As we already know teachers develop their own personal styles to plan their lessons. There are many things you can include in a lesson plan and the possibilities are endless. Here is a list of elements you can find in lesson plans. Read the list and choose 5 elements you consider essential for your lesson plan. Post the list of the 5 elements and a short explanation of the reasons behind your choice.
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Elements of lesson planning
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ReplyDelete1. Lesson objectives because they are the mission of the lesson plan. These objectives answer the question "What we want the students to learn and achieve?
ReplyDelete2. Short description of each activity. Here you can write what is the activity about in order to let your students know what they will be doing that day. At the beginning of the lesson you tell them the objectives to be achieved.
3. Timing of each activity because knowing and controlling the time of each phase of the activity you can be sure that at the end of the class, the activities and objectives have been fulfilled.
4. Description of what learners do at each stage because we need to organize that activity and establish what the learners will be doing during the lesson. At this stage you think if you want them to work individually, in pairs or groups.
5. Anticipated problems because we know that unexpected things can arise and if we know what to do in those cases and are prepared it would be better than having no plan b or c.
Nelmarie Soto
I agree with you Nelmarie on anticipated problems. If you are conscious about it you will be able to handle it better and avoiding situations that can impact your class in a negative way. But for me this point don't need to be in a written lesson plan, it must remain in your mind at all moments and put it into practice on those flexible moments when the teacher needs to change his/hers plan on behalf of the students benefit.
Deleteoff course, how this skipped from my mind, I totally agree with Nelmarie with the last element " anticipated problems". it is vital for a teacher to have a backup plan to solve any inconvenient or at least to have the capacity to resolve any problem.
DeleteAnyela.
nelmary I agree on everything, and that includes everything that for me, leads to a successful class, and I see that also you have included the time, it is very important because we have to perform activities according to the time that they give us to cover a theme
DeleteOn my lesson plan I'll include:
ReplyDelete- Lesson objectives
- Review of the last lesson
- Short description of each activity
- Skills practiced
- Material needed
I choose those 5 elements because I found them quite useful. With they you can have a complete guide to develop your class. From allow you to identify what your students have achieved on previous lessons, to what you'll need to carry on with activities to improve they learning progress while they also practice their skills.
Hello Neyla. I think that it is quite important to write what the learners will be doing at each stage and the timing. These two things lead to organization which I think is very important when teaching.
Deletehi neyla, i quite agree with your choices for a lesson , but it is my belief that homework play a very important role in any students development.
DeleteAgree with you 4/5 elements, but I so agree with you on your choosing the description of activities! It's healthy for the class to proceed in order and with a set focus on what's being done and learned. The teacher should use activities that he or she can organize in steps so it's clear how to use time., too.
DeleteThere are a number of elements that may be useful to include in a lesson plan in a given set of circumstances. However, my belief is that only some of them would be essential to all solid plans. I will also state that I feel some degree of flexibility with, and detachment from your plan is important in the interest of the prosperity of your class and the best interests of your students' learning process. The essential elements I would include in my lesson plan are as follows -
ReplyDelete1. Materials needed
This element of the lesson plan is straightforward; it allows us to be reminded of any materials we need to request, organise and bring. It should be mentioned that this part relies on the proper perusal of the plan in that, from the outset, it must be read enough in advance that you have the time to arrange for your materials to be with you before you need them.
2. Review of the last lesson
Reviewing the last lesson at the beginning of the class creates an opportunity for the students to revisit the material covered, which is useful not only for students who may have missed the last class for one reason or another, but would also increase the chance for the students who were there in the previous lesson that it is committed to long term memory storage in the brain and would increase the chance that they would be able to recall the information independently in the future. It provides a basis for reinforcement and consolidation of the knowledge.
3. Short description of each activity
This part itself is arguably the main building block of the lesson plan, the framework, although essentially it's function in the plan is in itself quite basic; it conveys information about each component of the lesson which could jog the memory of the teacher of the full plan behind each activity. This part of the plan could also be shared with the students, as I feel communication with the students about some matters can help develop a relationship of trust, as well as facilitate their learning more effectively.
