PREPARING FOR QUALITY TEACHING

PROF. MARY LISLEY JANE R. LAYSON

What is Lesson Planning?
It is imperative for teachers to prepare their lesson plans as they facilitate the learning experiences in the
classroom. Lesson planning is a systematic process whereby the teacher identifies the learning objectives
or the desired learning outcomes, the content or topic, instructional materials needed to aid in the
instruction, references, strategies, or techniques that will be utilized in the lesson, and assessment tasks to
determine what the learners need to improve on or how well they were able to achieve the desired
learning outcomes.
What is a Lesson Plan?
The lesson plan is a guide outlining the significant teaching-learning activities aligned to the outcomes or
objectives and to the assessment tasks. It has five major parts that could be presented through the acronym
OSPAA.

O bjectives

S ubject Matter

P rocedure

A ssessment

A ssignment
1. Objectives
We have to consider the fact that it should be expressed in terms of specific knowledge, skill or attitude.
These are expressed in specific and measurable terms or verbs. We avoid using as behavioral objectives
some words like know, understand, appreciate, or learn because these are not observable or
measurable. A good instructional objective should contain elements like the learner, specific behavior,
condition, performance standard, and the desired result or outcomes. The objectives of the lesson should be
shared with the learners.
II. Subject Matter
This would include the topic or content drawn from the curriculum guide. It may include a specific
concept, competency, principle, skill, or procedure. The teacher should see to it that the content or topic is
aligned with the curriculum and is suited to the needs, abilities, and skills of the learners. The
instructional materials or references are also included in this part.
III. Procedure
This would include the Preliminary or Introductory, Developmental, and Closing or Culminating
Activities. Here, the teacher describes the learning experiences that the learners, with the teacher as
facilitator of learning, shall go through.
IV. Assessment
The assessment tasks are presented after the Procedure. One important note to remember here is the
principle of constructive alignment of the assessment tasks to the objectives and teaching-learning
activities set.
V. Assignment
Part of the lesson plan would be the Assignment, whereby teachers would assign some tasks for home-
based learning. There are benefits to why teachers would give some assignments to the learners. For one,
it would help improve the learners’ performance because it provides enrichment or reinforcement
and even remedial activities to be done at home. Advance reading assignments help the learners to be
prepared and motivated for the next day’s lesson.