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Lesson plan mind map template
A lesson plan mind map that runs from the learning objective through starter, teaching, practice and plenary to homework, checks and differentiation.
Who it is for
- A teacher planning a single lesson and wanting the whole hour on one page.
- A trainee teacher writing a plan a mentor will read before an observation.
- A tutor or trainer shaping a one-off workshop for a small group.
How to use it
- Open the template and write the lesson title and class in the central topic.
- Write the objective first, then plan each stage so it moves pupils towards it.
- Add timings and resources to each stage, then export a PNG to print or a Markdown file to file away.
The outline
Every topic in the template, as it opens in the editor.
Lesson plan
- Objective
- What pupils will be able to do by the end
- How you will know they can
- Link to the last lesson
- Starter
- Five-minute retrieval quiz
- Question on the board as they arrive
- Teaching
- Key idea explained in one sentence
- Worked example on the board
- Common mistake to show and fix
- Practice
- Guided task in pairs
- Independent task, getting harder
- Extension for those who finish
- Checks
- Hinge question before moving on
- Mini whiteboards or exit ticket
- Differentiation
- Support: sentence starters, partly done examples
- Challenge: a why question or a harder case
- Plenary and homework
- Pupils explain the idea back in their own words
- Homework that practises today, due next lesson
- Resources
- Slides, handouts and equipment
- Room and timing notes
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