PREPARING THE TEACHER (continued)

Model. Be an example of what you teach. Be an illustration of the lesson. Apply the lesson to yourself before you multiply it to others. Live it before you give it. By doing this you will be a better teacher. You will show that the lesson can be learned and lived. Your student(s) will believe your teaching because of your good example. Paul wrote, "Be imitators of me, just as I also am of Christ." 1 Corinthians 11:1, and "in speech, conduct, love, faith and purity, show yourself an example of those who believe." 1 Timothy 4:12. Be able to say to your students, Come with me to higher ground ... I've been there. Don't say, Go there ... I've heard it's nice. You cannot teach your students to be more spiritual than you are. Jesus said, "A pupil is not above his teacher; but everyone, after he has been fully trained, will be like his teacher." Luke 6:40.

PREPARING THE LESSON PLAN

The lesson plan is the answer to the question, How am I going to teach this lesson to my students? The how is not the same as the what of teaching. The lesson plan involves your instructions to yourself on how to teach the material ... write them on the lesson pages.

Set the goal. Decide what you want to achieve in teaching each lesson. Know what you want the students to learn, to remember, and to apply. Build your lesson plan to achieve the goal.

Overview ... detail ... and review. Good teaching includes all three of these steps. They should be built into your lesson plan. The first step is a brief overview of the whole lesson ... and of the section. This will give the student a framework for the detailed content of the lesson. The next step is the detail of the lesson. This is the printed content and your hand-written content notes. The final step is a review of each section ... or of the whole lesson. Tell them what you are going to tell them ... then tell them ... and then tell them what you have told them. Follow this pattern section by section through each lesson.

Add clarity. Good teaching is thoroughly understood by the student. Your teaching needs to be clear and easy to understand. Add definitions of words and concepts. Add illustrations. Illustrations are word pictures ... your own parables. Illustrations don't have to be cute or funny. Good illustrations add clarity to teaching ... explaining the unknown in terms of the known. Decide what questions you want to ask your students. The right questions will get them to think and understand.

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