Preparing a Lesson Plan.
When you
are preparing a Lesson Plan, you should consider the students’ interests level,
attention level, abilities to work in group, knowledge, accommodations and
learning preferences. The main objective of all these considerations is to meet
the students’ needs since it is the key in successful teaching and learning.
Trying to do an activity that fit most of the learners’ needs is an important
step. When the school in which you teach provides you curriculum guides, you
should use it. It is a better idea to use it than to make something on your
own. Remember that the ones who designed it know why they do it that way. Not
only do you have to use the materials that the school gives you, but you also
can look for materials that you will need for your activity. You may think that
need materials only for doing the lead in. Keep in mind that you might need
materials the whole lesson. When planning to give instructions, you have to
make a list of the most important facts, keys , concepts, Skills, or the
vocabulary. You could prepare an outline.
The following
link shows us a lesson plan that includes a good Outline for a conversation
activity: http://esl.about.com/od/conversationlessonplans/a/high_ask.htm
Identify the aims and outcomes that
Ss wil have achieved at the end of the task. For example: to give advice using
modals (could, should, etc)… you hope that by the end of the activity Ss will
be able to use the modals to give advice. The main objective is the task that
Ss are expected to perform. Plan a great lead-in that could include a focusing event
or attention grabber that will engage the Ss to pay attention and learn about
what you plan to teach. It is great to have motivated Ss from the beginning of
the lesson. It is your job to make it possible.
Make a list
of many ways in which you give Ss opportunities to practice wht you want them
to learn. First, plan to give clear instructions so that Ss can perform the
activities on their own. The more practice you give them, the better chacces
they have to lean well the teaching point. For example when you ask the student
to describe a person using adjectives, They wil be able create their sentences
on their own making use of the vocabulary you hope them to learn. Make a list
of how to check for comprehension without using” DO YOU UNDERSTAND?”. At the
end of the lesson you can ask the Ss what they learned. Plan how to measure the
Ss success in achieven the items you planned to reach. The objective is to
evaluate Ss performance. You can do it using True or false responses, Matching,
oral presentations. The last section is to be completed after the lesson because it is your reflection about the
lesson. It represents the feedback to your performance, what work, wht did not
work and what improvements you need to make. The important parts of a lesson plan mentioned here are: Information about the Ss, materials, teaching
point, aims, introduction, development, practice, checking for understanding,
Closure, evaluation and teacher reflection (personal goals)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fp0m-4zxjBgt
This video shows us Six diferrent Lesson plan formats for different types
of lesons.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hohmj5Hln7w
This video shows us how
important is to write a good lesson plan and what you should include here
