I am taking a break from completing the required lesson plan. I am unhappy and feel that this exercise is a waste of my time. I believe it to be a waste because I am learning nothing new and could be using this time more constructively. Shouldn't we be working smarter not harder?
No teacher in his or her right mind would ever write a lesson plan in this fashion. The template itself leaves little if any room for the actual lesson. The focus is on ridiculous pointless details that help neither me nor my students. I hate the template.
My lesson is a good one on extracting DNA from strawberries. The lab itself came from The Science Behind Our Food program found at http://discover.uga.edu/sbof/
The entire activity opens itself up to critical thinking and discussion. I like many good teachers bring those conversations along during the lesson. To sit here at my computer and pose those questions is difficult and to me, unnecessary.
My apologies for griping, but it is what it is...... exasperating!
Betsy,
ReplyDeleteI completely agree with you about the template. As you said, no teacher in his/her right mind writes lessons this way. Even if I did, I wouldn't follow it, as the individual class guides the discussion. Even though I teach the same lesson 3 times a day, it is never the same.
By the way, you have the same motto that I use daily - it is what it is :-)