PLANNING

• What should go into an English

language lesson?
• What is a lesson plan?
• Why is planning important?
PRE-
• Do you need to plan if you have
PLANNING a course book?
• What are the principles of
planning?
 • Aims and concepts
• Context and marker sentences
• Starting a lesson
PLANNING A • Presenting new language
LESSON
• Controlled practice
• Freer (less controlled) practice
• Finishing the lesson
 • Warmers
Spot the difference
Describe and draw
ACTIVITIES
Hot seat
All change
Find someone who
 • Presentation techniques
Context
Clarification of meaning/form
Controlled practice
Picture presentation
ACTIVITIES -Setting the scene
-Elicit/feed marker sentence
- Check understanding
- Model and drill marker sentence
- Write up and focus on form
Reading and listening presentations
Dialogue build presentation
TKT_ UNIT 20: IDENTIFYING THE DIFFERENT
COMPONENTS OF A LESSON PLAN

• How do we identify the different components

of a lesson plan?
• A lesson plan is a set of notes that helps us to
think through what we are going to teach and
how we are going to teach it. This is a guide.
• The main components of a lesson plan show us what the lesson is for (the aim), what the
teacher and the learners will do during the lesson and how they will do it (the procedures).
• Other components of the plan, for example, the timing of different stages or the profile of
the group, help us to think about possible problems and remind us of things we need to
remember about the learners.

Before the lesson Writing down the aims and the procedures for each stage of the lesson helps
to make sure that we have panned the clearest and most logical seuqence to
enable us to achieve those aims.

During the lesson The plan can also help us to check timing (the aount of time we plan for each
stage) and to check that the lesson is following the sequence we decided on
and remind us what to do next.

After the lesson We can keep the plan as a record of what happened, making any changes
necessary to show how the lesson was different from the plan. We can then
use the plan and notes to help plan the next lesson.
 LESSON PLAN COMPONENTS
• Class profile Who we are planning the lesson for?
• Timetable fit How is the lesson connected to the last lesson and/or the
next one?
• Main aims(s) What do we want learners to learn or to be able to do by the
end of the lesson?
• Subsidiary aims What else do learners need to be able to do during the lesson to
enable them to achieve the main aims.
• Stage aims What is the purpose of each stage of the lesson?
 LESSON PLAN COMPONENTS
• Personal aims What aspects of our won teaching do we want to
develop or improve?
• Assumptions What do we think learners already know or can
already do related to the aims?
• Anticipated problems What may learners find difficult in the lesson? What
may they not be used to doing? What may they not
feel confident about?
• Possible solutions What action will we take to deal with the anticipated
problems?
 LESSON PLAN COMPONENTS
• Teaching aids, materials, equipment What should we remember
to take to the lesson?
• Procedures What are the tasks and activities for each stage?
• Timing What length of time will we need for each
stage?
• Interaction patterns In which ways will learners work at different
stages, i.e. individually, in pairs, in groups, as a
whole class?
• Homework What further wok will learners need to do before
the next lesson?
LESSON PLAN (EXAMPLE)

• Read the Lesson Plan in the example. Read the

points about it.
 HOMEWORK

• Find the meaning of at least 20 terms you have seen in this

subject. This link may help you:
https://www.cambridgeenglish.org/images/22184-tkt-glossary-
document.pdf
• Write their meaning with at least ONE example, in a Word
document (PDF). Upload the file in the Onedrive folder. Save
the document starting with your last name, example:
Sandoval_Cristina_20terms . Due date: Friday 15th July.
 BIBLIOGRAPHY
• Callum, R (2000) Action Plan for Teachers a guide to teaching English. BBC World Service
• Spratt, M., Pulverness, A. & Williams, M. (2011) The TKT Course Modules 1, 2 and 3.
University of Cambridge.