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Making a lesson plan might seem really intimidating there are so many

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things that you have to teach in so many ways to convey your ideas but it can [a boy looking disgruntled when reading school books]

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kind of make your head spin but no need to panic making the lesson plan can be

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easy as baking a cake and since lesson plans don't require ovens theres almost

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a 0% chance you'll end up setting your house on fire almost zero percent yeah [a girl holding up a lesson plan while the house is on fire]

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we're looking at you Prudence anyway just like in baking you'll need to start

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with the right ingredients a good lesson plan requires a whole bunch of high

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quality materials like solid readings and some hands-on tools like worksheets [lesson plan requirements displayed on a chalkboard]

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but unlike baking the cake these ingredients aren't as tasty as sugar and

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chocolate so we recommend against licking your worksheet you also need to

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put your lesson plan together in a particular order like following a recipe

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remember just as the purpose of baking cake is to you know make a cake the

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purpose of a good lesson plan is to teach people things so instead of just [a kid throwing paper at the teacher]

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throwing all the elements in your lesson plan into a pile and hoping that

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everyone understands it you need to figure out the best order for delivering

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the various plans of the lesson that way your lesson is more likely to end up [a young boy holding a cake in a kitchen]

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like a beautiful delicious cake of knowledge rather than a weird lumpy

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thing that won't teach anyone anything well except maybe how not to make a good

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lesson plan another important part of making a lesson plan is giving it some

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time just like cakes need to bake for a set amount of time a lesson plan needs [a student thinking about creating a lesson plan]

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some time to cook in the planners brain in both baking and lesson planning

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rushing through without giving stuff enough time is only a good recipe for [a baker putting a cake in the oven]

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making goopy gross stuff that no one will want and last but not least a

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lesson plan needs good presentation a good written plan for your lesson will

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not only help you remember all of its parts in their order but it will make it

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all the easier to communicate the lesson to others because it's all well and good [a young boy throwing a lesson cake in the bin]

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to make a great cake but if you serve it in the garbage can you're not going to

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find too many people who want to eat it unless it's really really good [man eating a cake in the trash can]

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