SAMAR COLLEGES, INC.

CATBALOGAN CITY
COLLEGE OF EDUCATION

UNIT II: INSTRUCTIONAL PLANNING FOR THE MOTHER TONGUE

LESSON 1: COMPONENTS OF INSTRUCTIONAL PLANNING
Lesson Objective:

 Describe an instructional planning process;

 Select and rank according to importance guide questions to consider in planning instruction;
 Identify events that must be included in an instructional plan; and
 Characterize effective instructional plan.
LEARNING ACTIVITIES

I. ACTIVATE
How do you plan for instruction? Describe the process you do. If possible, show instructional plans
you have previously made.

It is possible that you have several questions to consider when planning for your daily classroom
teaching. Which among the questions on the succeeding page will most likely guide you? Put a
check mark() before all questions that apply. Then rank the questions from your highest (1) to
least (11) priority.

QUESTIONS RANK
_____A What should the students know, understand, or be able to do?
_____B How will your students demonstrate mastery?
_____C How will you instruct your students so they can reach that level of mastery?
_____D What learning materials will you utilize?
_____E What method will you use to assess?
What learning activities will enable the students to acquire target
_____F knowledge, and develop target skills and competencies?
_____G How much time will each activity require?
_____H What are the interests and learning preferences of the students?
 What are the criteria for success? How well should the students know the
_____I content after instruction?
_____J How will the students’ outputs be graded?
_____K What do students already know about the topic?

II. ANALYZE
Listed on the table below are questions we consider when planning for instruction. Each question
pertains to elements of classroom instruction (e.g., teacher, students, learning resources, time,
assessment, etc.) that must be prepared before an instruction happens. Identify the classroom
instruction element each question refers to. The first item is done for you.

QUESTIONS ACADEMIC
INSTRUCTION
ELEMENT
A What should your students know, understand or be able to do? Academic plan or
curriculum
B How will your students demonstrate their mastery?
How will you instruct your students so they can reach that level of
C mastery?
D What learning materials will you utilize?
E What method will you use to assess?
What learning activities will enable the students to acquire target
F knowledge, and develop target skill and competencies?
G How much time will each activity require?
H What are the interests and learning preferences of the students?
What are the criteria for success? How well should the students
I know the content after instruction?
J How will the students’ outputs be graded?
K What do students should already know about the topic?

Write in column A the components of an instructional plan. Then, in column B, illustrate in a

diagram or graphic organizer the relationship among these components.

Components of an Instructional Plan Diagram

III. ABSTRACT
Robert Gagne, a renowned educational psychologist, develop Nine Events of Instruction which has
guided trainers and educators in designing instruction for trainings and classroom-based teaching.

Gaining attention (reception)

Informing learners of the objective (expectancy)
Stimulating recall of prior learning (retrieval)
Presenting the stimulus (selective perception)
Providing learning guidance (semantic encoding)
Eliciting performance (responding)
Providing feedback (reinforcement)
Assessing performance (retrieval)
Enhancing retention and transfer (generalization)

The nine events of instruction can be divided into three segments.

Instruction & Assessment &

Preparation
Practice Transfer
 Gaining attention  Assessing
 Presenting the
 Informing learners performance
stimulus
of the objective  Enhancing
 Providing learning
 Stimulating recall or retention and
guidance
prior learning transfer
 Eliciting
performance
 Providing feedback

Answer the following questions:

1. Which of the nine events do you include in your instructional planning?
2. Which of the nine events do you include in your planning for Mother Tongue Based Instruction?
3. What do you consider in choosing these priorities?
4. Which is the most important and why?
 Compare Gagne’s instructional model with Murthy and Ram’s (2015) Integrative Approach to English
Language Teaching in L2.

Murthy and Ram’s (2015) Integrative Approach to English Language Teaching in L2

1. Activating prior knowledge

2. The Teaching- Learning Cycle
a. Building knowledge of the field (vocabulary building, sharing prior experiences,
practicing grammatical patterns, meaning-making, and communicative activities)
b. Modeling the genre under focus
c. Joint construction of the genre (oral to written form)
d. Independent construction of the genre
3. Evaluation of learners

In what way are they similar? In what way are they different?

IV. APPLY
1. For each in Gagne’s list, come up with tips and guidelines for teachers. Read relevant print and
online sources.
Example: Techniques for gaining learner’s attention:
 Stimulate learners’ attention with novelty of surprise
 Pose thought-provoking questions
 Present an intriguing problem
 Present meaningful and relevant challenge

Events of Instruction Tips and Guidelines for Teachers

Gaining attention
Informing learners of the objective
Stimulating recall and prior learning
Presenting the stimulus
Providing learning guidance
Eliciting performance
Providing feedback
Assessing performance
Enhancing retention and transfer

2. Gather examples of instructional plans from friends and colleagues. Examine the presence of
any of the nine events of instruction proposed by Gagne.
Did you find any new element/ Identify and discuss.

Instructional Plan Samples Events of Instruction Remarks

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3. What makes an instruction effective? Develop a rubric for an effective instructional plan.

Criteria Exceeds the Meets the Developing Beginning

standard standard
4 3 2 1

Lesson Synthesis:
1. What new insights did you learn from the lesson?
2. What is the importance of instructional Planning?