Planning a lesson or a series of lessons

Session :  3

Time      :   2.00 p.m. - 3.30 p.m.
By         : Peter

        Peter was the last of the six trainers to come to our class. Naturally, we were curious and it was a relief that he was funny, full of expressions and kept us on our toes, especially considering it was a post-lunch session.

               

 

After introducing himself, he dived straight into lesson plans – starting by asking us if we had completed the pre-task worksheet.  Ok, so only two of us had done it (facepalm!). We were given a few minutes to complete it. We discussed it and then we moved on to what headings we would include in our lesson plans. Interestingly, ours differed from his. Though mostly it was just the terminology used, his was, of course, more comprehensive.

Next, we were made to think of our most successful lesson in class and to share them within our small groups. A few were called to share with the whole class. Then we were asked to group ourselves based on the month we were born. The next thing you know, it was chaotic like a local ‘pasarmalam’ as everyone tried to find others who share the same birth month as them. I believe his main aim is to get us to share experiences as again, we were made to share our most successful lesson with our group members.

 REFLECTION / IMPACT

Overall, the session was a great refresher as what to include or to think about when planning a lesson. I especially loved the sharing session. I got to learn more about my fellow group members as well as fresh, new ideas to carry out my lessons!

 SUGGESTION

Maybe one thing that could be put into consideration is having ‘differentiation’ in our lesson plan which Peter has included in the suggested lesson plan. Though probably not practical to be done in all our lessons throughout the semester, we could try to have it in a few lessons.

Written by :

Aliza Abdul Razak

Politeknik Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah, Shah Alam