New Teachers – Should You Overplan Your Lessons?
The question is out: how many of you new teachers (1-5 years of teaching experience) in fact overplan your lessons? As a new teacher 12 years ago, I overplanned my lessons constantly in order to ensure that ALL students were engaged even if it meant restructuring the lesson.
In general, overplanning is a good habit to develop especially when they are used as back-up plans to support parts or even an entire lesson.
The problem however with overplanning becomes even more complicated and tricky during those unexpected moments. How do you know just exactly what activity to use? And for how long? How many activities? This is where experience and knowing the students and their abilities can play a strong role in deciding which activities are appropriate to use. Sometimes you might surprise yourself with your own little spontaneity and find out that you know more than you actually gave … Read more
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