this chapter focuses on what you do in the front of room. Although some learn- ers are so vested and so passionate about learning that they almost "teach themselves," most will need a guide or a facilitator. Yet a teacher could adhere to all the basic components of a lesson plan, in the proper sequence, and still be inef- fective. Why? As you can guess, there is much more to the process than simply following a plan. It's how you do each of the items that matters as much as whether you do one of them or not. This chapter fleshes out some specific front- of-the-room strategies for you to use.
THE STRUCTURE OF PLANNING
Over the years, teachers have used a variety of models that offer a sequence or a pattern. You might have used Madeline Hunter's model (known by various names, including the Hunter Model, the Direct Teaching Model, and Target Teaching):
knowing standards and setting objectives
creating an anticipatory set
modeling, then offering teacher input
checking for understanding
closure independent practice
Today, those elements still have value, but there's also room for an u of the This chapter is less about on planning and more about the structure gives e with that structure as presented earlier. It presentation. But we still reunite way to group things for greater clarity.