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SHS 3 Business Management 2nd Semester Week 3 Lesson Plan

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Weekly Learning Plan
Subject	Business Management	Week	3
Duration	60 minutes	Form	SHS 3
Strand	Glocal Business	Sub-Strand	Business Development
Learning Outcome(s)	3.2.2.LO.1 - Demonstrate understanding and practical application of Ways of entering into business within the curriculum sub-strand Business Development.
Learning Indicator(s)	3.2.2.LI.2 - Ways of entering into business
Lesson Focus	Ways of entering into business
Previous Knowledge	Learners recall the immediately preceding knowledge/skill needed to engage with Ways of entering into business; the starter diagnoses this rather than assuming mastery.
Lesson Objective(s)	Identify or explain the key subject idea/procedure in Ways of entering into business. Complete the concrete guided/practical task for Ways of entering into business accurately. Apply Ways of entering into business 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 Ways of entering into business? What would a strong practical/application response to Ways of entering into business look like? How would changing the context, data or constraints affect a decision about Ways of entering into business?
Pedagogical Strategies	Diagnostic questioning Experiential/problem-based learning Collaborative analysis Guided modelling Independent application Peer/self assessment
Teaching & Learning Resources	Local business profile cards Ownership comparison matrix Entrepreneur scenarios Flip chart
Key Notes on Differentiation
Content	Provide a partially completed example, labelled materials or vocabulary support for learners who need scaffolding in Ways of entering into business. Extend the task by adding a new constraint, less familiar case or requirement to compare alternatives in Ways of entering into business.
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	Find or invent a small-business example of Ways of entering into business; submit the evidence or assumptions and a 100-word analysis.

Lesson Activities
Stage	Teacher Activity	Learner Activity	Assessment / DoK
Starter10 minutes	Display a local enterprise/product scenario linked to Ways of entering into business and ask learners to identify the commercial problem or opportunity.	Inspect the prompt/materials, record an initial response about Ways of entering into business, and justify it briefly.	Not provided.
Activity 115 minutes	Use concrete business documents/data to unpack Ways of entering into business and show how decisions are made in practice.	Classify local business profiles by ownership form and justify each choice from liability, capital and control evidence.	Check classification/calculation against the evidence provided.
Activity 220 minutes	Have groups apply Ways of entering into business to a Ghanaian/local-business scenario and produce a document, matrix, process map or recommendation.	Use a decision matrix to recommend a form of ownership for three entrepreneurs with different capital/risk/control needs.	Assess practicality, commercial reasoning and correct use of documents/data.
Activity 310 minutes	Give a fresh individual scenario that requires a justified business decision about Ways of entering into business.	Write a short recommendation to one entrepreneur explaining the chosen form and one trade-off.	Check the recommendation for a clear choice and defensible reason.

Lesson Closure

Ask learners to state the one piece of evidence that most changed their decision about Ways of entering into business. Complete a one-minute exit response using a concrete example from the lesson on Ways of entering into business.

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