Fresh Ideas for Old Lessons

Many times when you sit down and try to plan a lesson, you can reflect back to how you learned it the first time, all those many years ago. Other times, you may not even remember what the heck it is your supposed to be teaching in the first place. I've always heard that your first year of teaching takes the most work because you are starting form scratch and continually having to come up with new ideas. Well... I've only done a few basic lessons so far and new ideas are TOUGH. Plus designed all the activities, worksheets, group work etc. is no picnic either. In all actuality the toughest part was just trying to search for what others had already done which may or may not have worked for them. Typing "lessons on adverbs" into the search engine really got me know where for the most part. But here is a site that provides lessons for all grades, all subjects.

This particular link is one I used for my recent Webquest on Shakespeare. I lists all of the plays he wrote and when you click on one, it gives a brief synopsis of the play, how to introduce it your students, tips for what questions to ask, etc. So not only does it have a wealth of information but it plans pieces of the lesson out step-by-step.

http://www.teachervision.fen.com/drama/resource/4055.html