Welcome Lesson Plan Seminar
May 20, 2015
Welcome
Lesson Plan Seminar
To teach you how to Plan Structured Lessons, Motivate Students and Reduce Discipline Problems by
using Good Lesson Planning and Class Management Strategies
The Aim of this Seminar is
Learners will be able to
Write a Lesson Plan
Identify Strengths and Weaknesses in Various Class Management Techniques
Objectives
Lesson Plan
What is a Lesson Plan?
Why is it important?
Lesson Plan will
Bring back Motivation
Solve Discipline Problems
Remove Stress
Lesson Plancurrent system
How do you plan your lesson?
What do you include?
What are your feelings about it?
Who is Lesson Plan for?
It’s for You !!!
It’s not for the students or the administrators.
Abraham
Lincoln
“If I had eight hours to chop down a tree, I’d spend six hours sharpening
the axe”
Lesson Plan
a) What you wish to teach in the lesson. (Aim and Objective)
b) How you will teach it (Method – Instructions) c) What materials you will need to help you
(Resources) d) How you will check that students have learned
(Assessment) e) How will you check your performance (Evaluation) f) What preparations you will do in case things don’t
go as planned. (Contingency)
What is an AIMThe overall intent of the
lesson i.e. what you intend to do
1-2 aims for a 2 hour lesson
Normally starts “to teach”
Objectives / Learning Outcomes
What the learner will be able to do as a result of the lesson
Must be linked to the assessment methods
Expressed as : Learners will be able to
2-3 objectives for a 2 hour lesson
Prerequisite / Prior Knowledge
What students should already know
What you should know about students
Resources / Materials Regular items e.g. Pens, Paper,
Text Books
Special items for the lesson e.g. Posters, Charts, Worksheets, Cassette Player
Method / Instructions(“Classroom Teaching”)
Teacher’s Activity
Students’ Activities
Assistant / Helper’s Activity
Different Work for Different Abilities
Method / Instructions(“Classroom Teaching”) cont..
Warm Up Recap
Story, Song, Game
Photos, Posters, Objects, Visuals
Can be to introduce new topic
Light Hearted
Introduction Aim, Objective
Get students thinking about the new material.
Method / Instructions(“Classroom Teaching”) cont..
Presentation Teach new Material
Divide into small time blocks to create variety
Teacher - Talking / Writing / Reading / Listening
Students - Talking / Writing / Reading / Listening
Pair Work / Group Work
Open Discussion / Drawings / Stories / Worksheets
Games / Physical Activities
USE YOUR IMAGINATION
Bear in mind different abilities of students
Method / Instructions(“Classroom Teaching”) cont..
Practice
Time set aside to practice what’s been taught
Can be written or oral
Pre-prepared Worksheets
Individually / Pair Work / Group Work
Encourage to ask if not understood
NO NEW MATERIAL to be introduced
AssessmentTo Check that learning has taken
place as per objective.
Can be Written or Oral
or can even be on going through the lesson.
Record of results must be kept
Home Work
To reinforce current lesson
To check understanding of current lesson
To prepare for next lesson
Does not necessarily have to be written work
Evaluation Teacher should evaluate each lesson Did things go as planned
What went well What could be improved Was preparation adequate Were objective fulfilled Was the lesson relevant to the objective Did the lesson develop logically Were students motivated and interested Was the style of delivery correct
Detailed notes will help to
Improve following week’s lesson
Same Lesson for following year
Contingency Very few lessons go as planned. Most of the
time it is just small adjustments. Sometimes they dramatically don’t go as planned
Assistant has not come in
Lesson is too easy
lesson is too difficult
Lot of spare time is left
Tape Player does not work
Think about what can go wrong and always have some extra activities prepared
Scheme of WorkYear’s work to be divided over
actual teaching weeks availableShould be written in similar
format to Lesson Plan - but less details
Without Scheme of Work it is not possible to do Lesson Plan
Scheme of work can be for a term instead of whole year
RECAP - Lesson Plan -1 a) What you wish to teach in the lesson.
(Aim and Objective) What you wish to teach in the whole year (Scheme of Work) What your students already know (Prerequisite)
b) How you will teach it (Method – Instructions)
Students are actively involved
Reinforces what has already been learned
There is maximum learning.
There is time to practice what they have learned
Teachers talking input is no more than 10 minutes at any
one time.
Different abilities of your students. (Differentiation)
RECAP - Lesson Plan -2 c) What materials you will need to help
you to teach. (Resources)
d) How you will check that students have learned what you wish them to. (Assessment)
e) How will you check your performance (Evaluation)
f) What preparations you will do in case things don’t go as planned. (Contingency)
Potential Problems if you don’t plan well
Aimless Wandering
Failure to achieve objectives
Materials not available
No connection with before or after
Students are bored and misbehave
Weaker students are left further back
Potential Benefits if you do plan well
No unpleasant surprises
Stay on track
Achieve objective
Useful for substitute teacher
Can be recycled
Students stay motivated and well behaved
That is the end of Lesson Plan Presentation