4. Skills practised
This part works in conjunction with the previous element, the description of each activity. It may be possible that all of your activities have the same objective, for example, to strengthen the students' fluidity of use of the verb "to go" in past, present and future tense, or it may be that each of your activities have different objectives, which would often depend on the current stage of your students or the balance of complexity and simplicity that you have settled on with your class. Within the context of your plan, to see the description of each activity as quantitative information and the skills practised as qualitative information is useful here as it reminds you that ultimately the activities themselves are means to an end; homing their skills. This may help you to see the end in the beginning and remind you of the end target.
5. Lesson objectives
The lesson objectives can serve as a guide that can help the teacher keep on track, when it is important that they do so. It may only be a single objective or a single sentence but consulting it occasionally will remind the teacher of the path they have traced for their class in advance and could even be conducive to the teacher creating new paths in order to guide the students to where they decidedly should be in their learning stage. It can help the teacher not to lose sight of the grand objectives behind their lesson, what they are aiming to accomplish with the class.
The way you describe the elements you chose make me desire to have more options and add those 2 that you have different of the ones I chose. Review the last lesson and short description of each activity. Giving a brief review to your last class would make it easier to the students go through the current class and internalize new concepts base on the continuity of your topic, subject or theme. Also a short description of each activity, definitely would help you to remember with clarity what you want to do during the development of your class.
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DeletePerfectly constructed points, Omeed! I also agree with Yolanda, the description of the elements makes you want to include them in your plan structure, specially "lesson objectives", which I did not include in my plan because of the limit to five but, it is of vital importance by itself to "keep on track" as you said, and I would easily replace my "skills practiced" point for this one.
Delete1. Lesson Objective
ReplyDelete2. Short description of each activity
3. Time for each activity
4. Skills practices
5. Materials needed
I choose the previous five, simply because i believe these make up what we call a lesson plan, set information showing us what we will teach, what topics will be seen, how long we must take on each section to have enough time in our lesson, materials we will need during the lesson & what skill will be practiced in which activity, on this basic i believe a lesson plan show be, ordered in such a manner that any teacher can read in & teach the lesson following the instructions or guidelines on the paper
Luis Velasquez
Hi Luis, yes I think that is a good basis for a lesson plan. It will be complete and well ordered enough for another teacher to take your class if need be, follow your instructions and see through with the class. Although I don't know if other teachers will be open minded about using another teacher's lesson plan they might just want to do it their way, but I'm all for it, whose best to how about the class you are standing in for than their actual teacher.
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Elizabeth B
Luis, I think your ideas for a lesson plan are the bases of a coordinated and well-taught class, especially for the fact that it would be clear and easy to use for you and any other teacher. The timing is a very important factor that is often left aside but contributes to a proper management of knowledge and the amount of practice needed. I also think the plan would be suitable for beginners that need a thoughtful guidance while creating challenges that promote learning.
Delete1. Lesson Objective
ReplyDelete2. Review of the last lesson
3. Short description of each activity
4. Description of what learners do at each stage
5. Timing of each activity
I feel that these 5 elements are essential for my lesson plan because it is important for us to know what our aims are for that lesson and what we want our students to learn and how we will go about achieving them. Having a review of the last lesson is a good way of recapping on what was previously done for you and your students and also to make sure if everything was understood or if anything has to be looked at again. It's also a good idea of sharing with your students a short description of what will happen during the lesson, what activities they will be doing, will they be working alone or in pairs or in groups, how much time they have for each activity, so that they have some kind of structure of the lesson they will have and that could make them feel more secure and confident as to what and how they will be learning.
i agree with most of your elements, but for me, i will feel limited by trying to measure the time of each activity, i know it´s good to keep in mind how many time is there for the class, but it is not always possible to control the rhythm of the class and because of that you wont know if it´s going to take longer for your students to understand or to do something you told them
DeleteI agree with you with this " It's also a good idea of sharing with your students a short description of what will happen during the lesson". I think that it's something that we should do in every single class. We have to let them know what they are about to learn, that way they are going to have a "open" attitude to learn it.
