LESSON PLANNING

LESSON PLANNING

1. What teachers need to know before writing a plan

   • Who the students are
     • Age, level of proficiency (starter, elementary and advanced), previous learning/ experiences, learning style/method, Interest and needs
   • What they want to teach
     • Skills (listening, reading, writing, speaking), lexis, grammar, spelling, pronunciation, culture and values.
   • How they want to teach
     • Different techniques, by using a video/ CD, by giving explanations/ examples, by asking the estudents to infer things, by workingnin groups/ pairs

2. What is a lesson plan

   • Documents
   • Plan
   • Guide
   • Road map
   • Checklist
   • Resources

3. Characteristics of a lesson plan

   • Coherent and fluent
   • Flexible
   • Varied

4. Elements in a lesson plan

   • Materials
     • A dialogue, reading text, a grammar, item, the lyrics of a song
   • Resources
     • workbook, book, laptop, handoots, internet site
   • Evaluation
     • Assesment and testing of process and product
   • Objectives
     • The achievement to be attained
   • Procedure
     • The stages of the lesson