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6
steps to writing successful craft
lesson plans
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Any successful lesson plan needs to look at the who, where, why, how,
what of teaching. Breaking your ideas down in this way is a
foolproof way of writing lesson plans.
1.
Who,where,when, what
This is the easiest part! You'll know your group of learners and
where you are expected to run the session. You should also know
how long you're got for each session, and how many sessions you have
with them for instance:
Sutton Craft Group, 7-9pm, village hall, 6 sessions total of 12
teaching hours
2. Why
There are 2 parts to this one:
Your aim
This is the overall aim for the whole group of sessions - i.e. what you
want the learners to get from the course in general.
The
objective
This is the sessional objective - what they will be able to do at the
end of the session. When you write this one it will involve a
verb (doing word). If you were teaching patchwork for instance
your objective may be 'to introduce the learners to 9 square patchwork
and colour balance'
3. How
When you look at the how you will teach the subject, think through the
session from two angles:
What you do and what they (the learners) do). It's important that you
break down the steps you have to go through to help them understand
your subject. What do you have to say, explain and
demonstrate?
How long will all that take and at what point in the process would you
need them to put the techniques into practice?
Break down the activity into small bite sized steps, draughting out
what you will do/say and then what they will do.
- Will you need to go quicker to explain
things or will that be too rushed?
- Given your particular group of learners,
what speed can you go at, and what kind of vocabulary should you use?
- What can you reasonably expect to get
done (explained, demonstrated and then practised) in the time frame you
have?
- Finally, when you have draughted out the
various parts of the session, condense it into the necessary numbered
steps.
4. Resources
Here you think about what you and they need to be able to 'do' the
activity. This will need you to think about what you need to prepare
(teaching samples) or take.
what you need to take with you to do the session will include
such things as i.e. pins, materials, and scissors, designs, ssamples
What will be there (at the place of delivery) and what do you
have to get in - buy or order?
5.
Checking learning
This step is vita and some miss it out. Everyone needs to think
about how things went. It's important for everyone if you are to
deliver valuable sessions.
Think about each section of the session and how it worked.
- What you said
- What you did
- How they understood the
instructions
- What you think and
feel about how it went
6. Notes
If you can, include any notes to yourself either during or after the
session (i.e. John needs more 1:1 help with threading a needle). It
will help to job your memory later.
If you follow these points you should find that each session has an
outline game plan. Draw up a chart - A4 or landscape with various
sections on it under the headings I've suggested.
Create your own form for your sessions. You may want or need to
adjust the form as you go. I've always found that this type of
structure allows me to just drop in outlines for each new session, and
if I am re-running a particular lesson I retrieve lesson plans and
re-jig them to suit the new group.
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Geraldine Jozefiak is passionate about crafts and their place in
education. Be part of raising standards in teaching and learning
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