Lesson Planning in Backwards Planning

DO NOW 1) With a partner, on Sticky Notes, write

down 10-12 things which teachers have to plan in order for a lesson to be successful.

2) Copy these 10-12 things onto 4 sets of sticky notes (so you’ll have 40-48 notes)

“Backwards Planning” (UbD)

Select learning goalsWhat do you want students to learn by the end of the lesson or unit?

(Last Time)

Design assessment tasksHow will students demonstrate their developing mastery of those goals?

(This Time)

Develop lesson activitiesHow will you prepare students to master the goals and

succeed on the assessment task?(Next Time)

Constraints Intermediate Goals

Core Components and Organization of a Well-Organized Lesson Plan:

The HookExplorationConnection [Scaffolding]Practice/ApplicationSummary [Closure; review and

preview]

Throughout: Assessment

Core Components and Organization of a Well-Organized Lesson Plan:

The Hook

The HOOK: Connect to current events Connect to students’ lives Do something totally out of the blue that

creates bemused confusion Enable students to show off their prior

knowledge and/or skills Trick students into revealing their ignorance Get kids angry Turn the tables Be consistent Change things up…

Core Components and Organization of a Well-Organized Lesson Plan:

The HookExplorationConnection [Scaffolding]Practice/Application

Exploration/Connection/ Practice/Application:

Always — Scaffold Help students construct meaning and

purpose – and attend to the meanings/ purposes they construct!

Plan multiple routes into material

If teaching a new skill —1. Model

2. Guided practice

3. Independent practice

TSWBAT (aka Objectives)

Clear, concrete, and manageable

An Example:

By the end of class today, TSWBAT Create a lesson plan using the various

components of lesson planning presented

Adjust provided lesson plan templates to their own liking and style

Create clear, concrete, and manageable objectives to guide their lesson plans

Creating objectives

Goal: Students will be able to

explain various perspectives on the cause of the Civil War.

Students can take a stance on the “true cause” of the Civil War and articulate an argument to support their stance.

Goal: Students will be able to

explain what makes a civilization.

Using their knowledge of the components of a civilization, students will be able to analyze whether given historical groups are actually civilizations and create their own mythical civilization.

Action! (wait a minute, how do I meet these objectives?)

Actually, you already know…

In a group, brainstorm all of the different types of activities that you could imagine using in any given lesson. They could pertain to the goals and objectives from the previous slides or any other unit/course goal and the specific class objectives.