How to write a good lesson plan
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[edit] Philosophy
A good lesson plan does more than list materials and organize class time. It defines a learning goal as an observable behavior or skill, lays out the steps necessary to teach that behavior or skill and provides an objective way to evaluate when it has been acquired.
The terminology here is of particular value to language teachers because it guides us away from viewing language teaching as the imparting of information and reminds us to think of it as the coaching of a complex behavior. It reminds us that language acquisition is about doing a thing rather than simply knowing it.
The IPAT lesson format (introduction, presentation, application, test) can be useful for this purpose.
Format. The IPAT lesson format includes preparation and lesson as detailed below.
[edit] Prep
Teacher tasks and considerations in preparing the lesson
[edit] Learning goal
The lesson outcome stated as an observable behavior/ability, eg:
Students will be able to describe their own and a friend/partner's daily work schedules with the correct placement of the 3rd Person Singular s.
[edit] Prerequisite
Prerequisite student knowledge and skill suggested to tackle this lesson, eg:
Present be verb, exposure to common daily verbs, understanding of basic time keeping
[edit] Material
What you need to do the lesson, eg:
Photo copies of a verb list w/ illustrations; photo copies of a work-schedule information gap activity; an overhead transparency of an example work schedule
[edit] Time
How long will the lesson take, eg:
50 minutes
[edit] Lesson
The lesson itself
[edit] Intro
Warm-up activities and/or an explanation of the learning goals, eg:
Teacher: "Today we will practice talking about work schedules."
[edit] Presentation
How you plan to present the concepts and information (lecture/video/slide show/dramatic enactment/reading/etc), eg:
Teacher, write your daily schedule on the board in the first person, elicit a student's schedule and write it on the board in the 3rd person, highlight the 3rd person s and diagram the simple present tense.
[edit] Application/activity
Something the students can do to practice or use the ideas being presented, eg:
A "find someone who..." activity based on daily work activities; an information gap activity in which "A" and "B" partners fill in missing elements in a daily schedule; a daily schedule form, etc.
[edit] Test
Any of the above activities, modified for observation or any additional activity such as a standard grammar quiz, etc, eg:
Teacher, ask students to go out on a break, learn the work schedule of another teacher or staff member, report it back to the class in the 3rd person and turn in a copy to the teacher for evaluation.
[edit] Write your own IPAT lesson at Wikigogy
- Use Form/Lesson, Wikigogy's IPAT lesson template, to write your own great lesson plan at Wikigogy... if you like. ;-)
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