In the following pages, you will find sets of questions to consider when developing each step of your lesson plan. Below each set of questions are blank boxes to fill in the Lesson Plan Format.

A. The Topic
What is the subject matter you are teaching?  Do your students have any previous experience with this topic?  How motivated are your students to learn about this topic?  What connections can you make to the students' lives to help motivate them about the topic?

B. Your Goals and Objectives
What do students want to learn about the topic?
What do students need to learn based on the catechetical curriculum guidelines?

C. Assessment
How will you know if students have an understanding of the subject matter?
What can you give students to "show what they know?"
What are some ways in which students can present their knowledge to others?

 

The following list of methods of assessing student understanding is a start...

For Presentations, students can...

WRITE:

poems

short plays

screenplays

song lyrics

journals

diaries

memoirs

travelogue

interviews

newspaper or newsletter

letters (or email) to experts

an original advertisement

new ending for story or song

MAKE/INVENT/DESIGN/DRAW:

posters

cartoons

timelines

models

chart

map

graphs

paintings (with explanations similar to museum exhibits)

board game

concept maps

multimedia presentations

 

 

FIGURE OUT/ANALYZE

solutions to problems in your classroom or community

create simulations

collect objects in nature

a plan for a scavenger hunt

a treasure hunt (in which clues involve vocabulary from the topic)

 

 

PERFORM/PRESENT

a play

a concert

role-play lecture (such as a person from history)

a dance based on scripture

collected songs about a topic

D. Supplies/Materials
You might want to complete this section after you have planned your lessons.

 

E. Topic Introduction
How will you introduce the subject matter to students? Some examples are group discussion, watch video, read a story, brainstorm relevant questions, etc.