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LEARNING EXPERIENCE
(LESSON PLAN)

Pre-Service Teacher’s Name Stefano Albert

Year 11 Date 02/11/2020 Time 60 mins

Key Learning Area(s) Business studies

Learning Purpose - brief and explicit description of the purpose of the lesson and the outcomes expected
The purpose of this lesson is to get students to understand the difference regarding the
characteristics of the business life cycle stages, challenges faced in different stages of the
business lifecycle, contemporary business outlined in relation to business life cycle.
Students will have the opportunities to engage in group activities and share their ideas
with reference to the topic at hand.

Links with previous learning and links to other KLAs

This lesson links directly with the previous topics of the nature of business. The topic
will help students bring their own background knowledge from previous lessons and
help further incorporate the concept at hand.

Syllabus outcome/objectives(s) Indicators / Content (List up to 3)

Pre 2012 Post 2012 NESA
Syllabus
P1 discusses the nature of business, its role in Business growth and decline
society and types of business structure
 Identifying the 2 out of 4 stages of
P2 explains the internal and external
influences on businesses the business life cycle
o Establishment
P6 analyses the responsibilities of business to o Growth
internal and external stakeholders  Responding to challenges at each
stage of the business life cycle
P7 plans and conducts investigations into
contemporary business issues

P8 evaluates information for actual and

hypothetical business situations

Cross-curricula priorities
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander histories and Sustainability  
cultures  
Asia and Australia's engagement with Asia   Difference and diversity 
Civics and citizenship  Work and enterprise
General capabilities
Critical and creative Intercultural understanding Numeracy
thinking
Ethical understanding Personal and social Literacy
capability
Information and communication technology capability
Quality Teaching elements
Intellectual Quality Quality learning Significance
environment
Deep knowledge Explicit quality criteria Background knowledge
Deep understanding Engagement Cultural knowledge
Problematic knowledge High expectations Knowledge integration
Higher order thinking Social support Inclusivity
Metalanguage Students’ self-regulation Connectedness
Substantive communication Student direction Narrative
Sequence of Teaching/Learning experiences Teaching strategies Assessment Time Resources

BEFORE CLASS: PowerPoint Slides,

Worksheet, Class
 Organization of classroom to ensure projector and computer is
activities
completely functional
 Ensure PowerPoint slides to be ready
 Print off additional Worksheet and Class activities to be
handed out to each student
 Provide feedback and evaluation on students’ worksheet
submitted through Google Classroom and the list of students’
personal goals regarding last lesson

INTRODUCTION Textbook,
Laptop/iPad,
 Class settles in with textbook (Business studies in action 3 rd
Worksheet
edition), (4.2 Business life cycle – stages and responding to
challenges)
 Administration to ensure roll is checked and to provide any
important announcements

SLIDE 1 & 2 Whole Class, Direct Informative Assessment 2 mins PowerPoint Slides
 Teacher introduces the topic of the day “Business growth and Instruction - Ensure students
decline” with the focus on the establishment phase and growth understand the
stage of the Business Life Cycle (BLC) and the challenges outline and
faced by businesses in these stages of the BLC. instructions of today’s
 Teacher outlines the proposed “Learning Outcomes” from the lesson
“Business Studies stage 6 syllabus (2010)”
 Teacher to distribute the worksheet and provide instruction to
students to fill the worksheet that will be used as their personal
notes

SLIDE 3 Whole class discussion Informal Assessment 3 mins Whiteboard,

 CLASS ACTIVITY: MIND MAP (Open questioning), Mind - To build interest, PowerPoint Slides,
 Teacher to engage students with an open question in form of mapping, Low order Question engagement, and Mind Map
mind map connection towards
 Open question: the topic
o “Identify human’s life stages” - Low order question
 Teacher to randomly select 6 – 8 students to provide answers
  Expected answers:
o Baby, toddler, infant, teenager, adult, old person
 Teacher to provide engaging feedback to the answer such as:
o Excellent / Nice / Brilliant / Lovely
 Teacher to list down all the answers on the whiteboard using a
“Mind Map” with “Human life stage” as the middle point
o Refer to mind map 1.1

