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effectively execute the lesson. Scaffolding boxes suggest ways to address the needs of diverse
learners at specific points in the lessons, and other notes to the teacher give insight or
required background material for the lesson.
The Instructional Shifts require that the three components of rigor be taught with equal
intensity. Although this does not mean an “equal amount of time for each component per day,”
any alternative lesson structure needs to meet the high expectations demanded by the
standards for all three components of rigor in the major work of each grade or course.
SAMple leSSon
The following lesson provides an example of one of the four lesson types described
previously, the Problem Set. This is Lesson 14 from Algebra I Module 3, titled Linear and
Exponential Models—Comparing Growth Rates.