Taylor’s AHA! Analyzing Human Activities
Differentiated Curriculum Lesson Plan for Mastery Learning
Curriculum Design for Excellence, Inc. ©
AHA! #
LESSON PLAN UNIT TITLE: Week of
State / District Curriculum Alignment: PUPIL PERFORMANCE STANDARDS / OUTCOMES
1. STANDARD / BENCHMARK / OUTCOME:
2. ESSENTIAL QUESTION / UNIVERSAL THEME:
Assigned Text / Database:
Multi-Media / Films / Web Sites:
Math / Science / Humanities Link:
Other Readings / Assignments:
Resource Teachers / Speakers:
Multicultural / ESL / Bilingual Link:
Career / Technical Link:
1. Anchoring Activity / Anticipatory Set: ______
Brainstorming: AHA! #______
Viewpoint: AHA! #______
KNOWLEDGE: AHA! #_____ Hardware / Software Needed
(Scaffold I / Tier I)
Time Needed Presentation/Direct Instruction Time Textbook Pages
Short-term / Formative Assessment / RTI
JOURNAL ASSIGNMENT:
HOME LINK:
2. Involvement: AHA! # ______
Conscious Self-Deceit: AHA! # ______
COMPREHENSION: Hardware / Software needed
(Scaffold I / Tier I)
Time Needed Presentation/Direct Instruction Time Textbook Pages
Homework & Guided Practice: ______
Short-term / Cumulative Assessment (Diagnostic RTI)
3. Anchoring Activity / Anticipatory Set ______
Forced Association / Metaphoric Reasoning: AHA! #
APPLICATION: Hardware / Software needed
(Scaffold II / Tier II)
Student Cooperative Learning / Constructivist Product:
Time Needed Presentation/Direct Instruction Time Textbook Pages
Short-term / Formative Assessment / Rubric for Product
4. Anchoring Activity / Anticipatory Set: ______
Reorganization / Synectics: AHA! # ______
HIGHER ORDER THINKING SKILLS (HOTS): Hardware / Software needed
(Scaffold III / Tier III)
Student Product: Cooperative Team and/or Individual
Summative / Formal Assessment
5. Moral / Ethical / Philosophical Dilemma: AHA! # ______
6. I-Search / Independent Projects (See AHA! I-Search Format):
(Use in place of teacher anchoring activity and/or at the beginning or end of the lesson)