Session 8: Lesson Planning
The objectives of this session are:
- To connect short and long-term goals to the lesson planning
process
- To review strategies tutor trainees can use to help
learners
form goals
- To familiarize tutor trainees with the process involved
in
lesson planning
- To introduce a format to write lesson plans
- To critique a lesson
plan
- To write a lesson plan
- To provide tutor trainees with general tutoring
tips
Overview of Session 8: Lesson Planning
5 minutes
- Discuss objectives.
- Show overhead, Overview of Session 8.
20 minutes
A: Where should I start?
- Discuss the importance of starting where your learner is. Link
new
knowledge to prior knowledge and experiences.
- Discuss how lesson
objectives (goals) should take into consideration
the short and long-term goals of your learner.
- Review the information
about Hyun-Chu and define two long-term
goals.
- In pairs, trainees should break down the long-term goal
into smaller
short-term goals.
- Refer to the tutor training manual and discuss
the long-term and shortterm
goals her tutor defined for her. What other long and short-term
goals were mentioned during the pair work?
- Ask trainees,
"Let's
say that you are in a situation where the learner
has a long-term goal such as "go to university and graduate." How
would you break this down into short-term goals?"
- After giving
the trainees a minute or two, ask them,
"Was it
difficult for
you to take the learner's long-term goal and break it into smaller,
manageable parts? Should you break this into short-term goals?
Would
it be better for you to do it in conjunction with the learner?
Should the
learner do it on her own and "inform" you?"
- Show overhead,
How can I help my learner set goals?. Explain
that, while some learners may be overwhelmed when we ask about
" goals" , if we ask specific questions, we will get
a better understanding
of what some of the learner's goals are.
- Introduce the
"task
analysis tree" or "mind map" as
a method to
brainstorm and plan with learners. (A shortened version is available
in
the tutor training manual.)
- Refer to the assessment checklists
from Session 3.
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