VALENCIA SECONDARY SCHOOL

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT

LESSON PLAN

TEACHERS NAME:

RYAN MOHAMMED

SUBJECT: Information Technology

DATE:

21st JANUARY 2015

CLASS:

Form 2 Group C

TIME:

12:15 12:55 PM

LENGTH OF PERIOD:

40 mins

Syllabus: CSEC
Unit Title: SPREADSHEET
Lesson 4: Using Functions

RESOURCES
Teacher Resources

Student resources

Notes, PowerPoint slides. Laptop, projector, activity sheet

Handout, Activity sheet, computer/laptop, MS Excel software

PREVIOUS KNOWLEDGE - Students should:

Startup computer, open MS Excel, add data to cells, formatting cells, using simple formulae, use basic

mathematical concepts.

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OBJECTIVES
Cognitive
Psychomotor
At the end of the lesson students will be able to: At the end of the lesson students will
be able to:

1. Define a cell range in his/her own words

(understanding)
2. Define a function and identify its format
(understanding)
3. Develop the SUM and AVERAGE functions
(creating)

Affective
At the end of the lesson students will be able to:

1. Participate actively in class activities by asking and

answering questions.

ASSESSMENT STRATEGY with Objective

Cognitive

1. Define a cell range correctly

(understanding)
2. Define a function correctly and
identify its format with 100%
accuracy (understanding)
3. Develop the SUM and
AVERAGE functions with
100% accuracy. (creating)

Assessment Strategy

Purpose to gauge students knowledge

Activity1 Use a simple spreadsheet and
perform calculations using the Sum and
Average functions

Affective

1. Participate actively in class

activities

Assessment Strategy

.
Affective teacher checklist

Instrument worksheet, checklist

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Set Induction

Students are shown various images depicting two ways of doing a task, the easy way and the tedious way.

Description of Teaching/Learning Activities:

Teacher Activities

1. Teacher engages students in discussion about the set

induction
(Engaging and questioning)
2.Teacher introduces the lesson and engages
students in discussion (Informing)
3. Teacher shows the concept of a cell range giving
examples.
4. Teacher shows the concept of a function in Excel using
a PowerPoint presentation.
5. Teacher shows examples of the Sum and Average
functions using a PowerPoint presentation.
6. Teacher demonstrates how to enter the Sum and
Average functions into a spreadsheet.

Student Expected Activities

Intelligence
being
developed

1. Students listen to questions and participate in giving

response. It is expected that 8/20 shall respond accurately.

2. Students listen and answer orally (accordingly).

3. Students view their handout on the various concepts.
4. Students participate in discussion about cell ranges
and functions.

VL, Inter

VL, LM

VS
VS, BK

Est. time to
complete

3 mins.

5 mins

2 mins
5 mins

5. Students do activity individually.

VL, VS, BK
6. Students participate in discussion about the activity.

12 mins

VL, Inter
3 mins

7. Teacher gives students worksheet and asks them to

complete activity on the computer.
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VL, Inter
8. Teacher engages students in discussion about the

5 mins

7. Students write a journal entry about the lesson.

activity and initiates journal entry on what they have

learnt in todays lesson using guided questions.

END OF LESSON ACTIVITIES

Closure to lesson:
T.S. (Transition Statement): In today's class we looked at the SUM and AVERAGE functions that can be used in Microsoft Excel for calculations.

(1 min)

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B.S. (Bridging Statement): In our next class we will be looking the MIN, MAX and DATE functions within a spreadsheet. (1 min)

Multiple Intelligences

http://www.tecweb.org/styles/gardner.html
VS: Visual Spatial
VL: Verbal Linguistic
Inter: Interpersonal Intra: Intrapersonal BK: Body/ Kinesthetic
LM: Logic/Mathematical
M: Musical
N: Naturalistic
E: Existential

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