Lesson Plan

Outstanding

4 points

Satisfactory

3 points

Emerging

2 points

Unsatisfactory

1 point

Incomplete

0 points

Planning: The lesson plan shows a clear understanding of timing, information, and materials needed. It offers a complete view of what will be discussed, how it will be discussed, the pace for the discussion, and the audience.

The plan illustrates a clear understanding of pacing, arrangement, audience, and materials needed. It illustrates an advanced understanding of how the material could be best presented.

The plan illustrates a clear understanding of pacing, arrangement, audience, and materials needed. However, it only illustrates a moderate understanding of how the material might best be presented.

The plan sometimes illustrates a clear understanding of pacing, arrangement, audience, and/ or background materials needed. However, it illustrates a lower level understanding of how the material might best be presented.

The plan is not clear, so it is difficult to tell if the teacher has a clear understanding of pacing, arrangement, audience, and/or background material needed. It illustrates a lower level understanding of how the material should be presented

Incomplete

Context:The assignment should be clearly connected with the text. It should illustrate a firm grasp of the ideas within the text and the relationships between the characters and their world. It also shows a clear understanding of the work in relation to it

This assignment illustrates an understanding of the context both within the text and outside the text at an advanced level.

This assignment illustrates an understanding of the context both with in the text and outside the text, but it sometimes fails to make key connections associated with the context.

This assignment only occasionally illustrates an understanding of the context, and it doesn’t make key connections associated with the context.

This assignment does not consider the context of the text. Or, the contextual information is incorrect.

Incomplete

Development:The assignment should illustrate careful development of ideas. It should include topics that are supported by sufficient evidence to support the main idea. Each idea in the assignment should be related to a clear objective for the lesson plan.

The assignment develops ideas carefully and the ideas presented are supported with sufficient evidence. Development is performed at an advanced level.

The assignment illustrates an understanding of development and often ideas are developed appropriately, but the development lapses in places leaving holes in the logic.

The assignment illustrates a moderate understanding of development but does not develop ideas consistently and often leaves holes in the logic.

The assignment is not developed properly. Ideas are not explained thoroughly and there are lapse in logic.

Incomplete

Arrangement: This assignment should illustrate consideration of idea order. Ideas should be arranged in a manner that logically prepares the audience for the ideas that will follow. Movement between ideas should be steady and easily followed.

This assignment is arranged appropriately. One idea follows into the next in a logical manner and arrangement reflects an advanced understanding of structure.

This assignment is often arranged appropriately, but sometimes there are lapses in movement between one idea and the next causing the development of ideas to seem unsteady.

The assignment is sometimes arranged appropriately, but there are often lapses in movement between ideas causing severe breaks in the train of thought.

This assignment is not arranged appropriately. The ideas seem disconnected and it jumps from one idea to the next without preparation.

Incomplete

Source Incorporation:This assignment should include references to outside sources. They should reflect the best available information on the subject and should be used wisely though out to support ideas. The sources should also be cited appropriately.

This assignment presents sources appropriately. The sources are well chosen and used to support the ideas at an advanced level. They are cited appropriately throughout.

The assignment presents sources appropriately. The sources are well chosen, and used to support the ideas, but they are not well chosen. They are cited appropriately throughout.

The assignment presents sources, but they are not presented appropriately. The sources are sometimes well chosen, but they are not always used to the best advantage. The sources are mostly cited appropriately.

The assignment presents sources, but they are not presented appropriately. The sources are not well chosen and they are not used in an effective manner. The sources are not cited appropriately.

Incomplete

Overall Score

Level 5

18 or more

Level 4

14 or more

Level 3

6 or more

Level 2

1 or more

Level 1

0 or more

This assignment is outstanding.  It largely reflects skillful completion of the project and high order thinking.  It is an exceptional representation of the requirements of the assignment.

This assignment is satisfactory. It reflects satisfactory work on the assignment and is generally more competent and skillfully constructed than emerging work.  

This assignment is emerging.  It meets some of the expectations for the project, but in some areas the material presented may be emerging, unsatisfactory or incomplete.

This assignment was missing several key elements and the material submitted is either unsatisfactory or incomplete.

This assignment is incomplete, either because it was not submitted or because it was plagiarized.