PROJECT PLANNER TEMPLATE

Project name:
Unit: Grade:
Class: Teacher:
Language knowledge expected:
Language skill expected:
Soft Skills:
Scaffolding Instruction:
Material sources:

SCHEDULE
Unit 1:
Getting started : Project time: 10 mins at the end of the lesson
1. Stimulus
2. Presenting Driving question

3. Assigning group work: Making groups, assigning roles for each team member 4.
Introducing project objectives Project products

Unit 1: A closer look 1

Project time: 10 mins at the end of the lesson

1. First group meeting to choose 1 famous person and make decision on the final
product
2. Assign responsibilities among the team members and complete the project plan
(H/O 1)
Unit 1: A closer look 2

Project time: 10 mins at the end of the lesson

1. 2 nd meeting Progress check and discuss the solutions to the problems if
necessary
2. Scaffolding instruction: If necessary
 Unit 1: Communication
Project time: 10 mins at the end of the lesson
1. 2 nd meeting Progress check and discuss the solutions to the problems if
necessary
2. Scaffolding instruction: If necessary

Unit 1: Skill 1
Project time: 10 mins at the end of the lesson
1. 3rd meeting Progress check and discuss the solutions to the problems if
necessary
2. Scaffolding instruction

Unit 1: Skill 2
Project time: 10 mins at the end of the lesson
1. 4th meeting Progress check and discuss the solutions to the problems if
necessary
2. Scaffolding instruction: If necessary

Unit 1: Looking back and project

Project time: 10 mins at the end of the lesson
1. 5th meeting Progress check and discuss the solutions to the problems if
necessary
2. Scaffolding instruction: If necessary

Unit 2: Getting Started

Project time: 10 mins at the end of the lesson
1. Product Display
2. Evaluation
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ONE EXAMPLE OF A PROJECT PLAN

Project name: Famous person’s profile
Unit: 1 Grade: 12
Class: 12 A1 Teacher:
Language knowledge expected Articles (a,an, the)
Words and phrases related to life stories Using Past simple or past continuous
Language skills expected Writing a famous person’s profile Reading
for a specific information
Listening and presenting the information about a
famous person
Soft Skills Collaboration communication Presentation researching
Critical thinking ICT skills
Driving question Whom do you admire and want to know more about his/her life?

SCHEDULE
Unit 1:
Getting started : Project time: 10 mins at the end of the lesson
1. Stimulus:
∙ Showing a video clip of Micheal Jackson music performance (1 min) ask
some leading questions: Who was the singer? Do you like him? Why? ∙
Showing the photos of Dolna Trump and Steve Jobs, Yan can Cook Ask
students to list the names of these persons and other famous ones they know
2. Driving question:

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∙ Whom do you admire and want to know more about his/her life? 3.
Project objectives: Writing a famous person’s profile
Reading for a specific information
Listening and presenting the information about a famous person
 4. Project products: a video clip/ ppt slides or an oral presentation + a written
report about a famous person
5. Assigning group work: teacher makes groups of 6
Team groups: discuss and assign roles: Searching information (6) Analysing
information (6), Making a video (2), Writing a report (2), Presenting (2)
6. Providing some sources of information:
- https://www.free-ebooks.net/fiction-classics/Fifty-Famous-People (free ebook on
famous people)
- https://www.bookrix.com/books;biography-autobiography,id:5.html -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vNUNrPyF-Rw ( A video -6 inspiring
success stories)
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pp24iH5QR5k (A life of successful people in 2
minutes)

Unit 1: A closer look 1

Project time: 10 mins at the end of the lesson
1. First group meeting: choose 1 famous person and make decision on the final
product
2. Assign responsibilities among the team members and complete the project plan
(H/O 1+ H/O3)

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Unit 1: A closer look 2
Project time: 10 mins at the end of the lesson
1. 2 nd meeting Progress check and discuss the solutions to the problems if
necessary
2. Scaffolding instruction: How to write a report
(teacher presents slide show, using the ideas from the website:
https://www.wikihow.com/Write-a-Report-on-a-Famous-Person)
 Unit 1: Communication
Project time: 10 mins at the end of the lesson
3. 2 nd meeting Progress check and discuss the solutions to the problems if
necessary
4. Scaffolding instruction: Presenting the rubrics for presentation and
collaboration assessment (H/O 6+7)

Unit 1: Skill 1
Project time: 10 mins at the end of the lesson
1. 3rd meeting Progress check and discuss the solutions to the problems if
necessary
2. Scaffolding instruction: Presenting the checklist for peer and self assessment
(H/O 4+ 5)

Unit 1: Skill 2

Project time: 10 mins at the end of the lesson

3. 4rd meeting Progress check and discuss the solutions to the problems if
necessary
4. Scaffolding instruction: Teaching the presentation skills
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AAQp7cytOtU (a 5 minute- video)

Unit 1: Looking back and project

Project time: 10 mins at the end of the lesson
1. 5rd meeting Progress check and discuss the solutions to the problems if
necessary
2. Scaffolding instruction: How to give a presentation in English (teacher
presents slide show, using the ideas from the website:
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ySzV7I_Sn6w

Unit 2: Getting Started

Project time: 10 mins at the end of the lesson
1. Product Display
2. Assessment

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