Cobb County Gifted Endorsement Program

Plan Template
This template is designed to help organize your work. For each lesson you will incorporate a specific strategy that will expand
the learning of the gifted and advanced student. Reminder: POST this Template on Black Board when completed.

Lesson Title:
Author:
Expected Time Frame:

Unit Title:
School:

Course/Grade Level:
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Problem Based Learning

Part 1: Overview
Detailed Overview/Summary of the PBL

Standard(s): Use standards provided in the STANDARDS

document. Include ALL standards that you will be addressing
and evaluating in this lesson.

Essential Question(s) or Objectives

Grouping
Flexible Grouping/Independent
Explain your rationale

What Will Students Learn?

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What Will Students Do?

Assessment Plan
(formative and/or
summative)
Should directly relate to the
verbs and vocabulary in the
standard; include a balanced
assessment- constructed
response, informal
assessment, performance
task, selected response.
Include how students
understanding will be
assessed throughout the
lesson.

Resources (List all

resources)

Cobb County Gifted Endorsement Program

Plan Template
This template is designed to help organize your work. For each lesson you will incorporate a specific strategy that will expand
the learning of the gifted and advanced student. Reminder: POST this Template on Black Board when completed.

Part Two: Choose one to complete (Rigor/Relevance Framework or Depth of

Knowledge)
Rigor/Relevance Framework
Identify instructional planning/strategies used and
modifications made for gifted and advanced learners.
(Include the verb and description.)
Quadrant A: Teacher focused work

Quadrant B:

Student emphasis on real-world work

Quadrant C:

Student thinking in complex ways

(analyze compare, create, evaluate)

Quadrant B:

Student thinking and working

(understand and conceptualize)

Depth of Knowledge
Depth of Knowledge
Level 1- Recall and Reproduction

Identify and explain the level used.

Recall a fact, information, or procedure. Process information low

level.

Level 2- Skills and Concepts

Use information or conceptual knowledge, two or more steps

Level 3 Short-term Strategic Thinking

Requires reasoning, developing a plan or a sequence of steps,
some complexity.

Level 4 Extended Thinking

Requires an investigation, time to think and process multiple

conditions of the problem.

Part Three: Revised Blooms

Blooms Level
Apply
Analyze
Evaluate
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Clearly identify strategies used and modifications made for gifted and
talented learners. (Use the higher levels.)

Cobb County Gifted Endorsement Program

Plan Template
This template is designed to help organize your work. For each lesson you will incorporate a specific strategy that will expand
the learning of the gifted and advanced student. Reminder: POST this Template on Black Board when completed.

Create

Part Four: Using the Evaluation Checklist, thoroughly reflect on the design of your
Problem Based Lesson. Discuss with your mentor and make revisions. POST your
Checklist on Blackboard.
Part Five: Create a multimedia presentation to present your PBL lesson to your peers
at the FINAL face to face meeting at the end of Course 2. POST (on Blackboard) your
presentation or a document with a link.

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