DIPLOMA IN EDUCATION PROGRAMME

SCHOOL OF EDUCATION
UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES, ST. AUGUSTINE

PRINCIPLES OF BUSINESS LESSON PLAN

TEACHER: Mr. Benjamin
DATE: 26th February, 2016
CLASS: Form 4 POA ( Malick Secondary)
TIME:

period(s):

minutes: 35mins

UNIT: Introduction to the Principles of Accounting

TOPIC: Introducing the Trial Balance

PRE-KNOWLEDGE
Students know how to close off T-Accounts
Students can identify assets, liabilities, revenue and expenses
OBJECTIVES
Pupils will be able to:
Classification

1.Students should be able to define a Trial Balance

2.Students should be able to list the uses of the Trial Balance
Cognitive

Cognitive
Cognitive
Affective\Psychomotor

3.Students should be able to List the limitations of the Trial

Balance
Affective
4.Students should be able to identify a Trial balance.

SET INDUCTION Time allotted: 3

minutes

Skit with assistance of a

teacher

Teacher will be seated frustrated with a situation where she is unable to balance her ledger accounts.

Content:

SECTION 1- Time allotted:

Teaching points:

What is a Trial Balance

What are the uses of the Trial balance

What are the limitations of the Trial balance

METHOD

Teaching Strategy
After skit teacher ask the class
how can we determine if the
ledger accounts are done
correctly.

Student Activity
Guided to provide answer.

Resources
Skit
Hand out provided.

Teacher gives out hand out of TAccounts and a simple Trial

balance.
Teacher ask class what are some
of the things they can see on the
Trial Balance.

Hand out provided.

Teacher gives out hand out of TAccounts and a simple Trial

balance. Teacher guides students
to look for any errors in the T
Accounts.

Hand our provided.

SECTIONAL REVIEW and feedback (formative assessment strategies) Time allotted:

Questions are asked during class.

Content:

SECTION 2- Time allotted:

Teaching points:

METHOD

Teaching Strategy

Student Activity

Resources

SECTIONAL REVIEW and feedback (formative assessment strategies) Time allotted:

Content:

SECTION 3- Time allotted:

Teaching points:

METHOD

Teaching Strategy

Student Activity

Resources

SECTIONAL REVIEW and feedback (formative assessment strategies) Time allotted:

CLOSURE Time allotted:

Croups is given blank paper: Each member of the group to write what they learnt from the lesson

FINAL EVALUATION
Time allotted:

Reasonable level of
achievement:

All students in the class should be able to complete the task.

Related Objective
1.
2.
3.

FOLLOW-UP ACTIVITIES
Questions from Frank Wood POA Text Book

TEACHERS EVALUATION OF THE LESSON

Overall the lesson was well received, there were some problems that I could not control seeing I
was at a host school. The class overall grasped the lessons and the objectives were achieved.

TUTORS COMMENTS

Ms. Lystra Stephens-James

Business Curriculum Lecturer