Lesson+Plans

Hey (this is Christina)! As a first post to see how this works, and in the spirit of our next roundtable discussion, I wanted to post a lesson that I created at the begining of the year so that I could practice with the E-beam. Let me know what you think (and feel free to use the lesson of course if you like it!)

Christina, I like your lesson plan. Couldn't get the Scrapbook file to work, but it's probably because I've got an old version of the program on my computer. Really enjoyed your "techsavvy.doc" file — it's a useful list. Doug

Hey Doug, I'll add a PDF version (which wouldn't really be useful in class, but just so you can see the slides!)

Hi all, from Doug. I don't know if this lesson is completely in the spirit of the Technology round table, but anyway it uses Power Point and the Internet. :-) I have found it useful for various levels, especially at the beginning of the school year when nobody has the books, etc. I'd be interested in your opinions, and of course if anyone wants to use it, you're welcome to it.

HI from Amy. Thanks for these plans, Cristina and Doug. They are great!

Here are two lesson plans: The first is stolen from the internet, but the second is original. I like them both and have used them in my classes before with good results.

1: This lesson plan is aimed at teaching writing and is a fun way to jumpstart a story.

FIRST, go to the following link and follow the suggestions for the lesson plan (Pre-teach the parts of a story, appropriate question words, etc): http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/starship/teachers/onlineactivities_storyplant.shtml

When you're ready to start the story plant, click on the link or go here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/starship/english/storyplant.shtml

2: I know we don't often teach content lessons, but I find that this lesson on Rome is good for teaching the past tense, plus the game is so fun for kids! I used this in Playschool last year when we had to teach about Roman civilization. Its good for kids from about 8 to about 11 or 12, and the content can be modified for all ages, really. Since most children learn about this topic at school, they generally have a lot to talk about.

Here is the lesson plan:

Here is the powerpoint:

Here is the list of questions: