Reflection on Lesson Plan

I feel that a lesson plan is very useful for beginning teachers/ student teachers like us. It enable us to plan and prepare our lesson in order for our lesson to be organised and ensure students' learning to take place more effectively.

What I have learnt in the class is that I was able to differentiate between General Objectives (GO) and Specific Instructional Objectives (SIO). The difference between the two is that SIO can be use to assess the students learning. Also, in the lesson plan, it is wise to include the duration rather than the specific allocated time. We also have to always keep in mind the behavior of the class when we planning for the lesson. Example, the duration to get the class to setting down before lesson for the well behave class would be shorter than the noisier class likewise when planning the activities for the class.

Personally, it is always good to include dialogue as a beginning teacher because I have difficulties in speaking fluently. Also, I would also want to include to-do-list in my lesson plan such as "Praising the students if they have answered correctly" etc.

I have also learnt in the class that summaries can be included in the mids of a lesson not necessary the end of the class. And the difference between a summary of a topic is different from a closure of a class. Usually a closure of a class is for the reminding of students what to bring or do for the next lesson before the lesson ends. The most importantly thing that I have learnt is that teacher should always related or interlink the topic of a lesson to their life and get them to understand how they can apply it to their daily life. Instead of just teaching theories, teachers should give more examples to the students.