How to plan a lesson

Bakhtar Private High School

By: Nilofar Benawa

English instructor and coordinator
 Planning Lesson
What Is a Lesson Plan?
A lesson plan is an extremely useful tool that serves as a
combination of guide, resource, historical document reflecting our
teaching philosophy, student population, text books, and most
importantly, our goals for our students.
 Why We Plan
• To decide what to teach (Objective)
• in what order, (Sequence) and
• for how much time are the basic components of lesson
planning.
 The Planning Continuum

A certain amount of lesson planning takes place

the night before a class is taught!

Jungle Path = carelessness→ negligence→ unprepared

 Elaborate lesson plans
 Some Ts Allow coursebook to do the planning
 Some Ts Scribble notes
 Corridor planning

 Using Plan In class
• Magic Moment
• Sensible Diversion
• Unforeseen Problems
 Basic principles of lesson
planning
 Coherence: rational for each activity, transition from one
activity to the next
Variety:
Micro level- variety of the pace of the class, such as time,
difficulty of or ease of the materials, % of teacher-fronted time &
student centered activities, different patterns,
 Macro level a variety of topics (content), language skills
 Flexibility:
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 What a lesson plan looks like
 A variety of formats to use
 Most templates share certain characteristics.

 Consider the following points when creating a Lesson Plan:

• The background of students’
• The objectives of the lesson
• The skills to be taught
• The activities
• The materials & texts
• The time constraints
• The connections to previous & future lessons
References :

 Harmer, J. (2007). The Practice of English Language

Teaching, 4th Ed. . New York: Pearson press.