Daily Lesson Plan Template with Standards

Understanding by Design
Teacher: Joanna Jawhari Term:
Subject: English Grade: 8th

Stage 1 – Desired Results

Content Standard(s):
 Interpret words and phrases as they are used in a text and analyze how specific word choices shape
meaning or tone.
 Read closely to determine what the text says explicitly and to make logical inferences from it; cite
specific textual evidence when writing or speaking to support conclusions drawn from the text.
 Analyze how and why individuals, events, and ideas develop and interact over the course of a text.
 Assess how point of view, perspective, or purpose shapes the content and style of a text.

Understandings: Essential Questions:

Students will understand that…

Student objectives (outcomes): Students will build relationships by…

Students will know and be able to…

Stage 2 – Assessment Evidence

Performance Task(s):
“GRASPS”
 Goal –
 Role – You are the English Teacher.
 Audience – The target audience is 8th grade students.
 Situation –
 Performance and Purpose –Standards for Success –
Self-Assessments Other Evidence (assessments)

Stage 3 – Learning Plan

Learning Activities:

Purpose: Create learning experiences and instruction that promote student understanding through the
WHERE process, as well as intentionally using Rigor, Relevance, and Relationship building in daily lesson plans.

Learning Activities:
“WHERE”

 W- Students will know where the lesson will lead to.

 W- Students will be informed of why the lesson is being taught.
 W- To know where the students are coming from,
 H- Students will be hooked by
 H- Students will be held by
 E- Students will be explore in the lesson
 Students will be equipped with
 R- Students will rethink what they learned
 E- Students will evaluate their own work

[The acronym WHERE stands for where the student is headed from the beginning to the end of the unit; hook
the student; explore the subject and equip the student; rethink work and ideas; and evaluate results.]

Day 1
Lesson Activities:

[Briefly list (in bulleted or numbered form) what students will do during class to prepare them for the
outcomes you expect of them, assessments determining these outcomes, and guided learning activities]
Materials Needed:

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