1. The document discusses the importance of lesson planning for successful teaching. It outlines the key aims and functions of developing a lesson plan, including delimiting the scope of work, achieving learning objectives, and preventing teachers from going off track. 2. It provides definitions of a lesson plan from education experts as an outline of important points arranged in order and a plan of action that includes the teacher's philosophy, understanding of students, and knowledge of materials and methods. 3. Principles of effective lesson planning include preparing a flexible plan, having mastery of content, knowing students, and ensuring active student participation through varied activities to avoid monotony.

1. ASSIGNMENT
TOPIC: Lesson Plan - Functions and Principles
Submitted by,
Noushad Edurukage
Roll No:
B.Ed Geography

2. INTRODUCTION
“The teacher who has come to the end of his subject, who has no living
tragic with his knowledge, but merely repeats his lesson to his student can only
load their minds.”
Good lesson planning is the key to successful teaching. It is the most
significant component of the teaching task. Lesson planning is done with a
view to anticipate pupils reaction, to visualize possible learning situations, and
to avoid foreseeable difficulties.

3. LESSON PLAN
The term lesson is interpreted in different ways by different people.
Generally, teachers take it as a task to be covered in a class period of 40-50
minutes. A lesson is defined as a blue print or a plan of action for transacting a
compact portion of the curriculum within the duration of a period.
Definitions:-
“An outline of the important points of a lesson arranged in the order in which
they are to be presented.”
-Carter V Good-
“A plan of action” it therefore includes the working philosophy of the teacher,
his understanding of his pupils, his comprehension about the objectives of
education, his knowledge of materials to be taught and his ability to utilize
effective methods.”
-Lester B Stands-

4. AIMS OF THE LESSON PLAN
 That items of the knowledge that the students have already acquired which
will be pre-requisites for assimilating the new items.
 2 .The direction towards which the students have to be carried and the new
subject-material that they have to be taught.
 3 .The objectives - general and specific - proposed to be realized by the
lesson concerned.
 The lesson plan provides the teacher with a thorough analysis of the
learning material, guidelines for transacting the curriculum material concerned
and for evaluating the outcomes in tune with the anticipated goals.
FUNCTION OF LESSON PLAN
1. It delimits the field of work of the teacher as also of the students and
provides a definite objective for each days work.
2. Since the goal is fixed the teacher gets an impetus to achieve his goal.
3. It prevents the teacher from going off the track.
4. It helps in avoiding needless repetition
5. It helps the teacher to organize and systematize the learning process in
terms of meaningful activities.
6. It helps the teacher to overcome the feeling or nervousness and insecurity.
It gives him confidence to face the class.

5. 7. It provides opportunity to the teacher to think out new ways and meaning of
making the lesson interesting and to poss thought provoking question.
8. It provides suggestion regarding adequate learning aids and activities.
9. It ensures that the teacher does not omit vital points.
10. It serves as a check on unplanned curriculum.
PRINCIPLES OF LESSON- PLANNING
1. The teacher should prepare a careful but flexible plan .
2. The teacher must have mastery of the content area from which items have
been selected for the lesson.
3. The teacher must be fully conversant with new methods, approaches,
strategies, techniques and models of teaching social science and these
should be clearly indicated.
4. The teacher must know his pupils thoroughly and organize the materials in
a psychological rather than a merely logical fashion.
5. The teacher must ensure active pupil participation.
6. Activities should be taken up during a lesson should be varied., particularly
if pupils are comparatively young so as to eliminate monotony. This variety
of work may be ensured at different stages of lesson in the same period, by
way of observation, close listening, speaking, writing and engaging in an
action, by the learners

6. CONCLUSION
As we all know that for a successful teaching a lesson plan is needed as a
lesson plan is considered as plan of action which helps the teacher to transact
his lesson to leaner in a meaningful way. A lesson plan is also known as plan
of action.
REFERENCE
1. Dr. K Sivarajan, Social Science Education methodology of teaching and
pedagogic analysis.