Planning lesson

Planning lesson

1. Pre-planning

   • Activities
     • Skills
       • What skill they have to develop and what sub-skill they have to practise.
       • Language
         • What language need to introduce and have the students learn, practice, research or use
         • Content
           • Select content that provoke interest and involvment
     • -What students will be doing in the classroom. -What kind of activity would be the best for a particular point in a lesson, or on a particular day.
   • The plann
     • The planning continuum
       • All the pre-planning is made in the teacher's head and take actuall decisions about what to include in the lesson plan
       • "Jungle path" is when the teacher find himself in a situation when is doesn't know what he is going to do in the classroom
       • Making a plan
         • Pre-planning background
         • The plan
         • The formal
           • Class description and timetable fit: Who the students are and what to expect from them
           • Lesson aims should be specific and directed towards an outcome which can be measured. Aims is what we expecte the students will be able ate the end of the lesson
           • Activities, procedures and timing: It is the main body and enlist the activities and procedures with the times of each one
           • Problems and posibilities. A plan should predict any setback and suggests ways of dealing with them
           • Planning a sequence of lessons
             • Before and during: The plan should be modified if is requered
             • Short and long-term goals: The motivation may decrease, students need goals in order to avoid this
             • Thematics strands: To focus on the same content over form more than one lesson
     • Using lesson plans
       • Action and reaction
         • Magic moments: a conversation develops unexpectedly, or when a topic produces interest
         • Sensible diversion: something we cannot ignore happens, and we teach language according to that
         • Unforseen problems: Students may be faster than we thought or find an activity very boring. We have to think in this scenarios and have some plan "b"
         • Plans as records and research tools