NAME ____________________________________________

Reviewing plan written by_____________________________________
 

1. Read the plan as though you were a substitute teacher. Make sure that the purposes and procedures are clear and thoroughly explained. Ask: if you were to conduct the lesson, what additional information or directions would you need.

 
2. Pay particular attention to sections labeled "discussion," "individual work," "writing," or "group work". What specific questions will be discussed? What writing done? Etc.

 
3. Using your knowledge of the context (grade. type of class. etc.—which should be clearly spelled out), anticipate how students might react to the materials, activities, and questions. How would you react if  you were a student participating in this lesson? Feed back some of the anticipated reactions to the writer.

 
4. Decide whether the activities fit the stated aims and context.

 
5. The evaluation plan should match the stated purposes, too. Ask yourself whether the writer has identified clear enough criteria to indicate whether the students have achieved the stated goals. If you don't know quite what to be looking for in students' performance when finished, elicit this information from the writer.

 
6. Consider whether the plan is consistent with principles of learning we have discussed so far. Suggest annotations the writer can make to point out the appropriateness of the plan, if necessary.

Writer: Attach this sheet to the last page of the final draft when you submit it.

  Writer's statement:

The person named above has read my plan and commented helpfully on it.

(Signed,)     __________________________

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