Why Write A Lesson Plan?A lesson plan…Makes the adults happyHelps to create a focus for the lessonAllows a chance to structure and organize the lessonGives a blue print for other people to follow

Basic Outline

Foreword

Introduction to the lesson

Body of the lesson

Conclusion

Breakdown

I) Foreword

- State the instructor (i.e. your name because you are the author)

- Objective

What is an objective?

- Level of students

- Length of lesson

- Materials or aids

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II) Introduction

- Have some introduction of yourself as well as a way to get the kids to introduce themselves

- Have an attention getter

- State the goal/objective of the lesson and the importance

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III) Body of the lesson

- Dependent upon whether the format is mounted or unmounted

- Break this portion down into a minimum of three parts

- Write a short paragraph to summarize the main portion of the lesson

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IV) Conclusion

- Do a quick summary emphasizing the goal/objective of the lesson

- Ask for any questions

- Thank your students

A Few Suggestions• Make the lesson as interactive as possible

– Most people learn well when they are involved• Make the lesson fun but safe

– Which are more memorable lessons: the ones where you fell asleep out of boredom or the one that you had a ton of fun?

• Be creative!!– Aside from being appropriate & safe, there

are hardly any “rules” that need to be followed when writing up a lesson plan