The “5 E” Lesson / Unit Plan Template

Modified from http://files.solution-tree.com/pdfs/Reproducibles_MMASSN_9-12/5elessonplantemplate.pdf

Learning Informal Assessment / Checking

Developmental Progression Resources & Materials​1 Activities (Description)​2
Phase for Understanding​3
● How does this phase stimulate
curiosity?
● How does this phase activate prior
knowledge?
● What questions might students raise?
● What accommodations could be
Engage included in this phase to make
learning more accessible?

● What concept(s) will students

explore?
● What new vocabulary will students
need for this phase of the lesson?
● What accommodations could be
included in this phase to make
Explore learning more accessible?

● What connections are essential for

the student to understand?
● What new vocabulary is introduced in
this phase?
● What procedures / processes are
connected to the concept?
Explain ● What accommodations could be
included in this phase to make
learning more accessible?
 ● How is the new concept applied or
extended? How will I encourage the
use of vocabulary?
● What concepts and processes must
students understand to be successful
with this phase of the lesson?
Elaborate
● How (if at all) must the procedures be
applied or used?
● What accommodations could be
included in this phase to make
learning more accessible?

● What concept(s) [Content & Common Performance Task (formal or informal):

Core Standards] will I assess? What product are the students creating?
● What additional skills must students
have to complete this phase
successfully?
● What accommodations could be
Evaluate
included in this phase to make
learning more accessible?

Types of Interaction at each level​: Student > Student; Student > Teacher; Teacher > Student
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Resources & Materials
Key Question: What texts will students engage with during this section of the lesson?
Literature​: poetry, fiction, drama, narrative non-fiction
Informational Texts​: newspaper and magazine articles, essays, textbook articles, primary source documents, diaries / journals, etc.
Unconventional Texts​: videos, art, music, pictures, packaging, advertisements, etc.
These are suggestions; there are many more possibilities. “Text” in the Common Core era can be anything that has an implied or direct meaning, intended or not, verbal or
non-verbal.

2​
Activity Description
Key Question: What will students do during this section of the lesson? What will the teacher do?

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Informal Assessment / Checking for Understanding
Key Question: How will the teacher know what the students understand?
Ideas for Informal Assessment: