Preparing the unit introduction and overview is a relatively easy task as, essentially, they are a summary of the unit and the work you have done on it. Six steps for lesson planning Dividing the unit into lessons and writing lesson notes for each one is a detailed task involving at least six steps. STEP 1:Divide the unit into the required number of lessons. Remember to take account of the many school activities that reduce the time theoretically available for teaching a unit. Thus, a six week unit for a class that has geography three times a week is not an eighteen period unit. For example, an athletics carnival and a biology field trip for some students during the period of the unit coupled with the time needed for assessment, could effectively reduce the number of lessons available for teaching the unit to fourteen or less. STEP 2:Allow for the realities of school and classroom life. This step involves a consideration of the many problems that could arise during the unit and interrupt student learning. There is a need to consider at least the following questions in this early stage of lesson planning: Where have students been, and what activities have they been doing, before the lesson? Will any arrive late to class? Why? Do you expect students to be boisterous or calm, eager to work or intellectually drained when they arrive? What sort of lesson introduction will match their mood? What facilities are available for reproducing the Resource and Student Exercise Sheets necessary for the lesson? Will there be sufficient textbooks and other commercially prepared resources?
Preparing the unit introduction and overview is a relatively easy task as, essentially, they are a summary of the unit and the work you have done on it. Six steps for lesson planning Dividing the unit into lessons and writing lesson notes for each one is a detailed task involving at least six steps. STEP 1:Divide the unit into the required number of lessons. Remember to take account of the many school activities that reduce the time theoretically available for teaching a unit. Thus, a six week unit for a class that has geography three times a week is not an eighteen period unit. For example, an athletics carnival and a biology field trip for some students during the period of the unit coupled with the time needed for assessment, could effectively reduce the number of lessons available for teaching the unit to fourteen or less. STEP 2:Allow for the realities of school and classroom life. This step involves a consideration of the many problems that could arise during the unit and interrupt student learning. There is a need to consider at least the following questions in this early stage of lesson planning: Where have students been, and what activities have they been doing, before the lesson? Will any arrive late to class? Why? Do you expect students to be boisterous or calm, eager to work or intellectually drained when they arrive? What sort of lesson introduction will match their mood? What facilities are available for reproducing the Resource and Student Exercise Sheets necessary for the lesson? Will there be sufficient textbooks and other commercially prepared resources?
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