ABSTRACT
In this section, I describe the lesson-planning process in full. Moving from designing objectives and assessment prior to the lesson, we will now discuss the planning of the lesson itself.
I’ll begin with an overview of this planning model as a whole. It is grounded in the model of gradual release of responsibility, a framework in which the workload shifts over the course of time from the instructor to the student (Fisher and Frey 2008, 2). While this can take many different iterations (which will be discussed along the way), this will take the form of a lesson plan with three parts: direct instruction, guided practice, and independent practice (often referred to as I do, we do, you do ). Each will be described in detail in the following three chapters. Combined with an effective objective and a quality end-of-lesson assessment, these three lesson portions work together in a cohesive manner to create a lesson designed to lead to student mastery of content.
