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SHS 2 Business Management 2nd Semester Week 2 Lesson Plan

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Weekly Learning Plan
SubjectBusiness ManagementWeek2
Duration60 minutesFormSHS 2
StrandManaging Businesses and the Legal Framework of BusinessesSub-StrandFunctional Areas of Management
Learning Outcome(s)2.1.2.LO.1 - Demonstrate understanding and practical application of Performance management and employee development — case/application within the curriculum sub-strand Functional Areas of Management.
Learning Indicator(s)2.1.2.LI.9 - Performance management and employee development
Lesson FocusPerformance management and employee development
Previous KnowledgeLearners recall the immediately preceding knowledge/skill needed to engage with Performance management and employee development — case/application; the starter diagnoses this rather than assuming mastery.
Lesson Objective(s)Identify or explain the key subject idea/procedure in Performance management and employee development — case/application. Complete the concrete guided/practical task for Performance management and employee development — case/application accurately. Apply Performance management and employee development — case/application independently to a new case, data set, text, material or performance situation.
Essential Question(s)What evidence or procedure is needed to work accurately with Performance management and employee development — case/application? What would a strong practical/application response to Performance management and employee development — case/application look like? How would changing the context, data or constraints affect a decision about Performance management and employee development — case/application?
Pedagogical StrategiesDiagnostic questioning Experiential/problem-based learning Collaborative analysis Guided modelling Independent application Peer/self assessment
Teaching & Learning ResourcesPerformance goal sheet Appraisal rubric Employee case profile Feedback template
Key Notes on Differentiation
ContentProvide a partially completed example, labelled materials or vocabulary support for learners who need scaffolding in Performance management and employee development — case/application. Extend the task by adding a new constraint, less familiar case or requirement to compare alternatives in Performance management and employee development — case/application.
ProcessUse mixed-ability pairs for the first application, then require an individual transfer task. Allow oral/visual demonstration where appropriate while retaining the same subject accuracy criteria.
ProductUse a checklist/rubric tied to the concrete output for this week rather than participation alone. For advanced work, require justification with evidence, calculations, source reference or quality criteria.
Success CriteriaThe learner uses correct subject terminology and evidence. The learner completes the week’s concrete product/calculation/performance with acceptable accuracy. The learner explains why the procedure/choice fits the stated context rather than giving a memorised general answer.
HomeworkObserve a familiar school, shop or organisation and write a short example showing how Performance management and employee development — case/application is or could be used.
Lesson Activities
StageTeacher ActivityLearner ActivityAssessment / DoK
Starter10 minutesPresent an unseen case/material set for Performance management and employee development — case/application using Performance goal sheet; do not model the solution. Ask learners to identify the first decision, calculation, language feature or practical step.Inspect the prompt/materials, record an initial response about Performance management and employee development — case/application, and justify it briefly.Not provided.
Activity 115 minutesGive fresh data/materials for Performance management and employee development — case/application and require learners to complete the subject-specific task without a worked example.Score a fictional performance case using agreed criteria, then compare peer scores and resolve differences with evidence. Use the fresh case/materials and show all evidence, workings or process decisions.Check independent transfer: correct method/technique, use of evidence and completeness of the concrete output.
Activity 220 minutesHave pairs exchange outputs for Performance management and employee development — case/application; provide a quality-control checklist tied to the actual product/calculation/performance and require evidence-based corrections.Write constructive feedback and one measurable development goal for the case employee. Then peer-audit another output, identify one precise defect/error and propose a correction.Score both the original output and the accuracy of the peer correction against the subject checklist.
Activity 310 minutesPresent one deliberately flawed example related to Performance management and employee development — case/application; require each learner to locate the defect and produce the corrected version.Identify the exact error/weakness in the flawed Performance management and employee development — case/application example, correct it and write one sentence explaining why the correction is valid.Check that the learner corrects the actual defect rather than merely rewriting the example.
Lesson ClosureCompare the model criteria with the errors found in the unseen Performance management and employee development — case/application task; highlight the one quality check learners should carry into future work. Complete a one-minute exit response using a concrete example from the lesson on Performance management and employee development — case/application.

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