I am an advocate for the collaboration of teachers within a given field. Sharing ideas and lesson plans allows our students to benefit from a wealth of ideas and knowledge. The unfortunate reality is that for every good (or great!) lesson plan that is available, there are a least two poor lesson plans. For my EHS 600 class, my group and I have been posting on our blogs about characteristics of great lesson plans and examples of these great characteristics in lesson plans that we have found via the world wide web. It is imperative that we also bring to light the examples of bad lesson plans that do not exemplify these characteristics. For my research, I have supported that differentiation and adequate details are two key characteristics of great lesson plans. Here are some examples of lesson plans that did not showcase these characteristics:
DIFFERENTIATION: Poor Example
"Verbs and their Tenses"
While this lesson plan offers thorough instruction to the students regarding the subject matter, it appears to be very lecture-based with no outlet for the students to engage in the material in alternate ways (i.e. group work, activities, etc.)
ADEQUATE DETAILS: Poor Example
"Color Poems"
This lesson plan allows the students to be creative and reflective in their reading of "Hailstones and Halibut Bones," but there are minimal details provided in this lesson plan. We are only given the instructions and materials. We are not informed of any goals, standards, objectives, modifications/accommodations, differentiation, etc.
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