Missouri Pre-Service Teacher Assessment (MoPTA)

Lesson Plan Format

For the MoPTA, this Lesson Plan Format is an optional tool that can help a teacher
candidate develop well-planned and structured lessons. This format also can help a
teacher candidate better understand and design meaningful daily lessons that can
positively enhance his or her instructional practice and students learning. This
Lesson Plan Format is intended for use in con!unction with Tas"s #, $, and %, but
again, it is not a re&uired document.

Standards/Quality Indicators/Skills
Missouri and national standards, quality indicators, and skills addressed by
this lesson
RL.4.9.
Compare and contrast the treatment of similar themes and topics
(e.g. opposition of good and e!il" and patterns of e!ents (e.g. the
#uest" in stories myths and traditional literature from di$erent
cultures.
Learning %&'ecti!es/(oals
The lessons objectives and learning outcomes appropriate for meeting
curricular and student needs
Students )ill e*press the di$erence &et)een fantasy and reality &y
using e*amples from the &ook.
+ssessment (type,s- of assessment used throughout the lesson"
Assessment(s) before, during, and after the lesson
' will review their compare(contrast organi)er and ma"e sure they
understand the di*erence between fantasy and reality by using e+amples
from 'rmas ,andwich ,hop.
Lesson Structure and .rocedures
equence of events of the lesson elements!
(The before, during, and after the lesson, e!g!, "ngagement#$pening,
%rocedures, &uided %ractice, 'onclusion)
-eview ,tory, .elp students thin" of e+amples, .ave students /ll out
organi)er, 0o over it with them.
Instructional Strategies
Teacher approach to helping students achieve the learning objectives and
meet their needs
/iscuss 0antasy/Reality graphic organi1er )ith students &efore and
after they 2ll it out.
Learning +cti!ities
$pportunities provided for students to develop kno(ledge and skills of the
learning objectives
0antasy/Reality (raphic organi1er
Resources and 3aterials
)ist of materials used in the planning of and during the instruction of the
lesson
1oo", 0raphic organi)er
4echnology
*nstructional and#or assistive technology incorporated into the lesson to
enhance instruction and student learning
/i$erentiation/+ccommodations/3odi2cations/Increase in Rigor
To help meet the needs of all learners, learning di+erences, cultural and
language di+erences, etc!
2iscussion with students
Classroom 3anagement
trategies consistent (ith the learning needs of the lesson that also meet
student behavior needs to help keep students on task and actively engaged
,mall group so easy to manage
5*tensions
Activities for early ,nishers that e-tend students understanding of and
thinking about the learning objectives by applying their ne( kno(ledge in a
di+erent (ay
0ollo)6up to 4oday7s Lesson
.uick activity for revie( or building on todays learning that (ill deepen
student understanding and interconnect concepts (may be incorporated
tomorro( or throughout the unit)
+dditional Information
Any area or lesson component that may not have been covered by this
format that you think is vital to include in this lesson
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