Creating Lesson Plans for Homeschooling
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Creating a Lesson Plan: A More Complex ExampleNow let's take a look at how you might develop a lesson plan for a curriculum that isn't quite as cut and dried as the Math example. For this example, we'll do some lesson planning for the English curriculum. Part of an English Subject/Curriculum List for a Student
Student | Grade Level | Subjects | Curriculum Elements | Teaching Materials |
Grace | 5th Grade | English (Literature, writing, spelling, grammar) | Book club | Borrow books to read from library as needed |
Grammar | Grammar: Grammar Basics | |||
Spelling | Spelling Workbook | |||
Spelling Source Book |
Day | Date | Subject/Curriculum | Lesson Number and Topic | Estimated Time |
Mon | September 6 | English/Grammar | Lesson 1, Grammar Concepts | 30 min |
Mon | September 6 | English/Spelling | Words to Live By: Week 1, Lesson 1 | 30 min |
Mon | September 6 | English/Literature (Reading for book club) | The Chronicles of Narnia, Chapters 1-2 | 30 min |
Tue | September 7 | English/Grammar | Lesson 2, Parts of Speech | 30 min |
Tue | September 7 | English/Spelling | Words to Live By: Week 1, Lesson 2 | 30 min |
Tue | September 7 | English/Literature (Reading for book club) | The Chronicles of Narnia, Chapters 3-4 | 30 min |
Wed | September 8 | English/Grammar | Lesson 3, More on Parts of Speech | 30 min |
Wed | September 8 | English/Spelling | Words to Live By: Week 1, Lesson 3 | 30 min |
Wed | September 8 | English/Literature (Reading for book club) | The Chronicles of Narnia, Chapters 5-6 | 30 min |
Wed | September 15 | English/Grammar | None, field trip | N/A |
Wed | September 15 | English/Spelling | None, field trip | N/A |
Wed | September 15 | English/Literature (Reading for book club) | None, field trip | N/A |