A lesson plan is…

• …a teacher's detailed description of the

course of instruction for an individual
lesson.
• …it tells what to do, in what order to do it,
and what procedure to use in teaching the
material of a lesson.
Lesson plans answer 3
questions..
• Where are my students going (objectives)?

How are they going to get there (activities

& teaching methods & strategies)?

How will I know when they've arrived

(assessment)?
 Lesson Plan Organization:
Begin with the end in mind..
•What do you want the students to learn from this lesson?

•What standards are you meeting?

•What does the state or your district require?

•What age students are you trying to reach?

•How are you going to assess that learning?

•Once you've determined this, write a quick description and list out your objectives for the assignment.
The 6 Step Lesson Cycle
1. The lesson cycle is a way of
organizing a lesson.
2. You may read about several
“versions” and different
interpretations of the lesson
cycle.
3. Today we will examine one
lesson cycle model adapted
from the work of Madeline
Hunter.
6 + 1 Steps of The Lesson Cycle
1. Focus – motivation/
Anticipatory Set
2. Objective
3. Direct Instruction
4. Guided practice
5. Independent practice &
assessment
6. Closure
+ 1 = Required Materials &
Equipment
 1. Focus/Motivation/
Anticipatory Set
This is an activity, an item,
or event to get the students’
attention and interest and
relate the lesson to prior
learning or knowledge:

• Pictures
• Items of interest
• Stories
• Questions
 2. Objectives

• Statements of what the students will

know or be able to do at the end of
the lesson (may take more than 1
day).
• Must be clearly defined, measurable
and in line with district and/or state
educational standards.
• Use Bloom’s Taxonomy as a guide to
writing objectives.
 2. Objectives
EXAMPLES:
• By the end of the class period
the student will state and briefly
explain the steps of the “Hunter
Lesson Cycle Model.”
• The student-intern will apply or
use appropriate steps of a
Lesson Cycle when making
lesson plans for his/her host
school.
 3. Direct Instruction
This section explicitly delineates how you will present the lesson's
concepts to your students.
Teachers should use a variety of instructional strategies suited to the class
and to individual students & their learning styles and individual needs.

• Lectures – verbal explanations

• Demonstrates/models
• Uses audio-visual presentation
• Hands – on activities
• What are some others?
 3. Direct Instruction

During DI, the teacher

moves the student from
what he/she knows to what
the teacher wants him/her
to learn (i.e., the lesson
objective).
 Apply what you have learned….

• Principles of Development
• Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs/ Student Basic Needs
• Piaget’s Intellectual/Cognitive Developmental
Stages
• Gardner’s Theory of Multiple Intelligences
• Individual Learning Styles
• Various teaching methods
 3. Direct Instruction

GOAL: During D.I.

the students are
actively engaged

.
 4. Guided Practice
• Students:
- practice & apply what
they have just learned through
activities & class work.

• Teacher:
- monitors continuously
- gives immediate
feedback
- re-teaches as necessary
 5. Independent Practice &
Assessment
• Matches the objective.
• Allows the teacher to assess
the individual students’
learning.
• Allows student to demonstrate
whether or not they absorbed
the lesson's learning goals.
• Independent Practice =
Homework assignments or
other independent assignments,
• Assessment = tests, quizzes,
etc.
6. Closure
The Teacher:
• Restates the objective
• Summarizes/reviews the main
point
• Retells the importance of the
lesson
• Relates it to future learning
[Could this be done through more
questioning and answering?]
+ 1 = Required Materials &
Equipment
• supplies required
to help your
students achieve
the stated lesson
objectives.
Activity: (Guided practice) Make a moving model
of the 6 step lesson cycle

You are going to make a

pinwheel (it goes around
in a cycle – just like the
lesson plan cycle) with 1
step of the lesson cycle
on each blade.
This is particularly for the
kinesthetic learners like
your teacher.
Today you have learned the steps of the
lesson cycle

These steps are:

1. Focus – motivation (anticipatory
set)
2. State the Objective
3. Direct instruction
4. Guided practice
5. Independent practice &
assessment
6. Closure
+ 1 = required materials & equipment
You will use the steps of the lesson cycle as you
plan lessons for your classes.
 Lesson Planning
• An understanding of the lesson cycle, together
with your knowledge of developmental
information, students’ needs, multiple
intelligences, and a sensitivity to learning styles,
will help you master student instruction. Later
you will learn more about how questioning skills
and classroom management techniques, such as
time on task, impact lesson planning.
 Internet Sites
1.http://www.fac.swt.edu/bond/Block/ZNotesonTeaching

2.http://www.humbolt.edu/-tha 1/hunter-eei

3.http://www.huntington.edu/education/lessonplanning/Hunter

4.http://www.hope.edu/academic/education/w…econdary_Block_Revised/
unit4/hunter1

5.http://www.techtools.uncg.edu/techtools/program/5E