This document provides guidance on writing learning objectives. It explains that objectives should be pupil-friendly, support assessment, and be differentiated. Examples are given to illustrate writing objectives at different cognitive levels, from recalling facts to applying knowledge. Objectives can specify what all, most, or some students will achieve. Finally, an example is given of differentiated objectives for learning about women's suffrage at bronze, silver, and gold levels.

1. Writing Objectives

2. Objectives
Understand the term objective
Understand how to use objectives

3. • To be able to write learning objectives that
are pupil-friendly
• To be able to write learning objectives that
will support assessment for learning
strategies
• To be able to write differentiated learning
objectives

4. Example
• To be able to understand the function of
antagonistic muscles

5. • To be able to understand the function of
antagonistic muscles (passive verb)
• To be able to explain the function of
antagonistic muscles (active verb)

6. • To be able to recall that antagonistic muscles
come in pairs (knowledge)
or
• To be able to recall that antagonistic muscles
perform opposite functions (knowledge)
or
• Be able to recall the names of some muscles in
the human body (knowledge)

7. • To be able to identify pairs of antagonistic
muscles on a diagram of the body
(comprehension)

8. • To be able to demonstrate a pair of
antagonistic muscles (application)
• To be able to arrange a list of muscles into
pairs of antagonistic muscles (synthesis)

9. A word about differentiation
All students will be able to…
Most students will be able to…
Some students will be able to…

10. The Suffragettes
Bronze
To know and understand the struggle to gain women’s
suffrage.
Silver
To be able to describe the different methods used in
order to gain women’s suffrage.
Gold
To be able to describe and evaluate the struggle to
gain women’s suffrage

11. The Suffragettes wanted the
The Suffragettes wanted the
right for women to vote. The
right for women to vote. The
move for women to have the
move for women to have the
vote had really started in
vote had really started in
1897 when Millicent Fawcett
1897 when Millicent Fawcett
founded the National Union
founded the National Union
of Women's Suffrage.
of Women's Suffrage.
"Suffrage" means the right to
"Suffrage" means the right to
vote and that is what women
vote and that is what women
wanted - hence its inclusion in
wanted - hence its inclusion in
Fawcett's title.
Fawcett's title.
Task 1: The
meaning of
‘Suffrage’
Bronze: Use the
information to
define the word
‘Suffrage’
Silver: Define
‘suffrage’ and
‘suffragettes’
Gold: As a silver
+, state when the
suffragette
movement began