Lesson Plan

The 7Es of Lesson Planning

 The 7es was an extension of the 5E Constructivist learning

 The 7 Es stand for the following. Elicit, Engage, Explore, Explain, Elaborate,
Extend and Evaluate
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 “Elicit”.
 The activities in this section will evoke or draw out prior
concepts or prior experiences from the students
 Here you can find out what the students know (prior
knowledge). This can be done in a variety of ways, such as
“Quick Quizzes, MCQs, Post-it notes, mini whiteboards etc. This is
also a good opportunity to deal with students misconceptions
or test material that you have visited previously that is needed
to understand the lesson.
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 “Engage”
 The activities in this section will stimulate their thinking and help
them access and connect prior knowledge as a jumpstart to
the present lesson.
 In this stage you want to engage interest and curiosity, raise
“The BIG questions” and introduce new learning through
teacher explanation modelling.
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 “Explore”
 In this section, students will be given time to think, plan,
investigate, and organize collected information; or the
performance of the planned/prepared activities from the
students’ manual with data gathering with Guide Questions
 Learners should be given opportunities to work together
following the initial teacher input to solve/explore problems,
building concepts through first hand experience.
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 “Explore”
 This stage is independent of you, their teacher but may
involve scaffolds depending on the complexity of the task).
As the teacher, you should set up the task, but then become
the facilitator, helping students by asking questions and
observing.
 Learners may undertake some practical investigative work to
answer the big question. Depending on the group and to
reduce cognitive load you might break up the practical
guidance into several steps.
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 “Explain”
 (In this section, students will be involved in an analysis of their
exploration. Their understanding is clarified and modified
because of reflective activities)/Analysis of the gathered data
and results and be able to answer the Guide Questions leading
to the focus concept or topic for the day.)
 During this stage use what students had discovered to help
them build the concept/knowledge further. This would involved
checking and asking questions. Using their knowledge gained
from experience to develop the concepts further.
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 “Explain”
 The teacher would draw out the findings from the activity and
ask students to compare findings/predictions. Using deep
questioning and also explanation/modelling the teacher builds
the explanation around the concept.
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 “Elaborate”
 (This section will give students the opportunity to expand and
solidify/concretize their understanding of the concept and/or
apply it to a real-world situation)
 the stage that will be KEY in assessing their progress, knowledge
and understanding.
 Students may work independently during this stage to
demonstrate learning. This is where students formalize and
apply their learning.
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 “Elaborate”
 At this stage the scaffolds are removed. Students would be
involved in independent practice.
 The students would now answer the big question using the
concepts learned in the earlier activities.
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 “Extend”
 This section gives situation that explains the topic in a new
context, or integrate it to another discipline/societal concern)
 In this stage you are encouraging the students to apply or
extend the concepts and skills in new situations.
 Students make connections not just in the subject/ideas studied
but also beyond it. They are able to apply ideas/generalize and
transfer principles.
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 “Evaluate”
 (This section will provide opportunities for concept check test
items and answer key which are aligned to the learning
objectives – content and performance standards and address
misconceptions- if any)
 While it is expected that evaluation will continue throughout the
process, the evaluate section is the section where you the
teacher evaluate the learning that has occurred.
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 “Evaluate”
 This might involve peer/self assessment or marking. It might
involve questioning or quick low stage quizzing to establish
understanding of the concepts.
 This should also include self-reflection and evaluation from the
student.
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