Day 1 Lesson Plan: Object-Oriented Programming

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(Mr. McKinney, Fall 2015)

Outline of Lesson Plan for Day 1: (Unit on Object-Oriented Programming)


Students will understand Object-Oriented Thinking.

Class plays the "Blindfold Game."

Class discusses the Blindfold Game in the context of Object-Oriented Thinking.

Class plays the "Card Game."

Class discusses the Card Game in the context of Object-Oriented Thinking.

Class plays the "Snake Game."

Class discusses the Snake Game in the context of Object-Oriented Thinking.

Students turn in their Vocabulary RWAT Sheet for grading by teacher.

Begin Day 1 Lesson Plan:

Our objective today is to understand "Object-Oriented Thinking" for the purpose of computer programming.

The class plays the "Blindfold Game." A student volunteers to be the blindfolded person and selects a friend to assist them for safety purposes. The blindfolded person stands outside the door of the classroom while students place a variety of objects (provided by the teacher) at the front of the classroom. When the blindfolded person enters the room she/he will rely on hints from the other students to identify, and avoid colliding with, the various objects as they walk across to the opposite side of the room. (For example, students might warn the blindfolded student that there is an object that begins with the letter "c" that is located directly in front of their current path.

Students work in pairs to complete Vocabulary RWAT Sheet for Object-Oriented Thinking.

We are now going to work in pairs (with the person next to you) to complete our vocabulary sheet for today. Each student will complete the vocabulary sheet and submit it to the teacher.


Vocabulary RWAT Sheet for Object-Oriented Thinking

(Please define or answer each of the following using one or two complete sentences.)

Noun:

Object:

Adjective:

Property (Characteristic):

Verb:

Function (Method):

Adverb:

Classification:

Class:

Object-Oriented Thinking:

Compare and contrast "hardware" and "software."

End of Vocabulary


Be sure to turn in your vocabulary sheets for grading before leaving the classroom today.

Students turn in their vocabulary for grading by teacher.

End of Day 1 Lesson Plan


T. McKinney
(Fall, 2015)