WVABE Comprehensive Lesson Plan Rubric
Instructor:
Rater:
Directions: Use this checklist to analyze written lesson plans and/or to observe a lesson in a classroom. Indicate for each Lesson Component if the plan
Met Expectation (Y) or Did Not Meet Expectation (N) or if the item was Not Applicable (N/A) because it was not observable by the rater.
Lesson
Component
Expectation
Meaningful Topic was relevant to adult
Topic learners.
Stated Next Gen and/or
Standards Common Core standards
were addressed.
Depth of Knowledge (DOK)
Depth of was correctly identified and
Knowledge lesson involved at least one
Lesson Basics
DOK Level 3 or 4 activity.
An essential question that
was meaningful and relevant
Essential to adult learners framed the
Question central idea of the lesson and
was adequately addressed by
the lesson activities.
The objectives were designed
to answer the essential
question and clearly stated
what students would be able
Objectives
to do at the end of the lesson
(versus what the teacher
would do or what the students
should know).
Lesson Topic:
Met
Expectation
Topic was relevant for adults.
Standards were stated
(including reference number)
and matched objectives and
activities.
Selected DOK levels matched
activities.
At least one DOK level 3 or 4
activity was included in the
lesson.
Stated question was
meaningful and relevant for
adults.
Lesson activities addressed
aspects of the question.
Objectives addressed the
essential question and
matched what was taught and
assessed.
Objectives included active
verbs that defined what
students would be able do.
Date:
Did Not Meet Met?
Notes
Expectation Y/N or N/A
Topic was missing or not
relevant.
Standards were missing or
not addressed adequately
in the activities.
DOK levels were not
indicated or misidentified.
Only DOK level 1 or 2
activities were included in
the lesson.
Question was missing or
not relevant.
Lesson activities did not
address the given question.
Objectives were missing,
not relevant, or did not
match what was taught or
assessed.
Objectives were missing or
did not define what
students would be able to
do.
 Lesson Met Did Not Meet Met?
Component
Expectation Notes
Expectation Expectation Y/N or N/A

Required A variety of audio/visual Necessary resources were Some necessary items

Materials/ materials were identified and identified in the plan and their were not identified or their
Equipment/ were used to support the use specified in the activities. use was not specified.
Technology/ lesson allowing students to Resources were identified
Community acquire information/skills via a There was no variety in the
that addressed more than
Resources variety of modalities. type of resources identified.
one type of modality.

Appropriate pre-requisite Appropriate pre-requisite

Pre-requisite skills were skills were identified. skills were not identified.
Prior
identified that matched the
Knowledge/
lesson content and the skills
Lesson Basics

Connections Students had the pre- Students were unable to

of students in the group. requisite skills needed to perform activities due to
perform the activities lack of pre-requisite skills.
Necessary vocabulary was Necessary vocabulary was
identified for each part of the not identified for some parts
Required vocabulary was
Required lesson of the lesson.
identified and taught for each
Vocabulary The Activity Plan indicated There was no indication of
part of the lesson.
how the vocabulary was how the vocabulary was
introduced and taught. introduced and taught.
A variety of techniques/
methods were identified that More than one instructional Only one or no instructional
were appropriate to the method was identified and methods were identified
learning objectives and used in the lesson. and used in the lesson.
Instructional
allowed students to acquire
Methods
information/skills via a variety
of contexts. The chosen Methods matched the Methods were inappropriate
techniques were appropriate purpose of each activity. for the activities.
for the learning activities.
 Lesson
Component
Expectation
Lesson started with a warm-
up activity that helped
Warm-up/
students review any previous
Review/
instruction and make
Make
connections to what they
Connections
already knew or believed
about the new topic.
The essential question and
the content of the lesson were
Introduction to
introduced. A clear
Content/
explanation of the objectives
Explanation
and their relationship to the
Lesson Activity Plan
essential question was given.
Concepts were communicated
Presentation/ in multi-sensory ways. Direct
Model the explicit instruction was
Learning provided. The instructor
Process clearly described steps while
modeling the tasks.
Scaffolded/ The instructor broke skills
Guided down into learnable parts and
Concrete provided constructive
Practice feedback.
Met
Expectation
Provided an activity which
activated prior knowledge by
reviewing previous learning.
Made connections to previous
experiences.
Introduced essential question.
Gave clear explanations of
objective and purpose of
activities.
Discussed context and
rationale for the lesson.
Communicated the lesson
content using a variety of
multi-sensory methods.
Demonstrated and explained
steps while students
observed.
Modeled strategies by
doing—correctly, clearly, and
concisely using “think aloud.”
Introduced structured
activities that allowed
students to practice skills
clustered into increasingly
larger chunks.
Provided guidance and
constructive feedback while
students were working on the
activities.
Did Not Meet Met?
Notes
Expectation Y/N or N/A
Activity was missing or did
not review previous
learning.
Activity was missing or did
not connect students to
their own experiences.
Essential question was not
introduced.
Objectives were not
explained adequately.
Rationale for the lesson
was not addressed.
The lesson content was
conveyed using only one
modality or was not
conveyed adequately.
No modeling occurred or
the steps were not
adequately explained.
No modeling done or it was
not done adequately.
Activities were not
structured to offer
increasingly difficult tasks.
Feedback was not
constructive or not offered
while students were
engaged in practicing skills.
 Lesson Met Did Not Meet Met?
Component
Expectation Notes
Expectation Expectation Y/N or N/A

No grouping strategies
Effectively organized students
were employed that
into differentiated groups
effectively allowed for
and/or created an interactive
differentiation and/or
setting.
Communicative/ interaction.
New skills were practiced Students were not given the
Collaborative Set up tasks that required
allowing student interaction opportunity to interact and
Concrete participants to communicate
and cooperation. operate in pairs or small
Practice and collaborate.
groups.
The instructor did not
Monitored students' use of
effectively monitor groups
skills during activities.
during activities.
Lesson Activity Plan

Provided the opportunity to

work independently (either No individual work was
Independent within the class or as a class assigned.
New skills were practiced by
Concrete assignment).
individuals that could transfer
Practice/ The application tasks Tasks were absent or
to a real world setting.
Application approximated the demands of purely skill-based without
tasks adult students would connections to real world
need to perform in real-life. applications.
Designed assessments that No assessment activity was
Assessment activities provided the opportunity to provided or it did not
measured student application demonstrate mastery of the measure was practiced and
of objectives taught in the skills taught in the lesson. taught.
Assessment
lesson and the instructor
Provided immediate, positive, Instructor gave no feedback
provided feedback following
and corrective feedback or did not provide effective
assessment.
regarding the assessment. feedback.
Class reviewed lesson
objectives and revisited the
Wrap-up/ Provided the opportunity for The instructor summarized
essential question. Students
Concluding students to recap what was the lesson or no wrap-up
(rather than the instructor)
Activity taught and learned. occurred.
were encouraged to reflect on
and summarize the lesson.
After delivering the lesson, the Reflected on the success of Did not reflect on the
Follow-up

instructor commented on the lesson. success of the lesson.

Instructor success of lesson and any
Reflection changes to be made when
using the lesson again in Noted changes to be Did not identify any future
other contexts. addressed in future lessons. modifications.
Note: There is a total of 36 possible items. Raters who do not observe an item, Total Yes Percent
/ %
should not count it into the total rated when determining the percent. of Total Rated Yes