This document outlines an instructional presentation on writing objectives for lesson plans. It includes: - An overview of instructional system design (ISD) and its role in developing lesson plans. - A discussion of how to write SMART goals and learning objectives using Bloom's Taxonomy, including the ABCD method of specifying the Audience, Behavior, Condition, and Degree. - Examples of well-written and poorly written objectives. - An activity where participants work in pairs to write their own objective for a lesson using the guidelines discussed.

1. Part 1: How To Write Objectives (This Presentation)
Part 2: Lesson Plan Design (additional Presentation)
Part 3: Write Your Own Lesson Plan (additional
Presentation)
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3. 1. Blooms Taxonomy
Handout
2. Slideshare or Power Point
in Blackboard Lesson Plan
Project: Lesson Plan Part 1
3. MS Word
4. Circles of Innovation
website:
http://circlesofinnovation.v
alenciacollege.edu/2016/01/
30/power-presentations/
Make sure to have
these items with
you and pulled up
on the computer
as we work
together through
the activities!
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5. • What is ISD?
• SMART Goals
• What’s the Objective?
• ABCD Method of Objective Writing
• Write your own Objective
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7.  The process of how instructional materials are developed,
delivered and the philosophy on which the process is
undertaken.
 A process, a discipline, a science, a reality, system, a
technology and as a development.
 Many instructional Design Models
 A way to design lessons that include:
 writing Objectives,
 designing the lesson plan and
 facilitating the Lesson
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Lott, L. L., McNeese, P., Thomas, E. L. & Weeks, D. F. (2013). ePub EME 2040. Retrieved
from http://faculty.valenciacollege.edu/ePub/eme2040b/

8. Specific
Measurable
Agreed upon
Realistic
Timely
Use SMART to make sure you have
designed a measurable objective. Let’s
see how to do just that…..
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9. NOT SMART
 I want to lose 100 pounds.
 I will go to Maine sometime
this year.
 I will try to do my
homework on time so I can
earn an A.
SMART
 I will go to the gym with my
friend at least 3 days each
week for 6 months.
 On March 27, 2017, I will
drive from Orlando to
Maine via US HWY 95 in 2
days.
 I will complete my
homework on Tuesday
evenings at 6:00pm.
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10. “What’s the Objective?”
Click on picture to watch video (3 min)
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11.  Have you witnessed teachers you are observing writing
objectives on the board?
 How important do you (a future teacher) think it is for
students to know what you want them to be able to do when
they finish the lesson/activity?
 If they don’t know where they need to go, how will they be able
to get there?
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12.  Tells student what they will learn when they FINISH,
COMPLETE the lesson
 What the student will do, NOT what the Teacher will do!
 Should be SMART: Specific, Measurable, Agreed upon,
Realistic, and Timely
 Should contain the following in the Objective: Audience,
Behavior, Condition, Degree
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13. A for Audience
 Who is your audience?
 For this Objective, it is your students.
 Have you stated this in your Objective?
EXAMPLES:
Students will be able to….
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14. B for Behavior
 Describe the behavior needed
 What is the behavior the student needs to perform?
 What is the student doing when demonstrating mastery?
 MUST be measurable & observable (Choose a verb from the
Measurable Verb list)
EXAMPLES:
 The student will be able to Use a protractor…
 The student will be able to Describe 2 parts of speech…
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15. C is for Condition
 What condition will the student be given to perform the task?
 What tools will the student have when completing the task?
EXAMPLES
 Students will be able to design a PowerPoint Given a
computer…
 Students will be able to create a map In a group…
 Students will be able to recite the 50 states From memory…
 Students will be able to drive the nail into the wood Using only a
hammer…
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16. D is for Degree
 How well must the objective be completed?
 Notes the evaluation
 Speed and accuracy or time and performance
EXAMPLES
 Students will be able to recite the 50 states from memory
within 1 minute.
 Students will be able to recite the 50 states from memory with
no more than 2 errors.
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17. 1. Pair up
2. Review:
https://cft.vanderbilt.edu/guides-sub-
pages/blooms-taxonomy/
3. Share
Who is Bloom?
Revised Taxonomy list (use your
Handout)
Why should you use Bloom’s Taxonomy
when writing Objectives?
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18. 1. In TEAMS: Choose grade/subject/age
2. Think about something a student at this grade
level should be able to do. ONLY 1 TASK!
 Shy away from thinking about a fun activity first
 What will the student be able to do when they
finish a task or activity.
3. Select ONE (1) VERB from Blooms Taxonomy
handout.
4. Write your Objective:
 A for Audience: Students will be able to… (you
can sing the song from the video if you wish to
help you remember this)
 B for Behavior (use the VERB you selected)
 C for Condition
 D for Degree
 In class
assignment
 Feedback from
Professor Lott
 Submit final
Objective in
Blackboard
Lesson Plan
Objective
Assignment
tab.
 Due by
Wednesday
6:00pm
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19.  Option 1:
 Check out the 2 tech tools on the table:
 Trobo
 Dash and Dot Robots
 Option 2:
 Go to Circles of Innovation website:
http://circlesofinnovation.valenciacollege.
edu/2016/01/30/power-presentations/
 Choose a tech tool from any tool listed
 Option 3:
 Choose a tech tool on your own.
Each TEAM
will choose a
specific
technology tool
to use in their
lesson plan.
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20.  Dick, W., Carey, L., & Carey, J. O. (2009). The systematic
design of instruction. Upper Saddle River, N.J.: Pearson
 Assignments (n.d.). Lesson 6 – Writing objectives. Retrieved
from
http://www.itma.vt.edu/modules/spring03/instrdes/lesson6.htm
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