Welcome

Lesson Plan
Seminar
The Aim of this Seminar is

To teach you how to Plan Structured

Lessons, Motivate Students and Reduce
Discipline Problems by using Good Lesson
Planning and Class Management
Strategies
 Objectives
Learners will be able to

Write a Lesson Plan

Identify Strengths and Weaknesses in

Various Class Management Techniques
 Lesson Plan

What is a Lesson Plan?

Why is it important?
Lesson Plan will
Bring back
Motivation
Solve Discipline
Problems
Remove Stress
 Lesson Plan
current system
How do you plan
your lesson?
What do you
include?
What are your
feelings about it?
 Who is Lesson Plan for?
Its not for the
students or the
administrators.

Its for You !!!

If I had eight hours
to chop down a tree,
Id spend six hours
sharpening the axe

Abraham
Lincoln
 Lesson Plan

a) What you wish to teach in the lesson. (Aim and

Objective)
b) How you will teach it (Method Instructions)
c) What materials you will need to help you (Resources)
d) How you will check that students have learned
(Assessment)
e) How will you check your performance (Evaluation)
f) What preparations you will do in case things dont go as
planned. (Contingency)
 What is an AIM
The overall intent of the
lesson i.e. what you intend to
do

1-2 aims for a 2 hour lesson

Normally starts to teach

Objectives / Learning Outcomes

What the learner will be able to

do as a result of the lesson
Must be linked to the assessment
methods
Expressed as : Learners will be
able to
2-3 objectives for a 2 hour lesson
Prerequisite / Prior Knowledge

What students should

already know
What you should
know about students
 Resources / Materials
Regular items e.g. Pens, Paper, Text
Books
Special items for the lesson e.g.
Posters, Charts, Worksheets, Cassette
Player
 Method / Instructions
(Classroom Teaching)

Teachers Activity
Students Activities
Assistant / Helpers Activity
Different Work for Different Abilities
 Method / Instructions
(Classroom Teaching) cont..

Warm Up
Recap
Story, Song, Game
Photos, Posters, Objects, Visuals
Can be to introduce new topic
Light Hearted

Introduction
Aim, Objective
Get students thinking about the new material.
 Method / Instructions
(Classroom Teaching) cont..

Presentation
Teach new Material
Divide into small time blocks to create variety
Teacher - Talking / Writing / Reading / Listening
Students - Talking / Writing / Reading / Listening
Pair Work / Group Work
Open Discussion / Drawings / Stories / Worksheets
Games / Physical Activities
USE YOUR IMAGINATION
Bear in mind different abilities of students
 Method / Instructions
(Classroom Teaching) cont..

Practice
Time set aside to practice whats been
taught
Can be written or oral
Pre-prepared Worksheets
Individually / Pair Work / Group Work
Encourage to ask if not understood
NO NEW MATERIAL to be introduced
 Assessment
To Check that learning has taken place
as per objective.

Can be Written or Oral

or can even be on going through the

lesson.

Record of results must be kept

 Home Work
To reinforce current lesson

To check understanding of current

lesson

To prepare for next lesson

Does not necessarily have to be written

work
 Evaluation
Teacher should evaluate each lesson
Did things go as planned
What went well
What could be improved
Was preparation adequate
Were objective fulfilled
Was the lesson relevant to the objective
Did the lesson develop logically
Were students motivated and interested
Was the style of delivery correct

Detailed notes will help to

Improve following weeks lesson

Same Lesson for following year

 Contingency
Very few lessons go as planned. Most of the time it
is just small adjustments.
Sometimes they dramatically dont go as planned
Assistant has not come in

Lesson is too easy

lesson is too difficult

Lot of spare time is left

Tape Player does not work

Think about what can go wrong and always

have some extra activities prepared
 Scheme of Work
Years work to be divided over actual
teaching weeks available
Should be written in similar format to
Lesson Plan - but less details
Without Scheme of Work it is not
possible to do Lesson Plan
Scheme of work can be for a term
instead of whole year
 RECAP - Lesson Plan -1
a) What you wish to teach in the lesson.
(Aim and Objective)
What you wish to teach in the whole year (Scheme of Work)
What your students already know (Prerequisite)

b) How you will teach it (Method Instructions)

Students are actively involved

Reinforces what has already been learned

There is maximum learning.

There is time to practice what they have learned

Teachers talking input is no more than 10 minutes at any one time.

Different abilities of your students. (Differentiation)

 RECAP - Lesson Plan -2
c) What materials you will need to help you to
teach. (Resources)

d) How you will check that students have

learned what you wish them to. (Assessment)

e) How will you check your performance

(Evaluation)

f) What preparations you will do in case things

dont go as planned. (Contingency)
 Potential Problems if you
dont plan well
Aimless Wandering
Failure to achieve objectives
Materials not available
No connection with before or after
Students are bored and misbehave
Weaker students are left further back
Potential Benefits if you do
plan well
No unpleasant surprises
Stay on track
Achieve objective
Useful for substitute teacher
Can be recycled
Students stay motivated and well behaved
That is the end of Lesson
Plan Presentation