I have a love/hate relationship with lesson plans. I love giving structure to my work and seeing a conscious flow of thought toward an objective, but I hate it when they get derailed, and they always do, because I spent precious time writing them up. In my first year of teaching, I spent a lot of time writing lesson plans with crystal clear behavioral objectives and all the fancy adjectives from Bloom's Taxonomy. They looked nice, suitable for framing. As it turned out, I adhered to the objectives I set in my plans but not necessarily to the methodologies outlined. Time frames were ignored. If I thought something would take 5 minutes, it usually would end up taking 10. For the last few years, I've been writing short lesson plans with bullet point objectives. Generally, I try to teach three concepts in every lesson and try to teach each concept at least three different ways in my 45 minute long classes. Essentially, I write a script in my head with some bullet point reminders for emphasis. Occasionally, I'll check the teacher websites for ideas and ready made solutions. Here are a few auctions for lesson plans.
 New Wilton LESSON PLAN CAKE COURSE BOOK 2 & CERTIFICATE  US $6.45
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 ABeka Grade 1- Readers, History, Science & Lesson Plans US $85.00
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 A Beka Writing & Seatwork 1 Curriculum/Lesson Plans 1st US $3.95
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 A Beka Grade 5 Video Manual Lesson Plans 5th Abeka US $19.88
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 Abeka English 11 Lesson Plans$10.00 US $10.00
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 Abeka Book Arithmetic 3 Lesson Plans $10.00 US $10.00
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 ABEKA Reading 3 Curriculum and Lesson Plans US $.99
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 A Beka Arithmetic 2 Curriculum/Lesson Plans US $10.00
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 A. Beka Arithmetic 1 Curriculum/Lesson Plans US $5.50
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