Virtue Based Lesson Plan Template

Classical Virtue- Based Lesson Plan 

Daily Lesson Plan (Instructional Framework)

Date:  April 28, 2025

Subject/Class: Literature

Habits Being Formed: 

This section should note habits, both intellectual and moral, that the methods in the lesson will form in students. These could include:

• Attention

• Perfect execution

• Listening

• Obedience

• Imagining

• Memory

• Thinking

• Reverence

Truths Being Taught:

These are the key ideas contained in the text. This could be a fact or an idea. The teacher should think about these ideas before the lesson, so that he or she remembers the idea that the children’s minds are feeding on.

Text:

A text can be:

• A living book (English, History, Science, Religion, etc.)

• A map

• A place in nature

• A mathematical theorem

• A piece of music or song

• A piece of artwork

Methods:

Methods include:

• Direct Instruction

• Oral Reading

• Narration

• Socratic Discussion

• Seminar

• Composition

• Picture Study

• Music Study

• Problem Solving

• Recitation

• Copywork and Dictation

• Notebooking (e.g. Book of Centuries, Commonplace notebooks, Nature notebooks, Narration notebooks, etc.)

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Discussion Questions to use in any class/subject, with any grade:

• What do I notice?

• What do I wonder?

• What does it remind me of?

• What did you notice that was true? How? Explain.

• What did you notice that was beautiful? How? Explain.

• What did you notice that was good? How? Explain.

Teacher Notes/Observations:

Take any notes on what works, what doesn’t, etc. during the lesson.

Standards Covered in this lesson: