Planning LessonsBy: H. Pournemat

Daily Lesson Planning

Lesson Plans can be of great value for: -improving reflective teaching

-administrators to reassure parents that their children’s teachers are well-prepared.

-a substitute teacher

-others…

Daily Lesson PlanningOther Benefits :

It builds confidence.

Daily Lesson PlanningOther Benefits :

It helps you prepare for the lesson: Material, Time, and

activities

Daily Lesson PlanningOther Benefits :

It provides you with a guide during the lesson.

Daily Lesson PlanningOther Benefits :

It helps you set objectives and assure yourself to achieve them.

Daily Lesson PlanningOther Benefits :

It helps you provide different kinds of activities for different learning styles.

Daily Lesson PlanningOther Benefits :

It provides you with options if you find that your initial planning is not

working.

Daily Lesson PlanningOther Benefits :

It gives something to reflect on for future planning.

Reflection Time!

1. What’s your idea about preparing lesson plans?2. How far were they effective in your teaching?3. How far do you reflect on your lesson plans before and after the class?4. How reflection-on-action can improve your lesson plans?

Lesson Plan Components

Step One: Divide your class time into 10 to 15 minute sections.

Step two: Put a particular stage in each section.

Step three: Design techniques and practices for each stage.

Step four: Think about alternative activities.

Lesson Plan Components

Timing - Time of each activity should be set

sensible.- To improve time management, you need

to reflect on the efficiency of each activity time to see whether it was enough or not.

Lesson Plan Components

ProceduresIt’s the overall picture of each part:- Revision- Dictation- Conversation: talking about their families- Vocabulary: Descriptive adjectives- …

Lesson Plan Components

Stage aims1. What is the stage? Warm-up, Presentation, Practice, Production,…

2. What is the aim of this stage? introducing new vocabulary, fluency practice, describing things, asking for direction, focus on accuracy, give them more opportunity to talk and focus more on fluency, … .

Lesson Plan Components

Aids and Materials Flash cards Worksheets

CD PlayerRealia: apple, pen, pencil, …

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Lesson Plan Components

Interaction PatternIndividual work

Pair-workGroup work

Standing workPair-work (New Partner)

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