Components of Annual Plan & Designing a Learning Unit Plan Planning Components of Annual Plan & Designing a Learning Unit Plan

Training session Objectives: At The end of this training session participants will be able to: 1-Design the annual plan. 2- Design the unit plan.

“A good plan is like a road map: it shows the final destination and usually the best way to get there.” H. Stanely Judd

The role of ‘planning’ in the process of guiding your learners Think of ‘planning’ your teaching like you would plan anything that is important enough to require preparations, for example planning a holiday trip or any other important journey. In fact, you, as a teacher, are indeed planning a journey, an exploratory journey, not for your self in this instance, but for your learners. Your planning may lead you to devise a road map, a guiding plan for the trip you imagine for your learners. This kind of planning helps you to ensure, in a coherent manner, your learners’ acquisition of the specific competences included in the curriculum.

The steps of planning

Designing the Annual Plan The specific questions of the annual planning are:

This is a macro level planning estimate that provides a possible structure for the year long journey, aligns with the curriculum purpose, establishes a possible itinerary and allocates time for all learning units. The points of reference for the annual planning are: the curriculum the structure of the school year calendar the textbook and the workbook other instructional materials (teachers’ guide, for example)

By working out the annual planning, we make sure that: We cover all the specific competences (SCs) and learning content for a school year We take into consideration the time assigned to the subject for a certain grade We determine a coherent perspective on the journey proposed for learners We use the textbook as a resource, rather than a unique point of reference for the plan, and as an aid in teaching and learning.

Task (1) Discuss & evaluate the annual plan for grade……

Designing the Learning Unit A learning unit is an open and flexible learning structure that focuses on the management of the teaching and learning. The learning unit: Leads to developing specific learning behavior and values outcomes with learners. Has a common topic (and, in some cases, combines learning content from different domains of the subject or other subjects). Progresses meaningfully and with continuity over a period of time (10-15 lessons, for example). Includes formative assessment and ends with a summative test.

How much With what how why what The specific questions you have to answer when designing the learning unit are the following: How much With what how why what

For designing the learning unit, you have to: Determine the specific competence(s) to be acquired. In fact, you’ve already selected them in the annual planning. You have to see if you can develop them all during the learning unit you are examining. It may happen that you feel like adding or deleting some of the specific competences (SC). If this is the case, you should recover the deleted SC in other learning unit(s).

Identify the learning content that you need in order to develop the SC mentioned in the curriculum. This selection is also already made in the annual planning. Here you may add some details if you think they are necessary.

Identify the adequate learning activities Identify the adequate learning activities. This is a new operation and you have to check if the textbook offers you appropriate material in this respect. You need to associate one or more learning activity to each SC. The learning activity will focus on the learning content you selected in various approaches, so that learners can develop the SC of that learning unit. You also have to be sure that the learning activities match the needs and the capacities of your class.

Suggest formative/summative assessment strategies Suggest formative/summative assessment strategies. This is also a new operation. Select those strategies that fit the group’s progress, having in view the curriculum standards (CS) as the intended target.

Task (2) Discuss & evaluate the unit plan for grade……

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