibly including a notes sheet, I cant think of many ways that I would
do this lesson differently in the future. One of my questions about writing objectives and
lessons is whether or not it is okay to use my own template, or if I should follow ones
that have already been written for me. This was a great learning experience for me and
I had a lot of fun teaching my students how to make the perfect scrambled eggs. It
made me excited for my teaching career and the day when I will eventually design my
own lesson plan.