Free 12th Grade File Handling In Python Lesson Plan (Computer Science)

Topic: File handling in python

Objectives & Outcomes

• Understand how to implement basic file handling operations in python, such as reading from and writing to files.

Materials

• Python interpreter
• Examples files
• Text editor or IDE for writing code

Warm-up

• Ask students if they have ever worked with files in any programming language.Ask them to recall the basic file handling operations they have used, such as reading from and writing to files.
• Write the following statements on the board:
• print("Hello, world!")
• input(">>Write your name: ")
• Ask students to explain the purpose of each statement.

Direct Instruction

• Explain that in python, files are represented by the "file" object.
• Show students how to create a file object using the "open" function, and how to read from and write to the file using the "read" and "write" methods.
• Explain how to use the "close" method to close the file once we are done working with it.

Guided Practice

• Have students work in pairs to create a new file and write some text to it.
• Then have them modify the file by adding or removing some text.

Independent Practice

• Have students create a simple text editor using python. They should be able to open and edit any files using the editor they create.

Closure

• Review the material covered in the lesson.
• Ask students to share what they found most interesting or challenging about the lesson.

Assessment:

• Observe students during the guided and independent practice activities to evaluate their understanding of the material.
• Collect and grade their python programs as a formative assessment.
• Administer a quiz at a later date to assess their retention of the material.