M a education paper-v methods of teaching english

Meaning:
What is a “Scheme of a lesson”? “Scheme of lesson” is the plan of activities of a teacher for 
timely and systematic coverage of course of any class allotted to him. The question of when, 
what & how of the curricular and co-curricular activities can be bitterly answered by the new 
teachers through a scheme of lesson.
Need and Importance: 
The scheme should be prepared for the following reasons:- 
 It presents a clear picture of the activities to be done by the teacher. Thus, it makes the 
teacher ever conscious of his activities. 
 The teacher becomes alert and active. The teacher never likes to keep his work pending. 
 It is a ready reference material as to what is to be taught in a particular period. 
 It helps a teacher to be dutiful and sincere. 
 It helps the teacher to proceed systematically as per as the scheme. 
 The course can be finished in a definite time. 
 It helps the head of the institution or the supervisors to assess made by the teacher at any 
point of time. 
Procedure of construction:
 
The scheme can be prepared in following ways: 
 Time-table is consulted. 
 Holiday list of the school considered. 
 Follow the academic calendar. 
 Round up the holidays and Sundays with red ink in the calendar. 
 Obtain the working days. 
 Follow the class time table, find out the periods available for teaching the particular 
subject. 
 Give wide scope for revision work, annual games and sports, annual drama, picnic, 
excursion, study tour and school exhibition. 
 Find out the dates of real available period for teaching the concerned subject. 
 Counts the dates available in each and month. 
 Go through the syllabus or content area of the concerned subject of that particular class 
and distribute the content area by dividing it in to different units along the available 
period. 

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