Lesson Plan
I've never written a lesson plan before. I was wondering if I could post one of my lesson plans for discussion and get some feedback on improving it.
here it is:
Lesson Plan Title: Starting writing with the Narrative
Concept / Topic To Teach: Prewriting, the narrative essay, the thesis, topic sentences
General Goal(s)
Terms: Essay, Thesis, Topic Sentence, Introduction, Body Paragraphs, Conclusion, Prewriting, Narrative, Point of View
Specific Objectives: Students will understand the writing process, the essay, and the Narrative essay. Students will complete the lesson by writing their own 2-3 page autobiographical narrative essay.
Required Materials: Power point, overhead, handouts (outlines of lectures) Name plates, Netflix,
Anticipatory Set (Lead-In):
Step-By-Step Procedures: This is a multi day lesson, and will cover two weeks (four sessions), ending with students handing in their typed essay.
Day 1: When students enter, hand out name plates and ask them to sit in their Planet groups.
Power point: intro to writing
--define the essay
--Things to consider when you write
--Understand the assignment
--Audience
*Group Activity: Write a
complaint about a grade
you received from your
current English professor
(me) to one of the
following people: The
director of education, a
priest or religious
figure, your parent(s) or
spouse, the bartender,
someone in a street gang.
(students may feel
uncomfortable with langue
for the gang; they may
say cussing is
inappropriate for the
college classroom. Remind
them that this is an
activity and not the way
we normally hold class;
however, it is
appropriate to cuss while
dealing with a street
gang.)
--Purpose
--Finding a topic
--prewriting strategies
*Group Activity: using Netflix
watch a portion of _Creature
Comforts America_ “Artâ€. Have
students in their groups use the
prewriting strategies to develop
topic ideas based on the short
film. (Observe students
prewriting process to ensure they
are trying the different
strategies)
*some topics they may develop: the
use of famous paintings in the
film; the character’s voices
matching the animals, the humor,
the ideas of what art is agree or
disagree.
Conclude Day one by handing out the writing assignment and allowing students to ask questions.
Homework read: “Into Thin Air,†and “Naming Good Path Elk,†in the text book.
Thanks everyone for reading and giving feedback.
Lesson plans that are not very specific or measurable can lead an Instructor astray quickly.
How do you revise lesson plans before you know who the students are? My lesson plans outline what we will be learning, etc. but it leaves room to change things up if I can tell it won't work with my students.
Rena,
Lesson plans must be constantly revised, in order to meet the needs of each particular group of students. Due to the student learning diversity, it is difficult to apply a "one size fits all" approach to developing lesson plans.
Tremayne Simpson
I could tell to work on the lesson plan is a very creative job.
Making a plan means the instructor is going through the whole course or module a several times making the lesson plan more adjustable for these paricular students and more specific for different type of learners.
rhonda,
I agree with this format for developing lesson plans. The delivery of the plans must be succinct, in order for the students to fully understand the course expectations.
Tremayne Simpson
My first lesson plan was very detailed also and I have since that one used a lot of bullet points and Words that would grab the students interest for discussion and it gets the whole class involved Worked very well
Sheila ,
I agree. Similar to researching, it is important that the learning objectives are very specific and measurable, to ensure that the student is able to attain the desire skill set. Typically, instructors can "oversaturate" course content, whenever the learning objectives are too vague.
Tremayne Simpson
I would include the parts of the writing process in the instructional goals. I fell that the overall objectives were too general and that being more specific would help the teacher as well as the class to stay more focussed. Clearly written goals help students manage the tasks of the lesson.
I am working on my first written lesson plan.
Marshall,
This is a very detailed lesson plan. My only suggestion would be to format the plan into a "topical outline" form, which will make it easier to refer to, when conducting the actual class session. Whenever you are conducting class you may not have the time to read through all of the information to remember "the next activity", however quick "bullet-points" or outline entries are quick to access and input notes.
Tremayne Simpson
