Ghana curriculum lesson note
SHS 3 Accounting 2nd Semester Week 13 Lesson Plan
Create your lesson notes your way
Create, personalize and download your complete lesson notes on Sirbus.
| Weekly Learning Plan | |||
| Subject | Accounting | Week | 13 |
| Duration | 60 minutes | Form | SHS 3 |
| Strand | Cost Accounting | Sub-Strand | Analysing Information for Control and Decision Making |
| Learning Outcome(s) | 3.2.3.LO.1 - Demonstrate understanding and practical application of Relevant costing for short-term decisions within the curriculum sub-strand Analysing Information for Control and Decision Making. | ||
| Learning Indicator(s) | 3.2.3.LI.4 - Relevant costing for short-term decisions | ||
| Lesson Focus | Relevant costing for short-term decisions | ||
| Previous Knowledge | Learners recall the immediately preceding knowledge/skill needed to engage with Relevant costing for short-term decisions; the starter diagnoses this rather than assuming mastery. | ||
| Lesson Objective(s) | Identify or explain the key subject idea/procedure in Relevant costing for short-term decisions. Complete the concrete guided/practical task for Relevant costing for short-term decisions accurately. Apply Relevant costing for short-term decisions 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 Relevant costing for short-term decisions? What would a strong practical/application response to Relevant costing for short-term decisions look like? How would changing the context, data or constraints affect a decision about Relevant costing for short-term decisions? | ||
| Pedagogical Strategies | Diagnostic questioning Experiential/problem-based learning Collaborative analysis Guided modelling Independent application Peer/self assessment | ||
| Teaching & Learning Resources | Accounting data pack Structured worksheet Calculator Pens/pencils | ||
| Key Notes on Differentiation | |||
| Content | Provide a partially completed example, labelled materials or vocabulary support for learners who need scaffolding in Relevant costing for short-term decisions. Extend the task by adding a new constraint, less familiar case or requirement to compare alternatives in Relevant costing for short-term decisions. | ||
| Process | Use 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. | ||
| Product | Use 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 Criteria | The 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. | ||
| Homework | Complete a second data set on Relevant costing for short-term decisions; show all workings and add one sentence interpreting the result. | ||
| Lesson Activities | |||
| Stage | Teacher Activity | Learner Activity | Assessment / DoK |
| Starter10 minutes | Place a small set of authentic-looking accounting records on the board/table and ask learners which records are needed to solve a problem about Relevant costing for short-term decisions. | Inspect the prompt/materials, record an initial response about Relevant costing for short-term decisions, and justify it briefly. | Not provided. |
| Activity 115 minutes | Demonstrate the first worked step for Relevant costing for short-term decisions using the supplied documents/data, making every debit, credit, adjustment or cost assumption explicit. | Extract the accounting data needed to address Relevant costing for short-term decisions from source documents and a short transaction/data pack. | Check classification, account direction and arithmetic at the first key step. |
| Activity 220 minutes | Give pairs a complete data set for Relevant costing for short-term decisions; require full workings and a cross-check rather than answers only. | Complete the ledger, statement, cost schedule or calculation required for Relevant costing for short-term decisions, showing workings. | Mark workings for method, accuracy and internal checks. |
| Activity 310 minutes | Give a shorter unseen data set on Relevant costing for short-term decisions for individual completion. | Check the result for internal consistency and explain one decision that could be made from the information. | Check the unseen item independently and require correction of any error. |
| Lesson Closure | Review one deliberate accounting error related to Relevant costing for short-term decisions; learners identify it, correct it and state how the error would affect the records or decision. Complete a one-minute exit response using a concrete example from the lesson on Relevant costing for short-term decisions. | ||
Create your lesson notes your way
Create, personalize and download your complete lesson notes on Sirbus.
More SHS 3 Accounting 2nd Semester Lessons
Week 1Sub-strand: Controlling Cost to Improve Organisational PerformanceWeek 2Sub-strand: Controlling Cost to Improve Organisational PerformanceWeek 3Sub-strand: Determining Cost of Operations for Pricing and ControllingWeek 4Sub-strand: Determining Cost of Operations for Pricing and ControllingWeek 5Sub-strand: Determining Cost of Operations for Pricing and ControllingWeek 6Sub-strand: Determining Cost of Operations for Pricing and ControllingWeek 7Sub-strand: Analysing Information for Control and Decision MakingWeek 8Sub-strand: Analysing Information for Control and Decision MakingWeek 9Sub-strand: Analysing Information for Control and Decision MakingWeek 10Sub-strand: Analysing Information for Control and Decision MakingWeek 11Sub-strand: Analysing Information for Control and Decision MakingWeek 12Sub-strand: Analysing Information for Control and Decision MakingWeek 13 (current)Week 14Sub-strand: Analysing Information for Control and Decision MakingWeek 15Sub-strand: Analysing Information for Control and Decision MakingWeek 16Sub-strand: Analysing Information for Control and Decision Making