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   charmello Teacher
   Middle School

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   There are generally three types of lesson plans that could be most aptly referred to as beginner, novice, and veteran.
   As a new teacher (beginner) it is often necessary, as well as wise, to type out a minute-by-minute plan of your ENTIRE day. This includes warm-up exercises, objectives, lesson introductions, questions you plan to use to probe for higher-level thinking, notes on who you will group together, book names and page numbers of workbook pages, assessment, assignments, etc.
   As a novice, you may be able to cut much of that material out, such as the timing. The plan might just contain objectives, book titles, and page numbers, and assignments. At this level, you should have already learned about how much time it takes your students to get things accomplished.
   Do yourself an enormous favor: Create a blank template of a plan that works for you. Make sure it contains check-off boxes of standards. Leave phrases in the appropriate places, such as "The student will be able to..." It saves a great deal of time and if you are lucky enough to have you plans routinely reviewed, it will be easy for the reviewer to find what he/she is looking to find.
   The veteran often uses a "block plan". This can either be notes about book titles and page numbers within a daily planner, or jotted on a period-by-period weekly printout.

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   Posted by charmello on Wednesday August 13, 2008 at 9:36 PM
   
   

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   brandih

   eNotes Editor

   We offer two types of high school lesson plans.

   The Teacher's Pet Lesson Plan for Hamlet includes the following (5 week plan):

   Introduction

   About the author 

   Unit Objectives

   Reading Assignment Sheet

   Unit Outline

   Study Questions (Short Answer)

   Quiz/Study Questions (Multiple Choice)

   Pre-reading Vocabulary Worksheets

   Nonfiction Assignment Sheet

   Oral Reading Evaluation Form

   Writing Assignment 1

   Writing Assignment 2

   Writing Assignment 3

   Writing Evaluation Form

   Vocabulary Review Activities

   Extra Writing Assignments/Discussion Questions

   Unit Review Activities

   Unit Tests Unit Resource Materials Vocabulary Resource Materials

   The Prestwick House Teaching Unit for Hamlet includes the following:

   Objectives

   Quiz

   Quiz Answers

   Test Answers

   Terms and Definitions

   Study Guide Teacher's Copy (includes vocab and study questions)

   Study Guide Student Copy

   Teaching Resources

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   Posted by brandih on Thursday August 14, 2008 at 2:05 PM
   
   

3. 
   photeach Teacher
   Middle School

   When I first started teaching, I found it very helpful to have everything written down - including what I wanted to say and the questions that I wanted to ask.   I also had what I planned on doing detailed on a sheet to remind me what I was supposed to do.  My plans generally included any vocabulary that I wanted to cover, a step by step description of what I wanted to accomplish (first, I will hand the student the worksheet on verbs, etc.), and how much time that I was going to give them to do seat work.

   Now, I include just general information.  I include things like chapter/section numbers, page numbers, question numbers, vocabulary that may be discussed and whether I discussed content with my students or they did it together.  I put in basic information on test days (i.e. name of test).

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   Posted by photeach on Thursday August 21, 2008 at 7:41 PM