Creating a Lesson Plan Instructions

Creating a Lesson Plan Instructions

Lesson Plan: must be turned in a head of time so teacher can make sure you’re on the right track. Ask questions if you get stuck!

·  Objective: What your student should be able to accomplish at the conclusion of your lesson. This is kind of like the goal you have for your students.

·  Set: Opening activity, quote, introduction that is captivating and that pulls your students into your lesson

·  Instruction: The information or content part of your presentation

o  Examples: lecture, guest speaker, PowerPoint presentation, articles, movie clips, music clips, etc.

·  Activity: Allows your students to engage and use the information they have just learned

o  Examples: role plays, surveys, class discussion, group work, drawing, listing, etc.

·  Assessment: A way to determine how much your students have learned from your lesson.

o  Examples: Quiz, test, jeopardy, games, essay, project, etc.

·  Closure: A set of questions to ask your class to tie the lesson all together and help them remember what they heard. Ex. “Who remembers the names of the five categories of bacteria?” “What are they?”

Suggested Teaching Methods:

·  Give a pre-quiz to see how much your class already knows about a subject

·  Present a PowerPoint presentation

·  Have your class take notes on your presentation

·  Show a movie clip that illustrates your point(s)

·  Have a class discussion a heated issue relating to your topic

·  Bring in an outside speaker to present for part of your lesson

·  Have the class read an article on your topic and journal about it

·  Have your class play a game or activity that demonstrates your point about a subject

·  Have your class take a survey & discuss the results

·  Give a pop quiz at the end

·  Video tape interviews with certain people in the community and play them for the class