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This page collects twelve example briefs for lesson plans, from phonics and science to history, Spanish and statistics, across elementary, middle school, high school and college. Try it opens a brief in the generator, where you choose the format. A sample plan, written by hand to show the format, shows what goes in each section. Generated plans vary with the brief and always need a teacher's review.

Example briefs
12, in 4 grade bands
Sample plan
Grade 3 math, written by hand to show the format
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5 to 400 words

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Sample lesson plan: Grade 3 math, equal groups

This example was written by hand to show the parts of a plan in the plain-text style the generator uses. It is not a generated output, and your plans will differ with your brief.

  • Lesson overview: Grade 3 math, 45 minutes, introduction to multiplication as equal groups
  • Objective: students will be able to write a multiplication sentence for a picture of equal groups
  • Success criteria: I can find the number of groups and the number in each group; I can write it as 3 × 4 = 12
  • Materials: counters, paper plates and mini whiteboards
  • Warm-up (5 min): skip-count by 2s, 5s and 10s together
  • I do (10 min): model 3 plates of 4 counters; say and write 3 groups of 4, 3 × 4 = 12
  • We do (10 min): pairs build the groups the teacher calls out and write each sentence on whiteboards
  • You do (15 min): match six pictures to multiplication sentences, then draw one of your own
  • Closure and exit ticket (5 min): draw 2 groups of 5 and write the multiplication sentence (answer: 2 × 5 = 10)
  • Differentiation: counters and a sentence frame for support, arrays for extension, and a picture card for group, each and total for multilingual learners

What separates a strong lesson plan from a weak one

Strong lesson plans tend to share a few habits: the objective names what students will do, not what the teacher will cover; the assessment checks that objective; every part has its minutes; and differentiation names concrete actions instead of support as needed.

Use those four checks on any plan, from a colleague, a template or the generator, before you teach it.

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Elementary

  • Grade 1 phonics: short vowels

    Grade 1 phonics, 30 minutes: short vowel sounds a, e, i, o and u in CVC words. Students sort picture cards by vowel sound and read eight decodable words aloud. Include a quick game and a check for each student.

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  • Grade 3 science: plant life cycle

    Grade 3 science, 45 minutes: the life cycle of a flowering plant from seed to seed. Students sequence picture cards, label the stages and explain what a plant needs at each one. We have bean seeds and clear cups.

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  • Grade 5 social studies: branches of government

    Grade 5 social studies, 45 minutes: the three branches of the US government and checks and balances. Students sort job cards into legislative, executive and judicial, then explain one check with an example.

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Middle school

  • Grade 6 math: area of triangles

    Grade 6 math, 50 minutes: finding the area of triangles by relating them to rectangles and parallelograms. Students cut paper shapes to discover the formula, then solve six problems, including one word problem.

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  • Grade 7 English: theme in a short story

    Grade 7 English, 50 minutes: identifying the theme of a short story and supporting it with evidence. Students work in pairs on a story the class has read, then write a theme statement with two quotations.

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  • Grade 8 science: physical and chemical changes

    Grade 8 science, 55 minutes: telling physical changes from chemical changes. Stations with melting ice, baking soda and vinegar, photos of rusting nails, and cutting paper. Students record evidence and classify each change.

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High school

  • Grade 9 biology: cell organelles

    Grade 9 biology, 50 minutes: the main organelles of animal and plant cells and what each does. Students build an analogy of a cell as a city, then compare plant and animal cells. Include a short quiz with answers.

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  • Grade 10 Spanish: preterite and imperfect

    Grade 10 Spanish, 50 minutes: when to use the preterite and the imperfect. Students sort sentences from a short story, then write about a childhood memory using both tenses. Class instructions mostly in Spanish.

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  • Grade 11 US history: the New Deal

    Grade 11 US history, 55 minutes: evaluating the New Deal. Students analyze relief, recovery and reform programs in groups and debate which had the most lasting impact, using evidence.

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College

  • Intro psychology: classical conditioning

    Introductory psychology, 75-minute college session: classical conditioning. Cover Pavlov's experiments, the key terms and everyday examples, with a short think-pair-share and an application problem about advertising.

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  • First-year writing: thesis statements

    First-year college writing, 50 minutes: writing an arguable thesis statement. Students revise weak examples in pairs, then draft a thesis for their next essay and give each other feedback with a checklist.

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  • Intro statistics: sampling bias

    Introductory statistics, 50-minute college class: types of sampling bias. Students critique four survey designs, name the bias in each and redesign one survey. Include a short exit question.

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Lesson plan examples FAQ

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Yes. The example briefs and the sample plan are free to read, copy and adapt. Generating a plan from a brief uses purchased credits: 10 credits per plan.

Was the sample plan written by AI?

No. It was written by hand to show the format and the parts of a plan. Generated plans follow the same structure, but their content depends on your brief.

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