1. Creating Effective Lesson Plans
August 13th, 2018
Adam Halstrom
Department of English Center for Teaching & Learning Excellence

2. Objectives By the end of this session, you should be able to:
Explain the importance of developing your own lessons plans.
Write and evaluate a learning objective appropriate for a course you plan to teach.
Design a lesson plan to incorporate a variety of teaching methods and to meet objectives.

3. Outline What is a “lesson plan” and why should I have one?
Lesson Plan Template & Alignment Grid
Learning Objectives
Active Learning
Wrap-up / Review

4. What is a “lesson plan” and why should I have one?
Effective models have four parts:
Objectives
Presentation
Practice
Assessment
Review Lesson Plan handout.

5. What is a “lesson plan” and why should I have one?
Take 1 minute to list at least TWO reasons you think lesson plans are important.
1 minute
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6. What is a “lesson plan” and why should I have one?
Group discussion.

7. Start with Learning Objectives
See Learning Objectives handout.
Every learning objective should include:
1. Conditions: how, when, where, with what.
2. Performance statement: stated with an action verb (refer to Bloom’s Taxonomy).
3. Criterion measure: defines the level of performance and product, process, or outcome.

8. Work Alone or in Pairs!
Write at least ONE learning objective for your lesson.
Focus on:
performance statement
learning level (see Bloom’s Taxonomy)
criterion measure
5 minutes
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9. Learning Objectives - Discussion
1. Conditions: how, when, where, with what. 2. Performance statement: stated with an action verb (refer to Bloom’s Taxonomy). 3. Criterion measure: defines the level of performance and product, process, or outcome. Example: By the end of our session, you will be able to write a pedagogically sound learning objective.

10. Phase II: Guided Practice & Collaboration
Phase III: Assessment
Formative; sometimes part of Phase II.
Phase II: Guided Practice & Collaboration
See Active Learning Activities handout.

11. Work in Pairs!
Pick ONE learning objective between you and your partner.
With your partner, brainstorm TWO activities that are learner-centered and engaging to target your group’s learning objective.
5 minutes
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12. Phase II: Guided Practice & Collaboration
Discussion.

13. Phase I: Presentation What teaching methods will you use? Lecture
Class Discussion
Small Groups
Active Learning
Flipped Classroom
Other ideas?

14. Reflect and Report What did you learn about creating lesson plans?
What difficulties did you encounter:
as you wrote a learning objective?
as you aligned activities to your objective?

15. Wrap-up Muddy points? Additional Resources Contact CTLE:or
Adam Halstrom