SLIDE 4 Direct Instruction Informative Assessment, 6 mins Whiteboard,

 Teacher to make a link between the question from slide 3 - Clearly explaining Informal Assessment PowerPoint Slide,
using a statement topic - To draw student’s Response cards,
o “Same as human that have to go through various - Engaging use of prior knowledge, build Worksheet,
stages during their life, business also have to go Worksheet interest and Textbook pp 88
through various stages during its life” Differentiation (Visual Aids) engagement towards
 Teacher to make another statement that there are 4 stages of the topic
the business life cycle without providing further information Whole class discussion
o Establishment
o Growth
o Maturity
o Post maturity

CLASS ACTIVITY – RESPONSE CARDS

 Teacher to provide students with 4 cards with number 1 – 4
written on it
 Teacher to instruct students to lift the card with the number
that they think is the answer
 Teacher to scaffold a graph of business life cycle without any
information and divide the graph into 4 parts
 Teacher to ask the question in random orders
 Closed question 1:
o “Which of the following number indicates the
establishment stage of a business?”
 Expected Answers:
o 1
 Closed question 2:
o “Which of the following number indicates the growth
stage of a business?”
 Expected Answers:
o 2
 Closed question 3:
 o “Which of the following number indicates the maturity
stage of a business?”
 Expected Answers:
o 3
 Closed question 4:
o “Which of the following number indicates the post
maturity stage of a business?”
 Expected Answers:
o 4
 Teacher to provide engaging feedback to the answer such as:
o Excellent / Nice / Brilliant / Lovely
 Teacher to instruct students to fill the explanation on their
worksheet

SLIDE 5 Direct Instruction Informative Assessment, 3 mins PowerPoint Slide,

 Teacher to explain the characteristic of establishment stage - Clearly explaining Literacy based skill Worksheet,
o The establishment phase is where the business first topic - Students are Textbook pp. 92 -
enters the market. - Engaging use of combining visual and 93
 Teacher to choose a student to read out definition to further Worksheet written skills of
engage class and incorporate a form of multimodal teaching auditory learning
with the combination of text, visual and audio modes of
meaning
 Teacher to explain the obligation of the business owners
during establishment stage:
o The location of the business
o The types of products the business will sell
o How to find motivated, appropriately trained staff
o The most suitable legal structure.
 Teacher to put stronger tone when speaking the underlined
words to emphasis its importance
 Teacher to instruct students to fill the explanation on their
worksheet

Direct Instruction Informative Assessment 2 mins PowerPoint Slides,

SLIDE 6 - Clearly explaining Worksheet,
 Teacher to identify with class the key challenges faced by topic Textbook pp. 92 -
businesses in the establishment stage. - Engaging use of 93
o Slow start up Worksheet
o High set up costs
 o Cash flow problems
o Losses may be incurred
o Risk levels high due to high uncertainty

