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Lesson planning

This series of articles from the British Council aims to help you think about your teaching and bring new ideas and activities into your classroom.
The series covers topics including homework, working with large classes and finding resources. Today we look at lesson planning.

Look at these sentences from teachers. What do you think?


Do you agree with them? Saba from Indonesia writes:
‘I write out my lesson plan like this & it really helps me make sure all my students are involved…’
‘If we don’t have a ‘Without a lesson
plan we won’t be plan, I shouldn’t be Time (minutes) Stage Activity Interaction
ready for teaching.’ entering the class.’ 5 Warmer Review vocabulary from last lesson T  whole class
Play backs to the board game. S  S  S

Nasreen, Bangladesh Jotra, India 5 – 10 Introducing topic Students work in groups to answer Group work
questions 1–5 on page 56
Is the textbook a lesson plan?
25 – 30 Reading tasks Ss read article on Students work
Everybody’s situation is different but usually
page 57–58 individually
we are given a syllabus and often a set
textbook to follow. The textbook gives us a
framework and tells us what language we need
to cover, but it doesn’t always let us practise all
4 skills: reading, writing, speaking and listening.
Writing a lesson plan helps us make sure that A classroom activity - backs to the board
our students get the practice they need to A warmer at the start of the lesson is a good way to get students in the right mood and focused.
develop their communicative skills. Here’s a simple activity you can use to get students warmed up and review vocabulary from an
earlier lesson.
What goes in the lesson plan?
n Students work in two or three groups. One volunteer from each group stands or sits with their
Different teachers write their plans in different
back to the board.
ways but here are some things to think about
when you write your plan:
Aims: We need to know what we want our
students to do by the end of the lesson. In our
plan we might write:
By the end of the lesson students will be able
to …. use three ways to ask permission:
Can I ..? Could I ..? May I ..?
Resources: We have the textbook but what
other resources can I use that my students will
be interested in? Remember that ‘resources’ can
be many things – you, your students and their
world, your story-telling or diagrams and
pictures on the board – anything!
Stages: How can you help your students
practise all 4 skills in your lesson?
Think about a warmer, teaching new language,
time for students to practise, time for revision,
and homework.
Interaction: A balance between you at the front
working with the whole class as well as pair
work and group work in other parts of the n The teacher writes a word on the board and the group members explain the word to the
lesson. How can we deal with more advanced volunteer until he or she guess the word and that team wins a point.
students and help the weaker ones? n Change volunteers and repeat for 6 or 7 words.
Most important is to think about what our n You can have a noisy game where students shout out their clues or a quieter, more controlled
students are learning, and try to keep game where they take turns to speak.
them interested.

Glossary Think about:


Communicative skill is using language to interact and exchange information, for example asking and n Write down your lesson plan, and decide what you
answering questions about your family. are going to teach, to practise, and to revise as well
In group work, the class is divided into smaller groups to work together on an activity, for example, a as what homework to set. Remember to include
discussion on favourite sports. some communicative activities – learning
a language is about communication!
In pair work, two students work together, for example, answering questions in pairs after reading a text.
n Why not share your lesson planning ideas with your
A syllabus is a list of language items in the order that they will be taught on a course.
colleagues and discuss the best way to design a
A warmer is a short, lively activity at the start of the lesson to get students’ attention. A warmer can revise plan for your teaching situation?
language from a previous class.

Want to find more teaching tips? Visit www.teachingenglish.org.uk © British Council 2011

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