Process
First watch and read these resources in order to gain a better understanding of the game of cricket...
Basics of the game:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C9STtcwo0xE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hEbOL09ACww
cricket terminology
Fielding positions:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/cricket/rules_and_equipment/4179600.stm
http://daviscricketclub.com/cricket_played.htm
While researching cricket, fill out this worksheet to be printed out and handed in:
Cricket Worksheet
Now look at the following curriculum standard provided under Evaluation and decide for yourself the points you want to teach. Make a list of concepts, facts, principles and procedures that are important to know about for your audience.
Next decide on how you will present your lesson based on your audience. Some suggestions regarding the probable inexperience of your audience regarding cricket would be:
Create a glossary
Link certain aspects of cricket to other, more popular sports like baseball
Utilize visuals such as pictures or diagrams
Include student involvement in demonstrations in the lesson plan
Write out your proposed lesson. Be sure to include a way to introduce it, a part in which new information is provided, a time in which students practice what they've learned and get feedback, and an opportunity to tie it all together.
*Note: you will not actually teach this. You are only coming up with a lesson plan.
Basics of the game:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C9STtcwo0xE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hEbOL09ACww
cricket terminology
Fielding positions:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/cricket/rules_and_equipment/4179600.stm
http://daviscricketclub.com/cricket_played.htm
While researching cricket, fill out this worksheet to be printed out and handed in:
Cricket Worksheet
Now look at the following curriculum standard provided under Evaluation and decide for yourself the points you want to teach. Make a list of concepts, facts, principles and procedures that are important to know about for your audience.
Next decide on how you will present your lesson based on your audience. Some suggestions regarding the probable inexperience of your audience regarding cricket would be:
Create a glossary
Link certain aspects of cricket to other, more popular sports like baseball
Utilize visuals such as pictures or diagrams
Include student involvement in demonstrations in the lesson plan
Write out your proposed lesson. Be sure to include a way to introduce it, a part in which new information is provided, a time in which students practice what they've learned and get feedback, and an opportunity to tie it all together.
*Note: you will not actually teach this. You are only coming up with a lesson plan.