Columbia College
Lesson Plan Template –Direct instruction Model
Teacher:
Subject Area:
Lesson Plan Title:
Objective(s):
Anticipatory Set: (List specific statements and/or activities you will use to focus students on the lesson for the day.)
Purpose: (For the student’s benefit, justify/explain why this lesson needs to be learned.)
Input: (What information is essential for the student to know before beginning the lesson? Detail how this will be communicated.)
Model: (Describe how you will be modeling essential skills/information.)
Check for Understanding: (Identify strategies to be used to determine if students have learned the objectives. A rubric may be substituted for the Check for Understanding.
Guided Practice: (List all activities which will be used to guide students’ practice and provide a time frame for completing the practice.)
Closure: (How will you bring the day’s lesson to an end. Are there provisions for review or evaluation?)
Independent Practice: (List small group or center activities, homework/seatwork assignments to be sure that students have mastered the objectives without teacher guidance.)