Gold Seal Lesson Template

• Instructional Focus Statements

• Student Learning

• Performance Task

• Overview and description

• Essential Skills

• Scoring Guide

• Standards

• Handouts/Attachments

Performance Task• Includes an overview and a

description.• The overview describes

– how a student is expected to demonstrate learning (understanding, knowledge and skills)

– a product, performance of extended writing– requires rigorous thinking and relevant

application– usually written in the third person describing

the learning to other educators.• The description is the teacher procedures,

including instructional strategies, and literacy strategies.

• The overview includes:– Student work that will be produced or

performed– Specific learning context– Whether group or individual– Resources students will be provided

or have to acquire– Setting where students will complete

the work– Conditions (often real-world) under

which the work will be done

The overview does not include:

Assessment. It implies but does not specify

Specific direction to the student

Specific equipment list

Homework or reading assignments

Sample Overview

Students will write a report describing how automobiles have been improved to prevent accidents. Students will work in pairs to collect reaction time data and use Internet resources. The report will include sample reaction times, explanations for stopping distances, and sample calculations using formulas.

Students will write a report describing how automobiles have been improved to prevent accidents. Students will work in pairs to collect reaction time data and use Internet resources. The report will include sample reaction times, explanations for stopping distances, and sample calculations using formulas.

Student Work

Students will write a report describing how automobiles have been improved to prevent accidents. Students will work in pairs to collect reaction time data and use Internet resources. The report will include sample reaction times, explanations for stopping distances, and sample calculations using formulas.

Student WorkSpecific Context

Students will write a report describing how automobiles have been improved to prevent accidents. Students will work in pairs to collect reaction time data and use Internet resources. The report will include sample reaction times, explanations for stopping distances, and sample calculations using formulas.

Specific ContextStudent Work

How

Students will write a report describing how automobiles have been improved to prevent accidents. Students will work in pairs to collect reaction time data and use Internet resources. The report will include sample reaction times, explanations for stopping distances, and sample calculations using formulas.

Specific ContextStudent Work

How Resources

Students will write a report describing how automobiles have been improved to prevent accidents. Students will work in pairs to collect reaction time data and use Internet resources. The report will include sample reaction times, explanations for stopping distances, and sample calculations using formulas.

Specific ContextStudent Work

How Resources Conditions

Performance Task Description

Includes steps of the lesson, instructional strategies, literacy strategies, etc.

Performance Task Activity

10th Grade Biology

Student pairs will create a field guide for identification of tree species on the high school campus in appreciation of Arbor Day. The field guide will also include photographs/detailed drawings, and accurate taxonomy information on the natural environments and information on diseases that negatively impact the trees.

Student pairs will create a field guide for identification of tree species on the high school campus in appreciation of Arbor Day. The field guide will also include photographs/detailed drawings, and accurate taxonomy information on the natural environments and information on diseases that negatively impact the trees.

Student Work

Student pairs will create a field guide for identification of tree species on the high school campus in appreciation of Arbor Day. The field guide will also include photographs/detailed drawings, and accurate taxonomy information on the natural environments and information on diseases that negatively impact the trees.

Specific ContextStudent Work

Student pairs will create a field guide for identification of tree species on the high school campus in appreciation of Arbor Day. The field guide will also include photographs/detailed drawings, and accurate taxonomy information on the natural environments and information on diseases that negatively impact the trees.

Specific ContextStudent Work

How

Student pairs will create a field guide for identification of tree species on the high school campus in appreciation of Arbor Day. The field guide will also include photographs/detailed drawings, and accurate taxonomy information on the natural environments and information on diseases that negatively impact the trees.

Specific ContextStudent Work

How Resources

Student pairs will create a field guide for identification of tree species on the high school campus in appreciation of Arbor Day. The field guide will also include photographs/detailed drawings, and accurate taxonomy information on the natural environments and information on diseases that negatively impact the trees.

Student WorkSpecific Context

How Resources Conditions

As a student, you have been asked to serve on a superintendent’s committee on school issues. Your friend’s Mom wants a book removed from your school’s library because of material she finds offensive. Research censorship and write a letter to the superintendent urging him (or her) to take a specific position. Be sure to include your reasons and the research to support your position.

Student work Context

How they will work

Resources Conditions

9th Grade English

9th Grade English

Student work Context

How they will work

Resources Conditions

As a student, you have been asked to serve on a superintendent’s committee on school issues. Your friend’s Mom wants a book removed from your school’s library because of material she finds offensive. Research censorship and write a letter to the superintendent urging him (or her) to take a specific position. Be sure to include your reasons and the research to support your position.

Rewrite the following performance task overview:9th Grade Math

Students will design a poster of a circle graph on the topic of “Healthy Snacks in Snack Machines” based on a survey of at least 100 students regarding which snacks they prefer. Make recommendations to the principal about which snacks should be put into school machines.

Your Turn!

With a partner, write an overview for a performance

task.

Share Performance Tasks

Identify student work, context, how, resources and conditions

Scoring Guide

• How will you assess student work?

• Should mirror student learning section of the lesson.

• 2 generic versions included in template.

• Use online tools, such as Rubistar

Instructional Focus Statements, Essential Skills, and State

Standards

• Copy/paste 2-3 instructional focus statements.

• Copy/paste 8-10 essential skills from English language arts, math and science.

• Copy/paste State Standards met by your lesson.

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