Literacy Speaks Volumes

A lesson plan is a teacher's detailed description of a course of instruction. It is sometimes called the learning trajectory for a lesson. A teacher develops a lesson plan to guide the learning. Details of the plan will vary depending on the teacher, school, and district. Lesson Plans include the goal, or objective, the method, or procedure, and some sort of measurement of how well the goal was reached. Lesson plans are detailed and include step-by-step- instructions. creating a lesson plan means that the teacher has to set goals for learning, develop activities, and determine the materials that will be used. The basic components of a lesson plan for middle and high school students are the following: The set, or introduction, to the lesson. This is the part where the teacher tells the students what they will be learning. Sometimes, the teacher will motivate the students in this part of the lesson, but the main point of the set is to let the kids know what...

Photo courtesy of The U. S. Army  My 7th grade English Language Arts team gets together each Wednesday afternoon to develop lesson plans, create formative assessments, analyze data, and sometimes gripe. Some days are more productive than others. Garmston Wellman has identified  seven norms of collaboration  that will make your next PLC meeting more productive: Pausing Paraphrasing Probing for specificity Putting ideas on the table Paying attention to self and others Presuming positive intentions Pursuing a balance between advocacy and inquiry His ideas are practical and can readily be adapted into any situation. His ideas can also be adapted for use in the classroom.