This a sample format which may be used for group
instruction. Any format followed should include: Objective, Preparation,
Procedures, Questions and Evaluation
LESSON PLAN OUTLINE
Name :____________________ Date:______________________
Grade Level:________________ Length:_______________________
Topic:
I. Objective:
Write a behavioral objective with conditions, the behavior, and criteria for
mastery. You may also use a non-behavioral objective if it is appropriate.
II. Preparation
Purpose:
The purpose of this lesson is the reason for teaching the lesson: to introduce,
to give information, to help organize information, to demonstrate knowledge,
to provide enrichment or a chance for creative application.
Materials:
List teacher references
List materials students will need
III. Procedure
A. Anticipatory Set:
You are motivating your students to want to learn this material. Link
the material to students background knowledge and experience; create a
puzzle or use an analogy to get them thinking along the lines you want to go.
Share the relevance of the lesson to students lives. Overtly link your
anticipatory set to the body of the lesson.
B. Body of the Lesson/Input:
This is the body of the lesson. You can give input in many ways: use a visual
aid, show a video, read, lead a discussion; you can give input or you can draw
it from the students or from print or media.
1. Outline and label steps in the lesson
You will outline each step you will be using to develop the lesson. If
you are following a specific strategy, your steps in the plan will match the
steps in the strategy.
Sample steps could be:
Step 1: Show and discuss visual aid.
Step 2: Complete a sample problem.
2. Content and Key Questions
Under each step indent and list the KEY questions, directions, or content
you need to present. Write the actual question when possible but remember
you are not writing a script.
Step 4: Elicit application
What else could someone do who was in the same position as Susan?
DO NOT WRITE: Ask the students what they would have done.
Give examples, model processes, demonstrate steps, and
ask questions at varied levels to help you monitor students
growth and to adjust for problems during the lesson.
Provide opportunities for guided and independent practice
C. Closure:
Closure is an opportunity to insure students have learned the main idea
of the lesson. The closure should be drawn from them. Ask them questions,
ask them to summarize steps, to do another example, to apply information in
a new situation or draw conclusions. You might make a link to the next lesson
as well.
D. Follow-up activity: Independent Practice, Enrichment or Reinforcement:
You may give students a chance to do something independently which will give
you a chance to do formative evaluation or to enable them to carry the activity
further and apply learning in a personal way. This step makes learning more
permanent. It could be an in- class activity which is completed later, a learning
center, seat work, or home work.
E. Evaluation of the lesson and the teaching process:
How will you evaluate the lesson in addition to student achievement specified
in your objective?
You will complete the evaluation after the lesson has been taught. It is a time
for you to reflect on the lesson. What were the strengths of the lesson.
What worked well? What were problem areas? How could you improve the lesson?
What could you do differently if you were to teach it again? What is an alternate
way to present the same material?
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