Evaluating SMART Objectives

Is this objective SMART, communicative, and student centered? In the following 60 minutes, I will teach the verb to be and how to describe families using is, are and have got/haven't got.

• It's not.

• It is.

Is this objective SMART, communicative, and student-centered? By the end of the lesson, students will be able to introduce themselves and ask for basic personal information using “What’s your name?” and “Where are you from?” in a role-play activity.

• It’s not.

• It is.

Is this objective SMART, communicative, and student-centered? Students will understand the past simple and complete a worksheet with 80% accuracy.

• It’s not.

• It is.

Is this objective SMART, communicative, and student-centered? By the end of the lesson, students will describe their last weekend using the past simple in a short oral presentation.

• It’s not.

• It is.

Is this objective SMART, communicative, and student-centered? Students will learn vocabulary about food.

• It’s not.

• It is.

Is this objective SMART, communicative, and student-centered? In pairs, students will order food in a restaurant role-play using polite requests like “Can I have…?” and “I’d like….”

• It’s not.

• It is.

Is this objective SMART, communicative, and student-centered? Students will recognize and analyze the structure of conditional sentences.

• It’s not.

• It is.

Is this objective SMART, communicative, and student-centered? By the end of the lesson, students will be able to write a short email inviting a friend to an event, using at least 3 different expressions from our list of appropriate formal and informal language.

• It’s not.

• It is.

Is this objective SMART, communicative, and student-centered? The teacher will explain the difference between present perfect and past simple.

• It’s not.

• It is.

Is this objective SMART, communicative, and student-centered? Students will identify different parts of a business email.

• It’s not.

• It is.