LESSON PLAN – SAMPLES

Teacher:
Class Number of Ss: Level: A1, A2, B1, B2 etc. OR Age: e.g. 12 OR 20-
Profile Upper Intermediate, Lower 25 OR adults
Intermediate etc.
Book BOOK TITLE
Lesson LESSON TITLE
Time: 45
Stage Aim Procedure Interaction
mins
↑
TOTAL AMOUNT
OF TIME
WHY YOU DO IT HOW TO DO IT
↓ ↓ WHO
FOR EACH
STAGE
↓

Ss will understand e.g. T draws a picture on the T&Ss

and be able to use board of a landscape (forest,
1 6 mins
lexis necessary for villages, river, hills etc.). T
the story in stage 3. elicits vocabulary
T – teacher; Ss – students; pairs; small groups etc. T&Ss usually means that T talks to Ss

Ss will become more T asks Ss to recap by asking Pairs

confident a them to describe a new route.
3 X mins nd accurate at using How would you get from A to B?
English.

Ss will get practice T writes up 10 prompt questions,

using English more e.g. What’s the name of the
creatively to invent a hero? Where does the journey Small
4 Y mins
story. start? T asks Ss to draw their groups
own landscape and invent a story
according to propmpt questions.
Ss practise forming
and asking questions.
5 Z mins SS practise narrating Small groups
stories using target
items.
Materials: things you need for the lesson, e.g. laptop, cardboard, scissors etc.

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Teacher: John Smith
Class Number of Ss: 20 Level: State the level Age: State the age
Profile
Book (NO BOOK TITLE IN THIS CASE)
Lesson (NO LESSON TITLE IN THIS CASE)
Time: 45
Stage Aim Procedure Interaction
mins
Ss will understand T draws a picture on the board of
and be able to use a landscape (forest, villages,
1 6 mins T&Ss
lexis necessary for river, hills etc.). T elicits
the story in stage 3. vocabulary
Ss will learn and T uses cut-out paper character
practise prepositional (and sticky tape to attach to
phrases. board) to elicit details of a story
of a walk through the landscape,
especially including
2 10 mins T&Ss
prepositional phrases (over the
bridge, around the lake, etc.). T
gets Ss to repeat frequently.
Concept-check new items as
they appear.
Ss will become more T asks Ss to recap by asking
confident and them to describe a new route.
3 8 mins Pairs
accurate at using How would you get from A to B?
English.
Ss will get practice T writes up 10 prompt questions,
using English more e.g. What’s the name of the
creatively to invent a
hero? Where does the journey
4 11 mins Small groups
story. start? T asks Ss to draw their
own landscape and invent a story
according to propmpt questions.
Ss practise forming T asks Ss to swap groups and
and asking questions. show their landscape, then (a)
SS practise narrating ask yes-no questions to elicit
stories using target story; (b) hear the story from
5 10 mins Small groups
items. new partner. Optional: re-swap
partners so that people have to
tell a story that was originally
not theirs.
Materials: chalk, board, paper, sticky tape, scissors

Adapted from: Penny Ur, A Course in Language Teaching, Cambridge University Press.

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Teacher:
Class Number of Ss: Level: Age:
Profile
Book
Lesson
Time: 45
Stage Aim Procedure Interaction
mins

Materials:

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