Carpentry Lesson Plan
Carpentry Lesson Plan
Carpentry Lesson Plan
Growth of a tree
Converting
Timber defects
a. Every student gets a different text (from chapter 1. About wood, copies are in
Chapter 6. Copies).
b. Every student looks for the following information in his text:
What is softwood and what is hardwood?
Name four different timber defects.
What is converting? Name two ways to convert wood.
c. The students compare their results.
d. We look at some examples of timber and name some of its sections/defects.
2. Drawing
a. Every student reads the text about drawing (Woodwork for Primary School
p.28-40).
b. I explain and show how to:
Fix the paper on the drawing board.
Use the tee square.
Place the drawing on the paper.
Make outer lines, dimension lines and construction lines.
c. Every student begins to draw:
Frame and measurement instruction (copies are in Chapter 6. Copies).
Little Box (sample from chapter 2. Drawing)
Sawing exercise (sample from chapter 2. Drawing)
3. Tools and safety
a. Every student gets an empty list of the tool in our workshop (copies are in
Chapter 6. Copies).
b. All necessary information can be found in the tool chapters from the books
“Woodwork” and “Woodwork for Primary School”.
c. We read together the safety rules and hang them on the wall where they are
visible (safety rules from chapter 3. Tools and Safety).
4. Sawing exercise
Reading a drawing
Creating a cutting list
Planing a face and edge
a. To-do list
Handing out an empty list (copies are in Chapter 6. Copies).
Explaining shortly every step. Students write them into their lists.
b. Creating a cutting list (copies are in Chapter 6. Copies).
c. Preparing the timber.
Planing face and edge (instructions in Woodwork book p. 86-89).
Create a to-do list for planing a face and edge (copies are in Chapter 6.
Copies).
d. Marking out the cuts.
e. Sawing the cuts.
f. Finish the sawing exercise.
Sand every side to smoothen and remove all lines.
5. Name board
Using chisels
6. Joint Frame
Corner-halving joint
Corner-bridle joint
Mitred corner-bridle joint
Knock-down tenon joint
Dovetail half-lap joint
T-bridle joint
Strut joint.
a. Together we collect some ideas and then decide what to build. It can be a
team project or everybody makes his own. Some examples are found in
chapter 5. Projects or in the books “Woodwork” and “Woodwork for Primary
School”.