Professors should never enter their classrooms without a lesson plan. None of us is so good as to be able to teach every session off the top of our heads. There follow a set of simple steps for moving from module to teaching with a plan.

1. Be aware of your overall course objectives. Each lesson should at least tie to one of your long term objectives.
    
2. With your course objectives in mind, review the module you wish to teach and draw up a set of short-term, achievable, and demonstrable goals. It should be obvious, but often is not, that your teaching and your students' learning are best measured via goals set and obtained.
    
3. With your short-term goals in mind, select those items from the module that best help you teach the material.  There is no rule that says you have to use every item in every module. Be selective.
    
4. Having selected the modular items you desire to use, design activities, discussions, and study projects aimed at presenting the material in such a way that your students will be able to achieve the goals you have set.

It is not necessary to draw up lessons plans for the entire course of study in advance. It is wise, however, to always have plans to cover at least a third of your course at a time.

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