About a lesson plan By John Mesa

a. How important do you think a lesson plan is to a successful lesson?

Well, it is very important because improvising is not good for the students and teacher and a planned class has an order, objective, goal, instructions, methodology, materials, tools, feedback, evidences and results and most of the time a plan B because sometimes students do not understand the topics and activities as well as always and the time is not sometimes enough.

b. Do you think it is a good idea to strictly follow a lesson plan? Why?

I would not say “strictly”, I would say it depends of the students understanding, the time, tools and others circumstances because if you can change the activity for other more suitable for the students and the objective would be ok.

c. Some people think that lesson plans severely restrict teachers’ creativity. 

Do you agree? Explain your answer. I agree about that because the lesson plan suggests some ideas, activities and exercises and we can change those ones for others which encourage and focus on the student’s attention more effectively.