CHAPTER XV
ORGANIZING A LESSON
Outline—Chapter XV
A review of the steps in lesson preparation.—The values of outlining.—Objections answered.—Outlining a means, not an end.—The essentials in outlining.—An illustrative outline on prayer.
Preparing a lesson is no easy matter, particularly for those teachers who are new to the calling. There are those, of course, for whom reading an assigned chapter through constitutes a preparation, but to the successful teacher this preliminary reading is only the initial step in the process. Adequate preparation involves the following questions:
What aim shall I select out of the material available as the focus for my day's work?
How shall I build about that aim a body of facts that will establish it as a fundamental truth in life?
How shall I illustrate the truths presented so that they will strike home in the experiences of my boys and girls?
How shall I make sure that members of the class will go out from the recitation to put into practice the teachings of the day?
What questions ought I to ask to emphasize the outstanding points of my lesson?