HOW TO PREPARE AND PRESENT A GOOD LESSON

6 components of any good lesson plan

WHY WE TEACH

Do not let anyone look down on you because of

your youth, but be an example to the believers in

speech, in conduct, in love, in faith and in purity.

1Tim 4:12

And this is eternal life, that they know you the only

true God, and Jesus Christ whom you have sent. John

17:3

6 COMPONENTS TO ANY GOOD LESSON PLAN

1. Objectives or Goals 4. Guided Practice

2. Anticipatory Set 5. Closure/application

3. Direct Instruction 6. Independent Practice

1 . KNOW YOUR OBJECTIVES AND GOALS

Fast forward to the end of the lesson:• What are the most important 1-3 truths?

• What do you want the student to walk away with?

• What do you want the student to do with the information given?

AB C’S (AND D) OF WRITING AN OBJECTIVE

A-Audience: The who. "The student will be able to…"

B-Behavior: What a learner is expected to be able to do or the

product or result of the doing. The behavior or product should be

observable.

C-Condition: The important conditions under which the

performance is to occur.

D-Degree: The criterion of acceptable performance. How well

the learner must perform in order for the performance to be

considered acceptable.

1. Students will know the

ABC’s

2. students will learn

about Jesus’ birth.

3. Students will

understand that Jesus is

God’s son.

1. Students will write the alphabet in

order using capital letters.

2. Students will retell Jesus’ birth

through a series of 3 pictures that

depict the event in chronological

order.

3. Students will analyze the wording

of 2 bible verses that describe

Jesus being God’s son and make a

Venn Diagram showing similarities

of the verses.

Y O U R O B J E C T I V E S H O U L D H AV E A N ACT ION A N D B E MEASUREABLE

Bad examples Good examples

As a group, imagine what would be likely objectives a teacher would look for in a lesson about measuring to the nearest inch. Come up with a group objective and be ready to share with

the whole class.

Remember to include and action and make it measureable.

Emphasize to kids that we can boldly approach God’s throne to receive grace to help us

through temptation, and mercy and forgiveness when we sin (See Heb. 4:14-16.) We have hope

because Christ died for sinners.*

Objective: Students will role play with a peer the conversations Satan had with Jesus and include the quoted verses Jesus used to fight temptation. Objective: Students will tell a peer the three biblical truths Jesus used to fight temptation against Satan. Objective: Students will write an example prayer they might pray in a tempting situation, calling on some of Gods character traits that would help them through.

*© 2014 LifeWay

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Objectives are the backbone of your lesson.

2. ANTICIPATORY SET

The purpose of the anticipatory set is to

1. Pique curiosity for the lesson.

2. Grab the attention of students not ready to

listen.

3. extend prior knowledge about the topic.

Involve a line of questioning and keep activities

short.

DIRECT INSTRUCTION

This is when you present new information usually

to a whole group.• Don’t just read the story!

• Check often for comprehension.

• Be ready to change things up if you are loosing attention, especially with little ones.

1. Jigsaw method: break the story into parts and have small groups present parts of the lesson to the whole class.

2. Peer check-in: partner kids up and ask periodic questions to be answered between partners.

3. Guest Actor: ahead of time prepare an adult to tell the story to the class in first person.

4. Student teachers: If students can read, have them read the story in groups and come up with a creative way to retell the story themselves.

4. GUIDED PRACTICE

This is the part of the lesson that Checks for

Understanding.

Guided means you should be interacting with the

activity, adding help if needed.

Refer to the given activities in your curriculum to see

if any of them could be used as guided practice.

COMMON GUIDED PRACTICE ACTIVIT IES

*Retell the story to a peer verbally or in writing.*Create a craft that represents the main truth being taught.

*contact paper heart*Well planned game. *Create a timeline of the events.*Journal writing about the truths taught.*Roll play*Compare and contrasting activities

CLOSURE/APPLICATION

This is the wrap-up of the lesson.

A chance to see if you taught what you intended to teach.

A chance to see if students learned what you intended them to learn.

Restate the central message or those 1-2 truths you decided were most important.

This is also where you would likely extend the opportunity for salvation.

INDEPENDENT PRACTICE

An assignment done alone to practice the task without help.

*this maybe a challenge during the week to live out what was learned.