A Technology-enhanced Lesson Plan

Hello everybody

In the Egyptian Government schools we teach curricula designed in England with emphasis on British English and the British culture as well. In private schools, American curricula are taught stressing American English and the American culture. In governmental schools, the courses deal with ideas that deepen locality and universality on the part of students. I work at a secondary school, levels 10, 11, 12. I read about lesson plans from the University of Tennessee. I carefully studied a LP Template. I found out that the template given is different from the one we use in our schools in Egypt:
1- Unlike the Template given, the template we use in Egypt goes on gradually according to what happens inside the class like this:
a) Unit... Lesson.....
Students Book Page...., Workbook page....
b) Learning Objectives (three types of objectives are written; Knowledge, Skills, attitudes)
c) Teaching Aids
d) Main Points of the lesson
e) Resources
f) Review (on the previous lesson)
g) The new Lesson content:
* Warm up
*Presenting the new lesson
*a practical activity on the new lesson
*Wrap up
h) Board summary
i) Assessment/Evaluation
j) Homework
2- The template given concentrates on clear indicators, national standards...etc, whereas the Egyptian template, for English teachers, concentrates on the skills of the target language more than the national educational Standards.
3- The template given gives due care for the students' productivity in different skills, knowledge and attitudes. But in Egypt, we are still exam-oriented. Hence, more attention is given only to knowledge and written productivity.

I am going to modify the template we use in Egypt so that it will be more advanced. I will do that at least in my school. My supervisor is very progressive and he will appreciate that. He will help me to better myself, my colleagues, my students and my school as a whole.

All the best
Ahmed Khattab