***I've discovered Slideshare and I'm really excited about it! I can now upload documents or slideshows and then post them to my blog. I figured out the uploading on my own and then my sweet husband helped me to post it here. Super cool!***
During college, lesson plans became the bane of our existence as Education majors. We spent many hours throughout those four years griping about the department's format, whining about the purpose of writing 500 of them (I'm exaggerating a little :)), defining and redefining "Extensions" (I still don't know what those were supposed to be!), "helping" each other "make up" material, etc, etc. A few of us coped by copy-and-past-ing sections from previous plans written; others re-invented methods and madness for each new plan.
Lesson plans are part of life as a teacher. Perhaps you consider them a necessary evil or your "teaching bible" for the day. Maybe you write out a daily script or your plan is a list with steps 1, 2, 3, and 4. Some teachers write their plans and never need to look at them again; others have it with them throughout the entire lesson. No matter how you slice it or dice it, you have some sort of plan. (I understand that sometimes that plan is "WING IT AND PRAY", but we're going to ignore that option for the sake of the blog topic!)
I've decided that learning to write lesson plans in college is a "You've got to know the rules to break them" philosophy. We practice including LOTS of details in a lesson plan. We expose ourselves to state standards and even national standards. We learn the rules.
Now I like to think I'm out in the real world and I can break the rules! I still write a pretty detailed plan for every lesson, but I created my own format and it works for me. With time, I hope the details will decrease. As my teaching style grows, I expect the format to change and that's okay. I'm taking this teaching gig one day at a time! Here's the format that I'm using currently...
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