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Writing an Effective Lesson Plan:  Quick and Dirty Lesson Plan

Elements of the Hunter Model
1.  Identifying Data
2.  Planning
3.  Standard (TEKS)
4.  Objective(s)
5.  Purpose
6.  Materials
7.  Anticipatory Set
8.  Teaching
        Input
         Modeling
         Checking for Understanding
                  Questioning Strategies
9.  Guided Practice
10. Independent Practice
11. Closure
11. Assessment
12. Reflection
13. Planning

1.  IDENTIFYING DATA
TITLE OF LESSON PLAN
GRADE LEVEL(S) (NOTE:  THIS MAY BE APPROPRIATE FOR MULTIPLE LEVELS)
CONTENT AREA  (NOTE:  THIS COULD BE IN MORE THAN ONE AREA).
STANDARD*  (NOTE:  IN TEXAS THAT WOULD BE FROM TEKS. AT THE COLLEGE LEVEL IT IS FROM THE PPR).
LENGTH (NOTE:  THIS MAY BE IN MINUTES OR CLASS SESSIONS).

EXAMPLE
TITLE:  HunterŐs Down and Dirty Lesson Plan
GRADE LEVEL:   Freshman Level:  Introductory
CONTENT AREA:  Pedagogy and Professional Responsibilities (PPR) TExES
STANDARD:  TPPR Competency 3
The beginning teacher understands procedure for designing effective and coherent instruction and assessment based on appropriate learning goals and objectives.
LENGTH:  Three class sessions

2. PLANNING
AN OUTLINE OF DIRECT INSTRUCTION

1. Before the lesson is prepared, the teacher should have a clear idea of what the teaching objectives are.
What, specifically, should the student be able to do, understand, care about as a result of the teaching. informal.
Bloom's Taxonomy of Educational Objectives gives an idea of the terms used in an instructional objective. 

2. The teacher needs to know what standards of performance are to be expected and when pupils will be held accountable for what is expected.
The pupils should be informed about the standards of performance.
Standards: an explanation of the type of lesson to be presented, procedures to be followed, and behavioral expectations related to it, what the students are expected to do, what knowledge or skills are to be demonstrated and in what manner.

3.  STANDARD
What is the state standard (TEKS in public schools; PPR in higher education)?

EXAMPLE:
TPPR Competency 3
The beginning teacher understands procedure for designing effective and coherent instruction and assessment based on appropriate learning goals and objectives.

4.  OBJECTIVE

This tells the student what (s)he should be able to do when the lesson is completed.
EXAMPLE:  Upon completion of this lesson, the learner will be able to write a comprehensive lesson plan using the Hunter Model.

5.  PURPOSE
This tells the student the purpose of this lesson and why it is important for him to learn it.
EXAMPLE:  Teachers need to be able to write comprehensive, purposeful lesson plans.

6
.  MATERIALS: What is going to be needed to teach this lesson?
EXAMPLE
Handouts from webpage
Computer with Power Point
Projector
Textbooks
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