Backward Design Lesson Plan Template

Name Jack Marshall

Subject _English_Creative Writing

Grade level

11/12

Lesson title Showing, not Telling

Step 1Desired Results
Standards, benchmarks, other objectives as needed (e.g., IEP)What should students know, understand, and be able
to do as a result of the lesson?
W.11.7.3.3
Following completion of this lesson, students will understand the concept of Show, dont Tell and its use
in creative writing. Students will be able to express and demonstrate their aptitude orally and in writing.

Step 2Assessment Evidence

Performance taskWhat will students do to show what they have learned?
Performance criteriaHow good is good enough to meet standards?
Given writing prompts, eleventh and twelfth grade students will demonstrate their abilities to Show, not
Tell in a creative writing situation. Students will give information about the setting, characters, etc.
through explanation rather than telling the reader the full story.

Step 3Learning Plan

Learning activities (step by step from start to finish, detailed enough for another teacher to follow)
Video will be made. Students will demonstrate in class their abilities to use the Show, dont Tell style of
writing. Prompts will be made for students. Video will consist of an explanation of Show, dont Tell,
then will consist of examples of bad writing followed by good writing.