DeleteI agree with you with this " It's also a good idea of sharing with your students a short description of what will happen during the lesson". I think that it's something that we should do in every single class. We have to let them know what they are about to learn, that way they are going to have a "open" attitude to learn it.
Delete1. Homework
ReplyDelete2. New Vocabulary
3. Review of the last lesson
4. Skills practiced
5. Extra activities
I believe there is a strong element of compromise reflected on (1) homeworks, and they should be used as much as possible, not meaning they have to be hard or long but efficient, clear and useful with an easy feeling of accomplishment and kind of fun to-do (I know this is hard for students, especially young ones). Is really important to match adequate homeworks with the topics to be teached on every lesson, that is why I would like to plan them ahead.
(2) Vocabulary, especially "complicated" or less-used words that could bring a feeling of "speaking English", would be really useful for students and teacher to have in mind, as well as (3) reviews of the last lessons in a weekly scheme instead of a daily one, so they and I could keep track of what we have being doing. (4) Skills practiced would work as daily achievement reviews, but I consider this should be just in my version of the plan, not necessarily letting my students know this one item, because I feel this kind of elements could make them feel a little stressed.
For me, (5) extra activities are important to plan since they could become the fun or reinforcement factor of a past subject in a specific lesson; this meaning and being thought of as "time-fillers" on a dynamic and student-based class.
Juan Pablo I really appreciate your last point about having extra activities, not necessarily as an essential component to every lesson plan but where appropriate. I feel the idea of reinforcing knowledge and revisiting concepts covered in previous lessons is useful for solidifying their knowledge of and fluency in The English language, especially when the stage you are at in your students' learning process builds upon the earlier knowledge that we would be revisiting via these extra activities.
Deleteas essential elements for my lesson plan i will consider these:
ReplyDelete- Lesson objectives: i think this is the main point for me as a teacher to develop the body shape of my lesson plan, because it shows what you have in mind for your students. it is totally necessary in order to have an structured topics list for each class to let your students have an idea of what they're going to learn and for you to have record of what you've been teaching them
- Review of the last lesson: it helps you to keep in mind the progress of your students an your own progress as a teacher about the amount of subjects you have taught them
- Level of class: i understand this as "knowing the student´s english level". It is very helpful so then you have a very good clue to do your best with your lesson plan, because you will have a very close idea of what they already know and you won´t waste the effort you put in your lesson plan
- Time of class: it is necessary to have your lesson plan design partly based on the time you'll be teaching, otherwise you'll feel frustrated because you couldn't finish all what you planned neither achieve the objectives
- Anticipated problems: for me is good to be anticipated at any problem, sometimes you will be able to guess the difficulties your students are going to have by examining the topic you are going to teach. It will also give you the advantage to solve faster student´s doubts
There are many elements that you can use in a lesson plan, but it's a fact that there are elements more important than others. So for me this elements are vital to include in a lesson plan:
ReplyDelete1.REVIEW OF THE LAST LESSON: This is one of the most important elements because through this, the teacher can observe if the students undertood the topic perfectly or not, if the teacher realize that the students have problems, the teacher has the possibility to go deep into the topic, to clarify and correct mistakes.
2.LESSON OBJECTIVES:It helps the teacher to develop the class in order to accomplish the objectives that at the end are the main goal.
3.TIME EACH ACTIVITY: it helps to keep in mind how much time you have to develop each activiy.
4.HOMEWORK:It's very important to give some homework because it gives the possibility to the students to practice and develop skills according to the topic that they saw.
5.LEVEL OF CLASS: the teacher can create differents activities according to the level of the students.
Anyela.
The 5 elements that I consider essential to plan a lesson would be ,LEVEL OF CLASS, you must know their level before planning a lesson, that will orient you about what OBJECTIVES are you going to delineate for what you want your students to be able to accomplish after the class is done. Also what MATERIAL IS NEEDED, to complete the activities and to make sure the students can feel comfortable working with it. I would include SKILL PRACTICED, that would be beneficial to let the students practice what you just taught them and NEW VOCABULARY that would be something I wouldn’t leave out of every lesson plan, that will be good for me as a teacher, because we never stop learning, and for our students is very useful to ampliate their vocabulary on each class.