 Teacher to instruct students to fill the explanation on their

worksheet
Direct Instruction, Individual Formative Assessment 15 mins PowerPoint Slides,
SLIDE 7 short answer questions - Test students Worksheet
 CLASS ACTIVITY: CASE STUDY SHORT ANSWER - Case study to draw understanding of topic
QUESTIONS upon knowledge with - Questioning, open
o Teacher to present students with case study in their low to mid-range based
worksheets and on PowerPoint slide. order thinking - Thinking strategy
o Students will be instructed to read the case study and question
answer various ranges of questions
o This is an individual work
o Questions:
 Outline why you have come to the decision to
establish your own business.
 Summarise any challenges which may arise.
o Expected answers:
 I rather establish my own ice cream business
than letting a big company such as Coles
running it because I will have a total control of
the business in terms of marketing, products,
and profitability
 Not siding with a big company like Coles raise
the challenges of a slow start up especially
when reaching to new customer, high setup
cost as there would only be me personally as
the fund supplier, and lack of experience in the
field
 During the activity, Teacher will walk around the class to
ensure each student stays on task and answer any content
related questions
 Teacher to select 3 random students to share their answers
 Teacher to provide engaging feedback to the answer such as:
Excellent / Nice / Brilliant / Good responses
 Teacher to correct or justify the answers if necessary Direct Instruction, Informative Assessment 6 mins Whiteboard,
Differentiation (Visual Aids) YouTube
SLIDE 8
  Teacher to show a 6-minute illustration video called “Stages of
business life cycle” by HSC study lab) on YouTube
 Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rE5jqvzEst8
 Teacher to encourage students to take some notes from the
video especially from minute 2 to minute 4 as it will be
significant for the next class activity
Direct Instruction Informative Assessment 2 mins PowerPoint Slides,
- Clearly explaining Textbook pp.94 -
SLIDE 9 topic 95, Worksheet
- Engaging use of
 Teacher to explain the characteristic of growth stage
Worksheet
o The growth phase is characterized by increasing
sales and revenue for the business.
o Customers are now aware of the business and/or
product and the business begin to increase its market
share.
 Teacher to choose a student to read out definition to further
engage class and incorporate a form of multimodal teaching
with the combination of text, visual and audio modes of
meaning
 Teacher to put stronger tone when speaking the underlined
words to emphasis its importance
 Teacher to instruct students to fill the explanation on their
worksheet Direct Instruction Informative Assessment 3 mins PowerPoint Slides,
- Clearly explaining Textbook pp.94
topic -95, Worksheet
SLIDE 10 - Engaging use of
 Teacher to identify with class the key challenges faced by Worksheet
businesses during the growth stage.
o Sales growing rapidly
o Profits rising
o Lack of control structure.
o Business may have difficulty coping to provide
funds/staff for expansion

 Teacher to instruct students to fill the explanation on their

worksheet
Direct Instruction, Individual Formative Assessment 15 mins PowerPoint Slides,
Questions - Test students Worksheet
- Case study to draw understanding of topic
SLIDE 11 upon knowledge with - Questioning, open
low to mid-range based
  CLASS ACTIVITY 2: CASE STUDY QUESTIONS order thinking - Thinking strategy
CONT. question
o Teacher to present students with a case study in their
worksheets and on PowerPoint slide.
o Students will be instructed to read the case study and
answer various ranges of questions
o This is an individual work
o Questions:
 Outline how the business has grown.
 Describe two characteristics of the growth
stage
 Examine an alternative option other than a
loan for the business to continue to grow
o Expected answers:
 The business currently has plenty regular
customers and employees that helps in
generating sales. The business is also in the
position where it needs more financial
investment to grow bigger
 The two characteristics of growth stage are
the improvement of sales, revenue, and
product recognition allowing its market share
to develop positively
 Instead of going to the bank to ask for a loan,
the business owner could invest his/her
personal money to the business or trying to
find other investor that would be willing to put
their money into the business
 During the activity, Teacher will walk around the class to
ensure each student stays on task and answer any content
related questions
 Teacher to select 3 random students to share their answers
 Teacher to provide engaging feedback to the answer such as:
Excellent / Nice / Brilliant / Good responses
 Teacher to correct or justify the answers if necessary Direct Instruction Informative Assessment 3 mins PowerPoint Slides,
Google Classroom

SLIDE 12 - 13
 Teacher to sum up the lesson by reviewing what have been
discussed in today’s lesson
 Teacher to ask if any of the students have questions regarding
 today’s lesson
 Teacher to inform students that the slides will be available
through Google Classroom
 Teacher to instruct all the students to email their filled
worksheet and notes from the case study activity through
Google Classroom to be checked
 Teacher to instruct all the students to also email their list of
personal goals that they would like to achieve
 Teacher to provide a brief outline of next lesson’s topic from
the “Business studies stage 6 syllabus (2010)”
 Teacher to thank all the students for the attentions and
participations on today’s class and finally dismiss the class
Links with further learning
This links with previous topics learnt in the nature of business as well as a good lead onto the
topic of business management. Direct links to the business life cycle and the next stages of the
concept at hand.

Reflection after Teaching

Student learning (give examples of how you know that students have learned the skills and
understandings taught, and identify areas that still need addressing)

Teaching skills and strategies (Critical evaluation/ reflection of two or three key aspects of your
teaching)