Richards (1998) suggest that lesson plan helps the teacher to think about the lesson in advance, to resolve problems and difficulties, to provide a structure for a lesson, to provide a map for the teacher to follow and to provide a record of what has been taught.
Lesson planning:-
It is defined as a teacher plan for teaching a lesson.
REASONS FOR PLANING A LESSON:-
There are some internal and external reasons for planning a lesson (McCutcheon.1980).
Teacher plan for internal reason in order to feel more confident, to learn the subject matter batter, to enable lesson to learn more smoothly, and to anticipate problems before they happen.
Teachers plan for external reason in order to satisfy the expectations of the principles or supervisor and to guide substitute teacher in case the class needs one. A productive lesson plan is not one in which everything goes exactly as planned, but one in which student and instructor learn from each other.
Components of lesson plan:-
Phases of LESSON PLAN:-
A lesson plan has five phases:
1-Perspective/opening
Role of teacher:
ask what students have learned previous lesson, preview new lesson.
Role of student:
tell what they have learned previously, respond to preview.
2-stimulation :-
Role of teacher:-
prepare students for new activity presents attention grabber
Role of students: relate activity to their lives, respond to attention grabber.
3-instruction/participation:-
Role of teacher:
present activity, check for understanding, encourage involvement, preview future lesson
Role of student:
Do activity, show understanding, interact with others, give inputs of future lessons 4-Closure
Role of teacher:
Ask what students have learned
Role of students:
Tell what they have learned. 5- follow up
Role of teacher:
Present other activities to reinforce same concepts, present opportunities for interactions.
Role of student: