Lesson Plans

Two techniques you can use to help plan a lesson

1. A good lesson plan follows ROPES:

Review of the last session

Overview of the material to cover in this session

Presentation of the new material

Exercise - practice of the new material

Summary of what you taught

2. Ask these questions:

• What do I hope to accomplish?
• What will my learner do?
• What will I do?
• What materials will we need?
• How will we know if we made progress?

It does not matter which of the many lesson formats/templates you choose for your lesson; just be sure

• your lesson plan is organized
• you can tell at a glance the topic to discuss and materials to use

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