Instructional Planning

Instructional PlanningParts of a Lesson Plan

Importance of an Instructional/Lesson PlanNo instructional plan is a magical elixir that will guarantee one hundred percent learning. However, a written instructional plan is an antidote to aimlessness. It prevents us from becoming like a classroom driftwood that is merely tossed by the winds and the waves of our whims and caprices.

Types of Instructional/Lesson PlanYearly lesson plan an example would be the Philippine Elementary Learning Competencies (PELCs) and the Philippine Secondary Learning Competencies (PSLCs)Term Plan for those tertiary level. The course syllabus required of each professor or college instructor every term.Unit Plan a segment of the yearly plan or course plan in the same way that lesson plan is a segment of the unit plan.Lesson Plan may be done on a daily or weekly basis.

Elements of an Instructional/Lesson PlanObjectivesTopic or Subject MatterMaterialsProcedure or lesson developmentEvaluationAssignment

1. ObjectivesMay be statement or question form. For example: An objective like to explain the causes of the thinning down of the ozone layer may be converted into What are the causes of the thinning down of the ozone layer?. For greater clarity and focus, they are preferred to be stated behaviorally.

2. MaterialsAre those instructional materials, equipment or multisensory media that we need in teaching to attain our objectives. They are there for us to be able to make the abstract concrete and to arouse our references, workbooks, teachers manuals, journals, magazines, newspapers, simulations, games, puzzles, films, filmstrips, film slides, computer software, chalkboard, display board, and equipment like audio-radio cassette, television, overhead projector (OHP) opaque projector, computer and others.

3. ProcedureConsist of an outline of the development of the lesson. How will I treat the topic of subject matter? What strategies and techniques shall I employ? What questions shall I ask? What activities shall I give to my students? In short, with a particular lesson objectives and with materials at my disposal, how shall I proceed?Five major elements of instructional procedure by Orlich. 1. focusing event (motivation) 2. teaching procedures (use of pivotal questions, techniques) 3. formative check (evaluation or assessment in the process of teaching) 4. student participation, (activities) 5. closure (summary)

6. AssignmentFor more elaborative learning and for the ultimate purpose of mastery learning, homework or assignment is given. Assignments are synapse strengtheners. When done consistently, they reinforce the retention of concepts, the fixing of skills, the internalization of values and cultivation of good habits. They likewise serve as preparation for the next lesson.