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[Smee]

Hello,
I have to submit a few lesson plans for an online course, and I'm wondering if there's a standard format. Practically every plan I've seen looks different. When I've submitted lesson plans to my old hagwon, I stated and explained the lesson goals, the materials needed, a break-down of how much time is spent on each activity, the aims of each activity, and I've attached any readings or worksheets we'll be doing that class.

But, is there a certain way plans are "supposed" to look? Thanks.

[crazylemongirl]

No, there isn't. Most lesson plans include what you have. I also incude an evaulation/comments section at the end so that I can look at things that aren't going so well to improve my teaching.

[grainger]

Lesson Plan:

Subject: Eg. Colours Class: 6 year olds Date:


Format: - Individual Instruction - Group work
- Partners - Teacher Focused
-Etc.

Material(s):________________________________________________

Introduction: How will you introduce the topic/assignment? Organize students?

Body: What is the assignment? What is expected of the students? How will you engage their interest and focus their attention / learning on the subject?

Conclusion: Assess - What is left to complete? Evaluate - What did you learn? Refocus - Here is what I need you to do? Homework - If any.

Reflections: How did this assignment go? What should I change? How can I make tomorrow's lesson run more smoothly?


(This is a fairly formal outline and a simplified version of the one I used as a highschool teacher in Canada. If you work for a public school they might require something like this. If you work for a hogwon I can't imagin they would need or want something this fancy.)

[Roch]

[jjurabong]

Here's a handy little page:

http://www.teach-nology.com/web_tools/lesson_plan

[Yu_Bum_suk]

Add as much detail as possible, regardless of whether you actually do it in class. Break everything up into subsections with detail, detail, detail. It doesn't matter if you never even bother to bring a lesson plan along to your actual lessons - fill it out with as many details as you can think of. One bullet-point comment for every minute of class time isn't too much.

[Hotpants]

Some courses will suggest a format for lesson plans, but officially, no set standard exists. For some ideas of lesson plans already out there, click my link below, scroll down to 'R' for 'Resources' and look at the links marked [p] for lesson plans.

[khyber]

A few suggestions (as obvious as some may seem)

- Lesson Title AND Lesson/unit number
- Materials
- Objectives OR SWBATs ("Students Will Be Able To"s) are REALLy important

Key Questions (It's a good idea to write down at LEAST three that you WOULD ask if you were to follow this lesson to the tea.... It's useful though...really is)

- Motivational Set (something as silly as a picture or something that will just help them focus and get 'em stated)

- Introduction (introduce the lesson content AND/or what will be done in the lesson, activity/song/game whathaveyou)

- Body (What happens and when... a good idea to indicate how much time certain activities will take eg: "Drawing Family and questioning (14mins)"

Review/Conclusion - Better to have a review than simply a conclusion. BEST used as time to evaluate and remind about what was taught.

Evaluation - As mentioned, can be part of the Review. It need not be a test. It can be as simple as asking students questions that they should be able to answer based on the lesson.


When I have made lesson plans here, there has never been "too much" but I have been told, MANY times that there can be too little (thought not about my work). My coteacher makes 5 page lesson plans AND writes up 4 page reports for her open classes.
My lesson plans are 3 pages. I don't give a minute by minute plan as I don't think that is necessary. I group my times into activities and my lesson plans consist of my descriptions of activities and then writing "Students carry out activity" or something to that affect.

[Smee]

Okay, thanks for your help everyone. I'm on the right track.

At the ole hagwon mine were 2 or 3 pages, b/c I included explanations of everything, in case the person reading it were unfamiliar with the lesson, the materials, etc.

This time around, I think I'll keep it around 2 pages, but in the accompaning article/essay I'll go into more detail about why I chose the particular activities, why I organized the classes in these ways, etc.

And thanks for thsoe links, too!