ReplyDelete1 - Level of class
ReplyDelete2 - Lesson Objectives
3 - Materials needed
4 - Short description of each activity
5 - Timing of each activity
I’ve chosen these 5 elements for my lesson plan because I think that they are essential to give a well-structured class. It is necessary to know the level of the class (beginners, intermediate and advance), also the lesson objectives that are going to tell us what they need and what we’re going to teach. To reach our objectives we’ll need materials such as audio-visual, texts, etc. Once we’ve developed it, a short description of each activity would be extremely good for your students and finally you wouldn’t run out of time, it means that you’ve got to organise the for each activity.
Hi Christian, I agree with the above statement, welll done for keeping it short and consice, However, taking in to account the elements listed i think it is essencial to include "skills practised", simply because this allows us to keep track of what learning skills we are developing with what frequency and what skills we need to work more often. Thankyou!
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ReplyDeleteThe elements I'd like to consider in a lesson plan are as follows:
ReplyDelete1. Lesson objectives
2. Skills practiced
3. Homework
4. Description of what the learners do at each stage
5. Extra activities
I'd consider the previous elements because I firmly believe they would be very useful and relevant for both teacher and students. They allow the creation of an organized class with clear objectives, enough amount of practice of skills and opportunities to consolidate knowledge. Even when homework, for example, may be considered too traditional and not very motivating, I think it all depends on how wisely are assignments created, since they are vital in the acquisition of new information and encourages questions with answers that might be extremely helpful for teachers and students. The description of what learners are supposed to do at each stage creates specific goals and an atmosphere of understanding, which aims for students to realize they are actually learning and making significant progress. The previous study of topics and subjects provide students with an idea of what the lesson will be about and how to approach it successfully while creating inquisitiviness, which is proven to aid in the learning process and grasping of information. Overall, I believe practice is one of the most importat aspects of a language class. It doesn't have to be a "formal" practice, but one that allows learners to strengthen skills and develop a fair amount of self-confidence and a feeling of accomplishment that encourage them to keep going and do their best. This, however, most be done with a level of difficulty in accordance to what they know and are already learning. This is when extra activities come in handy, just as a little "extra push" with a fun element that develops new skills while being clear, understandable, and not so difficult to accomplish.
Lesson objetives
ReplyDeleteDescription of what the learners do at each activity
Short description of each activities
New vocabulary
Timing of each activity
I chose these 5 elements that I think are important: 1) lesson objetives that as teachers we should be clear about the objectives that our students must achieve each class 2) description of what the learners do at each activity that you must know in advance to do Students in each activity, how do they must to do, materials to be used, etc. 3) short description of each activity, that would help to remember that we must do in each activity and the objectives to reach each student. New vocabulary words that students probably unknown, make an advance list of these, for any potential student questions about the new vocabulary 5) timing of each activity the last but not the less important the time to comply, we must think in the time which will be given for each activity as we will have a few hours of class and you need to calculate how long each activity takes.
Elements of lesson planning
ReplyDelete1. Review of last lesson
This is a review of what was taught in the previous lesson. This gives the students a chance to refresh their memories from the last class and enabling students to ask possible questions on parts of the lesson, which they were unsure about or might not of understood.
2. Lesson objective
Helps the teacher to describe what the students are expected to achieve as a result of instruction and further more what the students will know or be able to do as a result of engaging in a learning activity.
3. Materials needed
Materials needed is also related to the lesson plan, which acts as a guide.
The teacher will organise the lesson before entering the classroom, this will make the information taught much simpler to relay to the students.
4. Short description of each activity
Here also is another important part of the lesson plan. It's base on simple communication describing each activity to the students in a clear but effective manner. This will help the students understand what the next activity would be.
5. Homework
Homework is a essential part of student development outside of the classroom.
It enables students to practice what was taught in the lesson and further more it teaches students how to take responsibility for tasks that are set and how to work independently.
Homework is really important! Although mandatory homework seems like a tragedy to students it really all plays out for their good, it keeps the learning process going, and not just happening in the classroom.
