In this lesson activity we will introduce you to the next three steps of the ASSURE model which all fall under the description of lesson design.

S. State objectives

Objectives are descriptions aligned to the national curriculum objectives and are written using the ABCD format.

• Audience: Name the learners for whom the objective is intended.
• Behaviour: State what you want them to do. This learner performance is an observable and measurable action. You should therefore carefully select an action verb to describe this.
• Condition: State the circumstances or conditions under which the learners are to demonstrate the skill being taught. Include tools or refer to conditions under which the learners have to perform (if applicable). 
• Degree: State the degree to which the new performance must be mastered (if applicable).

For example:  
(A) The Drama class (B) will be able to identify and draw stage directions (C) using pencils and rulers (D) with 100% accuracy.  
(A) The kindergarten class (B) will identify the colors, red, green, and blue (C) using blocks (D) 9 times out of 10.

Use as many objective statements needed in order to meet the different objectives for the lesson. 

S. Select methods, media and materials

In this section you build a bridge between the audience and the objectives. You decide what method you will primarily use to lead learning (pedagogy), what media and resources you will use, including technology, and what other materials you will need to prepare. You may adopt several methods in the lesson and at first you may identify more resources than you will finally use. You are basically establishing what you have and what you will need to prepare in order for these students to achieve the objectives through the method you have chosen. Consider this checklist for media selection.

U. Use the media and materials

For each type of media and/or materials you should describe in detail how you are going to implement them into your lesson to help your learners meet the lesson's objective.

It almost goes without saying that you should include plans to:

• Prepare the material – make sure you have everything you need and that it all works.
• Prepare the environment – set up the classroom so whatever you are doing will work in the space you have.
• Prepare the students – if the students need to use resources in a specific way or it requires a specific skill, how will you support this?
• Prepare for the worst – what is your Plan B if resources fail you?

Continue to the next lesson topic to look at some examples.