Lesson planning the ESL

class
planning
• Curriculum
• Diagnostic
• Content / context
• Outline
• Materials
• Location & size
Paper plan
• Lesson aims
• Personal aims
• Language / Skills Focus
• Main task / materials
• Anticipated Problems & solutions
• Assumptions
• Contingency
• Supplementary
Lesson Aims
• A language behavior achieved by the students by the end of that lesson
• “By the end of the lesson students will be…”
• SMART
• Specific
• Measureable
• Action-oriented
• Realistic
• Time bound
Personal Aim
• A particular goal the teacher is trying to achieve within themselves
regarding themselves and teaching
Main Task / Material
• Activity which will activate students ability to achieve lesson aim and
the materials needed for that task
Anticipated problems & Solutions
• Things you expect may be challenging for the students and your
possible solutions for these problems
contingency
• These are back up lesson plans to things not going according to plan
in the classroom
supplementary
• Materials that would aid your students understanding of the lesson