This is a continuous post from the last one, last time I suggest certain ways to write a better lesson objective and today I would like to share how I write my lesson summary (refleksi). Used to be, all of us tend to write in 1 @ 2 sentences, right such as "objektif tercapai", "aktiviti berjalan dengan lancar" and most commonly "aktiviti akan diulang pada masa hadapan".
On our last LDP, this type of summary is frown upon since it doesn't show a specific outcome of the lesson activity for the day. Whoa, now everything needed to be specified :P So, they proposed ways on how to write summary more specifically.
Main essence of a specific lesson summary
- Summary of the whole learning activity --> meaning that is it applicable? are all the activities can be done by the students?
- Students reaction --> does the students enjoy the activities? does the the students show interest?
- Teacher reaction --> do you as a teacher feel satisfied on your lesson today?
- The objective --> does your students achieve the objective? if not, why? how to overcome the problem
In my lesson plan, I also include a simple checklist to aid me in writing a specific summary. Usually, we tend to write this type of checklist :
Student's Name :
Class :
Date :
Skill | Skill Item | Mastered | No Respond | Remarks |
1.1.1 | Greetings. | |||
1.1.2 | Exchange greetings. | |||
1.2.1 | Appropriate body gestures and Skill | |||
1.2.2 | Social situations | |||
1.3.1 | Usage of the telephone |
Then, below the charts you tend to scribble your own comment about the above checklist. The above checklist is more towards an individualized achievement. There is nothing wrong with it, but truthfully, writing each of our students this type of checklist can be a bit challenging, beside you need more paper and more ink. LOL
My way of writing my Students Achievement Skills is like this. 1st, I narrow down the skill needed such as 1.1.1 Greetings, you can narrow down to what type of greeting needed for the students to master (e.g: good morning, good afternoon, good evening and good night).. It is best, if you teach at least 5 items per lesson to lessen the your work stress and attainable for the students :P. Lets go back to the objective, let say today we targeted the students to recognise greeting. I will write down : All of the pupils will able to recognise at least 3 out 4 pictures pertaining to greetings which are good morning, good afternoon, good evening and good night.
So the checklist will be :
Skills / Learning Standard :
Date :
Student's Achievement Checklist
Name | Checklist Items | Remarks | |||
Good Morning | Good Afternoon | Good Evening | Good Night | ||
| Checklist Indicator | |
| ü | Mastered |
| + | Pending |
| û | No response |
Much simpler :) And you only needed half of the paper to write down this checklist. So how you can apply it to your lesson? By the end of each lesson, I suggest that we take sometime to write down this checklist in our summary section, so that there is a valid evidence on your student's achievement. You only have to tick the appropriate indicator whether the students already mastered, pending (meaning needed help) or no response at all the items. On the remarks column, you can either write down the number of mastered item and determine whether the students achieve the objective or not.
Anyway, this is only a suggestion :) Whether which checklist you prefer there is nothing wrong about it. All I intend to do is making our job more easier and less writing :P Just that, the advantage of my version of checklist, you can easily identify the weaker students and which items that the students still find it hard to master. And, most of all, I can easily explain to others in how the progress of my students :)
So happy trying :) and good luck
