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Feb 15, 2012
I'm certified for English / Language Arts 6-12, but the lesson plans I've written for middle school and high school so far have not been so great. I don't know if other beginning teachers have this problem, but I've found that I usually experience a great deal of difficulty when executing lesson plans that I have written. I don't really know what causes this, but I suspect it's lack of familiarity with the students' prior knowledge. I expect students to know the material already, so I don't spend a lot of time covering it. My presentations are sometimes fancy and confusing, and I'm not really sure how to break things down for the lower students.
Also, I sometimes have difficulty explaining what I know to students, especially if it's already in their textbooks. I guess I'm thinking that they've already read it. It would be redundant to go over it again. Most students find it boring to look up answers in the textbook, though.
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