| Business people and marketing teams all have weekly | | | | beginning. Do you also want to include group work |
| plans. Why shouldn't you start the first few weeks of | | | | activities? Then you'll also need to factor that into your |
| school off right with a weekly lesson plan? Most new | | | | lesson plan. |
| teachers starting out with a new class can honestly | | | | 3. Vary the mode of interaction - Don't teach all your |
| look back on their first year and say that the hardest | | | | lessons frontally. A good way to diversify the teaching |
| part of teaching is working the ropes of classroom | | | | is to include pair or group work. Think about which |
| management. Many feel that finding the balance | | | | types of materials you intend on using. Try also |
| between lesson planning and classroom management | | | | alternating between the whiteboard (or blackboard) |
| is really difficult for them. But your chances of keeping | | | | and other information technologies (ie. Internet, power |
| students attentive are higher when you have a more | | | | point presentation, etc.) |
| structured and appealing lesson that speaks to them. | | | | 4. Back-up plans - Many new teachers underestimate |
| This is why developing a weekly lesson plan for all the | | | | the importance of a back-up plan. If you know your |
| classes can ease your transition as a new teacher. If | | | | class reasonably well, this should not be so hard to do. |
| you find this too much, then you can break down the | | | | Always have a resource back-up of materials in your |
| planning for different classes. By doing this weekly, you | | | | teacher's bag for those unanticipated surprising |
| will notice what areas of planning need more attention | | | | moments. |
| and which areas need less. | | | | As you get to know what especially ticks your |
| Your weekly lesson plan should consist of the | | | | students, you will try and find ways to duplicate the |
| following: | | | | success. Of course, each class works differently so |
| 1. Educational and learning goals and objectives. Even if | | | | you won't be using the same activities over and over |
| you don't explicitly share this with the students, this will | | | | again. After you teach the lesson, you can make |
| help with the rest of the planning. Plan on also writing | | | | comments such as how well students coped, specific |
| an enabling skill or two. For example, if one of your | | | | difficulties, what was especially challenging. |
| goals is to teach summarization, make sure you teach | | | | Students can smell out an organized teacher. The |
| them note taking and how to find the main idea first. | | | | difference in your planning might be a more organized |
| 2. A List of activities for each part of the lesson. A | | | | lesson. So put your planning gear into action and make |
| typical lesson should have a beginning, a middle and an | | | | your weekly lesson plans today. |
| end. See which activities are more suitable for the | | | | |