Explanation of Lesson Plan Template

Basic Information:
There’s a basic information part in the lesson plan which includes

information about the
1. Subject
2. Unit
3. Lesson title/Topic Name
4. Resources
5. Duration of the lesson
6. Grade level,
7. Date
8. Week no. & day
Lesson Objectives:
 These are end goals of the lesson and usually a target given to the teachers so they could
reflect whether by the end of the lesson, students outcomes were achieved.
 SLOs must be SMART & shouldn’t be more than 2-4.
Essential Questions: These are probing questions to enhance critical thinking of the students.
The purpose is to stimulate critical thinking & inquiry skills in the students. Essential Questions
are mostly open-ended and sometimes also asked just to check their prior knowledge.
Starter Activity/ Introduction/ Reinforcement:

 We begin the lesson by asking probing questions to initiate a discussion and then link
that discussion to the main topic of the lesson. Or ask questions and create more
discussions from students responses to bring their answers to the topic.
 When starting the lesson, ask yourself
o how am I going to link this part to the main topic of the lesson?
o Ask probing questions to involve students in the discussion. Also have ‘expected
response’ to each question.
o Sometimes we write multiple, detailed answers in the Expected Response so the
teacher knows what to expect from the students. Even if students do not give
the desired responses, teachers step in to direct them into that direction so it's
important to facilitate teachers with as many anticipatory questions & their
expected responses as possible.
 This part should either be activity based especially when starting a new topic OR
reinforcement of previously taught topic.
 Try to add hands on activities & examples from real life which students can easily relate to.
This part should not exceed more than 10 minutes.
Building Knowledge: The starter activity or reinforcement must always lead to building

knowledge. This is the part where teachers give their input to the students & provide examples
& solutions for the given exercises.
 After teacher's input, put it into practice by either giving examples or by doing group/pair or
individual work.
 If the concept is big or complicated, break it into chunks. Provide Teacher’s input in parts
then practice each part as ‘Guided Practice’.
 Always provide solutions/answers of the questions discussed in the class for teachers
support. Try to stick by book's method of solving questions.
 Mention that questions discussed in the class will be done in their notebooks
 Mention ‘Teachers to allocate 5-10 minutes to students so they can copy work from the
whiteboard to their notebooks' so students don’t have to struggle to finish their work while
missing out on the explanation completely.
 After giving instructions for any given exercises, mention that teachers must ask one or two
ICQs (Instruction Check Questions) or CCQs (Concept Check Questions) to ensure
instructions/concepts are understood.
 This part should be of 25-30 minutes
Consolidation:
 Wrap up the lesson by revising the concepts taught in pointers.
 Give them a sum or two or ask questions to check how much they've learned. (Also mention
that teachers must supervise students while they are doing the allocated task to ensure
every student is able to finish the task. Provide support where needed)
 Add two or more additional exercises/questions for high achievers (students who are
quicker/smarter than others so they don't interrupt others after finishing their work early)
 This part should not exceed more than 5-7 minutes
Homework: Try giving easy worksheets/exercises for homework as students don't have support
at home. The homework must not be too complicated or lengthy which takes away students
interest and motivation to finish it. Ideally, in a week of four lesson plans, giving homework
twice in a week would be good.
General Comments:
 Our lesson plans are more like a script which also serves as a study manual for teachers &
includes instructions, explanation, methodology & even class control strategies so teachers can
also polish their skills within the classroom. Adding as much teacher’s input as possible will
ensure teachers are fully prepared & are able to cater to students questions before going to the
class.
 Use simple language as these lesson plans will be used by deaf teachers, complicated words are
difficult to sign and therefore meaning is lost.
 Try adding a couple more instructions than usual for our teachers so they know exactly what to
do at each step. We need to be very precise with our instructions given to the teachers in the
Lesson Plans
 Add relevant SLOs for each day’s plan.
 Try designing your questions & exercises as per Bloom’s Taxonomy.
 Go from basic, daily life examples to more specific & complex examples. These students are
from underprivileged backgrounds, which means their exposure isn’t great; therefore, try
sticking to local examples.
 Adding precise instructions using simple action words like ‘say’, ‘repeat’, ‘ask’ , ‘recall’ for our
teachers so they know exactly what to do at each step.

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There’s a basic information part in the lesson plan which includes

Starter Activity/ Introduction/ Reinforcement:

Building Knowledge: The starter activity or reinforcement must always lead to building

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