# Plan a multi-week unit backward from standards and the final assessment

A backward-designed unit plan with goals, a summative task, evidence checkpoints, and a day-by-day lesson sequence.

- Topic: Learning & Teaching
- Framework: Few-Shot
- Level: Standard
- Tags: Education, Analyze, Plan, Fill-in Template
- Source: https://www.thinkwithprompt.com/prompts/plan-a-multi-week-unit-backward-from-standards-and-the-final

## Prompt

```text
Help me plan a unit using backward design: start from what students must be able to do, then the evidence, then the lessons.

**Subject, grade or course level:** [e.g. "9th grade biology", "intro macroeconomics, first-year undergrads"]
**Standards or course outcomes to cover:** [PASTE STANDARD CODES/TEXT OR OUTCOMES]
**Unit length:** [e.g. "15 class periods of 50 minutes"]
**What students already know:** [PRIOR UNITS, COMMON GAPS]
**Required materials or texts:** [TEXTBOOK CHAPTERS, LABS, RESOURCES]
**Constraints:** [e.g. "state test in May", "no lab access week 2", "mixed-ability class"]

Work in three stages:
1. **Desired results:** 2-3 enduring understandings, 3-5 essential questions, and what students will know and be able to do. Map each to the standards I gave; do not add standards I did not list.
2. **Evidence:** one summative performance task (with a short student-facing prompt) plus 3-4 formative checkpoints placed through the unit.
3. **Learning plan:** a day-by-day sequence. For each day: objective, key activity, how I'll check understanding, and homework if any.

Checks:
- Every summative skill is taught and practiced before it is assessed.
- Cognitive demand rises across the unit (not all recall, not all analysis on day 1).
- Build in at least one buffer/reteach day and one review day.

Return: the Stage 1-2 content as short lists, then the daily plan as a table: Day | Objective | Activity | Check for understanding | Materials. Flag anything that looks too ambitious for the time available.
```

## What to fill in

- PASTE STANDARD CODES/TEXT OR OUTCOMES
- e.g. "15 class periods of 50 minutes"
- PRIOR UNITS, COMMON GAPS
- TEXTBOOK CHAPTERS, LABS, RESOURCES

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