Standard #7: The teacher plans instruction that supports every student in meeting rigorous learning goals by drawing upon knowledge of content areas, curriculum, cross-disciplinary skills, and pedagogy, as well as knowledge of learners and the community context.
Rationale: The following lesson plan was designed for one of my guitar classes during student teaching. The lesson is based on relevant SOLs, and uses multiple different strategies to introduce content. The instructional strategies included in this lesson were selected based on knowledge of specific learner needs in conjunction with content to be taught.