Problem
Teacher Abby is a Grade 10 English Teacher. One of her practices is to plan her lessons before the next day comes. She believes that preparation is everything, so she always tries to think of how she will come up with engaging activities in her Daily Lesson Log (DLL) and imagine all her plans get concretized during teaching-learning encounters.
First, we will look closely into her plans which she writes down in her personal notebook. Her topic concerns a literary piece, "The Gorgon's Head" written by Anne Terry White. Let us see what's on the page of Teacher Abby's notebook and evaluate if she plans for developmentally-sequenced teaching and learning processes for her lesson.
My Plans for "Gorgon's Head"
• Refer to the Curriculum Guide and the Learner's Material (pp. 35-36).
• Fill in the needed parts in the DLL.
• Make the reviews engaging for women.
• Give thought-provoking questions.
• Integrate Mulan's story (from Grade 8).
• Have learners do sustained silent reading.
• Focus on discrimination in the society.
• Use the activities/tasks from the Learner's Material.
• Assessment - if time will permit...
• Identify famous oral literary pieces for homework.
A. What can you say about Teacher Abby's practice of keeping a notebook that contains her plans for the day's lesson? Do you think it is helpful in instructional planning? Why do you say so?
B. Are the plans written down by Teacher Abby logically sequenced? If "yes," provide your evidence.
C. If you were Teacher Abby, what item/s from your plans will you remove or improve? Justify your answer.