Phase 3 Lesson Plans Overview

The beginning of phase three marks a new stage in your lesson planning.  You are now responsible for creating and sequencing nearly all activities to accomplish course goals.  While we do provide some weekly suggestions and ideas, most of the development and implementation of these activities is up to you.  We encourage you to integrate the PHG, the Writing Studio and other resources (from E607, TART, peers, etc.) in your lesson planning.

You should continue to write detailed lesson plans, beginning with a description of the lesson’s objective.  Also be sure to include a statement about how the lesson connects to course goals and to students’ own writing.  Be sure to think through the sequence of activities and how to transition between them so that students understand the rationale for how you structure each lesson. 

As a general rule, it’s effective to present course material in this sequence: 1.) Explain the concept or material to students. 2.) Model the concept or material for students.   3.) Have students practice the concept or material by applying it to their own writing (ideally to the writing they do for each major assignment).

If you need assistance developing lesson plans for this final phase of CO150, feel free to talk to one of the lecturers and/or to the Composition faculty.