PLANNING LESSONS

October

2005[Dimensions 3.1.1, 3.1.2]

Objectives for this session

• To understand the difference between lesson plans, lesson notes and schemes of work

• To understand teaching objectives and learning outcomes

• To explore the elements of a well structured lesson

PLANNING ELEMENTS

LESSON (EPISODE) PLAN:

Detailed planning sheet showing all elements of a lesson.

LESSON NOTES: Aides memoires

Teacher prompt sheets in class: notes, questions, diagrams, etc.

SCHEME OF WORK: Overview of a series of lessons for teaching a

topic (outline lesson plans and resources may be included).

-OR-

Overview of the sequence of topics for a term, a year or a Key Stage.

See QCA Schemes of Work for KS3

Progressive planning:

Episodes

Lessons

Topics

Scheme of Work

IN THE BEGINNING...

TEACHING OBJECTIVES: what the teacher intends pupils to learnWALT - We Are Learning Today

LEARNING OUTCOMES: achievement that may be demonstrated by pupils (which you can assess)WILF – What I’m Looking For …

Assessment for Learning DfES 0043-2004

Setting teaching objectives and learning outcomes enables

• assessment of pupils’ learning

• evaluation of teaching

BODY OF LESSON

ENDING

EVERY LESSON HAS A STRUCTURE:

INTRO

ALTERNATIVELY,

The centipede model:

- a lesson with several ‘segments’:

Head: Introduction

• Link to previous lessonOR• Introduce a new topic: link with previous

learning

• Outline the flow of the lesson: activities and approximate timings

• Share learning objectives with group

Main Body of the lesson

• Variety of activities

• Practical and/or Theory

• Challenging but manageable tasks

• Differentiation by task or outcome?

Extension activities / Support materials

• Resources

Tail: Ending

Summary and rounding off (plenary): Check back on achievement of objectives

(e.g. Q and A to check understanding)

Set homework (if needed) Look forward to next lesson

Considerations

• pupils’ previous knowledge/experience

• your own subject knowledge

• concepts/skills to develop

• teaching strategies to use

• resources available

• classroom management• contextual constraints (eg. time of day/term/year)

A lesson plan should include:

• pupil information• curriculum information (KS, AT, etc)

• opportunities for x-curricular development (literacy, numeracy, key skills, thinking skills, etc)

• assessment• resources….. as well as what you actually intend to do!

***** Subject handbook p 12-13 *****

… after the lesson ...

… evaluation is essential: 1. THE GOOD PARTS (celebrate; repeat)2. THE NOT-SO-GOOD BITS (don’t do it

like that again!)

• Evaluation notes for ALL teaching (eg annotate lesson plan)

• TWICE per week: detailed written evaluation (linked to an ‘agenda’ during SBW)

Further information:

• ICT subject handbook, p12-13• KS3 ICT framework p33-34• Kennewell, Parkinson & Tanner (2004) Learning

to Teach ICT in the Secondary School chs. 4 and 5

Objectives for this session

• To understand the difference between lesson plans, lesson notes and schemes of work

• To understand teaching objectives and learning outcomes

• To explore the elements of a well structured lesson