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a step-by-step guide to creating
a lesson plan 
Define your task
Determine the outcomes you want
to achieve. What will your students
know and/or be able to do at
the end of your lesson? Are
you following state or national
standards?
Resources:
Internet
Guide
Lesson
Plans
Study
Guides in Language Arts,
Mathematics, Science, etc.
McRel/Achieve
Standards Database
Subject
Browse
30-day
news archive
Encyclopædia
Britannica
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to:
Seek Sources of Information
Identify the state standards
addressed by your objectives.
Consider the information provided
by your textbook and teacher’s
guide. Review the section of
the text your lesson is to cover.
Consult other teachers’
lesson plans or presentations,
the encyclopedia, study guides
and the BritannicaSchool Internet
Guide.
Resources:
30-day
news archive
Journal
and magazine articles
Internet
Guide
Study
Guides in math, language
arts, and science
Merriam-Webster
Dictionary and Thesaurus
Encyclopædia
Britannica
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to:
Locate & Access the Relevant
Information
Access the sources of information
you have identified. Enter the
locations of your most useful
sources into Workspace.
Resources:
Lesson
Plan Guide
Lesson
Plan Template
Advanced
Search. You will type in
key words related to your topic.
If you’re having trouble
finding material related to
your topic go to search help.
BritannicaSchool
site map will help you see
where each source is located
and get to it quickly.
Study
Guides give a topic list
that might help you locate a
specific study guide related
to your topic.
Internet
Guide provides a searchable
database of thousands of lesson
plans in all subject areas.
Use the same key words you entered
in your advanced search to search
the Internet Guide.
Encyclopædia
Britannica. Don’t forget
the encyclopedia! Each entry
includes an index to help you
locate related topics or narrow
your search.
Merriam-Webster
Dictionary and Thesaurus.
In case you need to look up
an unfamiliar or confusing term.
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Identify Most Useful Information
Gather the information you identified
in steps 2 and 3. Carefully
read it and identify what points
and activities will contribute
to an effective lesson plan.
Resources:
Internet Guide
Lesson
Plans
Encyclopædia
Britannica
Merriam-Webster
Dictionary and Thesaurus
30-day
news archive
Study
Guides
Workspace
Note-taking
tool
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to:
Synthesize
Write your lesson plan. Identify
your objective, the content
to be covered, the materials
your students will need, and
the activities to accompany
your lesson plan. What will
students know at the end of
the lesson? In general, explain
the steps that you and your
students will take to achieve
your desired outcome. Include
a measurement system to measure
your student’s success.
Resources:
Lesson
Plan Guide
Lesson
Plan Template
Lesson
Plan Example
Research
Guide
Research
Guide Template
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Evaluate! Were You Successful
in Completing Your Task?
Evaluate the data in the assessment
method you built into your lesson
plan. Based on that data, what
will you do differently as you
prepare your next lesson plan?
In what ways could the process
be better? What were the strengths
and weaknesses of your lesson
plan?
With whom
in the class did your lesson
plan succeed and with whom did
it fail? What can you derive
from this pattern?
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