Motivation (as part of the Lesson)
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Motivation is a psychological state within each student of wanting to learn what the
teacher wants to teach.
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Motivation should not be a mere gimmick at the lesson’s start; it must be an attitude
sustained throughout the lesson.
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Motivation activities should be related to the lesson the teacher is about to teach.
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The purpose of the motivation portion of the lesson is to generate interest in the lesson
topic
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This is also a great opportunity to access the student’s prior knowledge about the subject
or topic of the lesson. Motivation is not only important in its own right, it is also an
important predictor of learning and achievement.
HOW is Motivation done (as part of the lesson)
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Always relate your motivation to your Medium.
(Medium refers here to the activity you prepare to present your lesson)
Ex. Science
Main Topic: Kinds of clouds
Bring students outside of the classroom. Try to find some shady portion of the field where you
are. Ask them why that portion is shady. (Answers vary such as; because of the tree or building ,
it casts shadow. ) However try to look for a shady part caused by the clouds. Then talk a little
more why the clouds shade that portion of the field.
After which you will ask them to look up the sky and let them make predictions like, will
there be more shady portion of the field in the coming hours? Why or why not (this is a highly
critical thinking activity)
Ex. TLE
Main topic: Home Budgeting
Teacher’s Motivation: Asking questions or probing-type of motivation
How do your parents give you your school allowance? Is it done daily, weekly or
monthly?
Let’s say you are on a weekly budget to include your fare, food, and other school expenses like
photocopying, or on the spot contribution. How do you manage it? Haven’t you ran short of
budget? Call a good number of students to answer.
Lesson proper:
Today we are going to discuss about Home budgeting
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Through the use of pictures
A news headline
A saying or riddles or proverbs
An anecdote , a diary entry
A song/poem related to your lesson
A dilemma
A very short story
A 4-pic, one word game(provided it is related to your lesson
A puzzle or guessing games and a lot more
YOUR TASK
Using the topic you chose to write lesson objectives, create your MOTIVATION
Prepared by: BERNARDITA G. BACANG