1. PLANNING LESSONS October 2005 [Dimensions 3.1.1, 3.1.2]

2. Objectives for this session To understand the difference between lesson plans, lesson notes and schemes of work To understand teaching objectives and learning outcomes To explore the elements of a well structured lesson

3. PLANNING ELEMENTS LESSON (EPISODE) PLAN: Detailed planning sheet showing all elements of a lesson. LESSON NOTES: Aides memoires Teacher prompt sheets in class: notes, questions, diagrams, etc.

4. SCHEME OF WORK : Overview of a series of lessons for teaching a topic (outline lesson plans and resources may be included). -OR- Overview of the sequence of topics for a term, a year or a Key Stage. See QCA Schemes of Work for KS3

5. Progressive planning: Episodes Lessons Topics Scheme of Work

6. IN THE BEGINNING... TEACHING OBJECTIVES: what the teacher intends pupils to learn WALT - We Are Learning Today LEARNING OUTCOMES: achievement that may be demonstrated by pupils (which you can assess) WILF – What I’m Looking For … Assessment for Learning DfES 0043-2004

7. Setting teaching objectives and learning outcomes enables assessment of pupils’ learning evaluation of teaching

8. BODY OF LESSON ENDING EVERY LESSON HAS A STRUCTURE: INTRO

9. ALTERNATIVELY, The centipede model: - a lesson with several ‘segments’:

10. Head: Introduction Link to previous lesson OR Introduce a new topic: link with previous learning Outline the flow of the lesson: activities and approximate timings Share learning objectives with group

11. Main Body of the lesson Variety of activities Practical and/or Theory Challenging but manageable tasks Differentiation by task or outcome? Extension activities / Support materials Resources

12. Tail: Ending Summary and rounding off (plenary): Check back on achievement of objectives (e.g. Q and A to check understanding) Set homework (if needed) Look forward to next lesson

13. Considerations pupils’ previous knowledge/experience your own subject knowledge concepts/skills to develop teaching strategies to use resources available classroom management contextual constraints (eg. time of day/term/year)

14. A lesson plan should include: pupil information curriculum information (KS, AT, etc) opportunities for x-curricular development (literacy, numeracy, key skills, thinking skills, etc) assessment resources ….. as well as what you actually intend to do! ***** Subject handbook p 12-13 *****

15. … after the lesson... … evaluation is essential: 1. THE GOOD PARTS (celebrate; repeat) 2. THE NOT-SO-GOOD BITS (don’t do it like that again!) Evaluation notes for ALL teaching (eg annotate lesson plan) TWICE per week: detailed written evaluation (linked to an ‘agenda’ during SBW)

16. Further information: ICT subject handbook, p12-13 KS3 ICT framework p33-34 Kennewell, Parkinson & Tanner (2004) Learning to Teach ICT in the Secondary School chs. 4 and 5

17. Objectives for this session To understand the difference between lesson plans, lesson notes and schemes of work To understand teaching objectives and learning outcomes To explore the elements of a well structured lesson