The ENGAGEMENT Phase:
This is the beginning of the lesson. The goal in this phase is to “engage” students’ minds in the learning process; to get them to start thinking about the “topic” of the lesson; to generate curiosity, interest and, perhaps, even suspense about the topic. Such engagement “hooks” students in ways that answer the question, “Why should we learn this stuff”, early in the lesson and provides motivation for students to pursue learning. This is not accomplished by announcing to the class, “Today we are going to learn about Density in chapter 5.” Rather, it is accomplished by involving students in one or more of the following activities (not an exhaustive list but just a few suggestions) as lesson starters.