Delete1. Grouping of learners which i will include active learning. Personally I believe this plays a huge role during a lesson. It is important for students to work as a team so the activity is engaing and interactive. For example role palying and games are some examples of activities that would be maaningful for a lesson.
ReplyDelete2. Review of the last lesson. Reflecting on what they have learned and either write or share orally will help to get out of the class with a better objective of the topic.
3. Lesson Objective will help us and help students to identify what specifically we want from them at the end of each class.
4. Time of class. As a teacher we should make sure how long we have to include what we want for each topic.Including too much information within a short time could be stressful and confusing for students.
5. Homework. By giving students homeworks we reinforce skills, concepts and information learned in class, we also encourage to work independently and develop skills for example : self-disciplin. I am also agree that assigments should be varied and meaningful.
1. Grouping of learners which i will include active learning. Personally I believe this plays a huge role during a lesson. It is important for students to work as a team so the activity is engaing and interactive. For example role palying and games are some examples of activities that would be maaningful for a lesson.
ReplyDelete2. Review of the last lesson. Reflecting on what they have learned and either write or share orally will help to get out of the class with a better objective of the topic.
3. Lesson Objective will help us and help students to identify what specifically we want from them at the end of each class.
4. Time of class. As a teacher we should make sure how long we have to include what we want for each topic.Including too much information within a short time could be stressful and confusing for students.
5. Homework. By giving students homeworks we reinforce skills, concepts and information learned in class, we also encourage to work independently and develop skills for example : self-disciplin. I am also agree that assigments should be varied and meaningful.
Hi everybody,
ReplyDeleteI want to thank everybody for taking the blog so seriously. By reading your posts I can only see how focused and on task you guys are. Great ideas and reasons for the choices provided. We all have to keep on mind that lesson planning is a very personal process and a work in progress, as time goes by you will find what suits best.
Thanks a lot
I feel at this point in my learning process quite inclined to take on a task-based methodology for my lesson planning. I think it really effective to implement teaching/learning approaches that will be reinforced by students’ own natural communicational environment, behaviours and needs. By that I mean on my lesson planning I would consider and also rely on (1) the ‘usefulness’ of an activity (/does it suit their lifestyles? Will it have any impact?), (2) the ‘usefulness’ of the vocabulary required to complete tasks (/is it needed in their everyday language?), and their communicational (4) behaviours, (5) needs, (6) knowledge/abilities.
ReplyDeleteMy most important elements of lesson planning are:
- Skills practiced: this is most essential because it requires having a purpose for teaching and learning since we need to determine what competences we demand from our students to be exercised. In order to proceed to teach we should keep in mind that reading, writing, listening and speaking are the ultimate guidelines to measuring our students’ competences, and, ultimately, their progress and our very own performance.
- Lesson objectives: the instructing macrostructure of the class is self-explanatory. It contains the abstract development of the class for the teacher to follow and perform with the assistance of students in order to meet both teaching and learning objectives.
- Materials needed: I think I’d encourage a hands-on approach blended with use of communicative language, and, since I like didactic activities as well as task-based methodology, I’d enjoy performing a hybrid of entertaining, sensorium-stimulating activities involving manual work/crafts or kinesis. I think if a teacher heads this direction, he or she should keep track of what materials are needed for activities and make sure to get them in time; that means having a previous list/available stock of materials is essential for lesson planning/development.
- Review of the last lesson: I think teachers should aim to review the previous lesson at the beginning of each class, although I think this depends on the level of the class, and age. Reviewing previous lessons helps students recall, reuse, recycle, remember what has been previously learned and allows reinforcement and exposure to the language they’re supposed to have learned already. It’s all a big progress, so students and teachers need to look for constant coverage (from basic to advanced information) and exposition to the language that has been used before.
- Grouping of learners: I’d aim to distribute knowledge and skills which students possess and are able to share and spread when they work in groups. Some students can’t open up to teachers but they can do it with classmates, so it’s a great way to motivate students in disadvantage by being paired or joined in a group where there are (comparatively speaking) advanced students they can ask questions to and get direct spontaneous knowledge from.