Lesson Plan Structure

Lesson Plan Structure

1. set induction (focus)

   • get attention
     • do nothing
       • absence of teacher talk will attract attention
     • speak in low tone, gradually increasing volume
     • turn lights on and off
   • spark interest
     • tickler
     • perplexing problem
     • share a story

2. strategies and procedures

   • instructional strategy
     • methodology
       • student motivator
       • sets tone
       • planned patterned behaviors
     • lesson procedure
       • student practice
         • guided practice
           • oral
           • group participation
           • group creation
           • safety net
         • independent practice
           • homework
       • lesson objectives
         • set the stage
         • identify objectives
         • develop strategies
         • planned practice
         • student learning

3. methodology selection

   • teacher centered
     • lecture
       • high teacher control
       • telling technique
         • teacher presents information w/o student interaction
     • lecture/recitation
       • high to moderate teacher control
       • telling technique
         • teacher presents information and follows up with question and answer sessions
     • socratic
       • moderate teacher control
       • interaction technique
         • teacher uses question driven dialogues to draw out information from students
     • demonstration
       • high to moderate teacher control
       • showing technique
         • individual stands before class, shows something, and talks about it
     • modeling
       • high teacher contol
       • showing technique
         • teacher or individual behaves/acts in way desired of students
         • students learn by copying actions of model
   • student centered
     • discussion
       • low to moderate teacher control
       • interaction technique
         • whole class or small group interact on topic
     • panel
       • low teacher control
       • telling technique
         • group of students present and/or discuss information
     • debate
       • low teacher control
       • telling technique
         • competitive discussion of topic between teams of students
     • role play
       • low teacher control
       • doing technique
         • acting out of roles or situations
     • cooperative learning
       • low teacher control
       • doing technique
         • students work together in mixed ability group on tasks
     • discovery
       • low to moderate teacher control
       • doing technique
         • students follow established procedure in an attempt to solve problems through direct experiences
     • inquriy
       • low teacher control
       • doing technique
         • students establish own procedure to solve problem through direct experiences
     • simulations/games
       • low teacher control
       • doing technique
         • involvement in an artificial but representative situation or event
     • individualized instruction
       • low to moderate teacher control
       • telling/doing technique
         • students engage in learning designed to fit their needs and abilities
     • independent study
       • low teacher control
       • telling/doing technique
         • learning carried out with little guidance

4. procedure selection

   • making activities meaningful through active involvement of students
   • making the content as relevant as possible
   • keeping the instructional atmosphere as safe and informal as possible
   • being enthusiastic about the material you are teaching
   • challenging students by pointing out problems, inconsistencies and contradictions throughout your lessons
   • sharing lesson goals, objectives, procedures with students so that they will know where they are going and how they are going to get there
   • whenever feasible, using the ideas, suggestions, and opinions expressed by students so they will feel you value their input

5. closure

   • provide logical conclustion
   • pull together and organize concepts learned
   • enable students to organize new material in relation to itself and other lessons
   • show relationship of major ideas
   • tie together parts of lesson

6. reflective teaching

   • self knowledge
   • self assessment