Class Structure And Lesson Planning

Class structure and lesson planning

• Why do we plan our lessons? • Why do you think classes have a structure?

• To be confident • To be organized • To share our ideas with other teachers • To give students an idea of what to expect • To include objectives and our expected outcomes • To evaluate the process of teaching

Small group discussion • What are the parts of your class? • What does your plan include? • What resources do you use to help your planning?

Some aspects to consider as you write your lesson plan • • • • • • • •

Student´s prior knoledge Student´s level of proficency in English Student´s interests and needs Grade level National curricula The objective of the lesson The topic or theme of the lesson The best way to teach the students to meet their needs.

A lesson has three parts:

Introduction • • • • •

Role calling Checking homework Daily routine Reviewing the “menu” Motivating or warming up

Core • What you will teach: The main skill (speaking, listening, reading or writing) • Giving clear instructions for the learning activity • Providing a model • Checking for understanding • Explaining how students will be assessed and assingning the time • Monitoring students as they perform the learning activity • Assessing students

Closing • • • •

Recap main points Refer back to objective Relate future learning Review students´ errors made during class • Students share what they learned • Assign homework

Parts of a lesson plan • The Introduction • Objective • Materials • Motivation

• The Core • Procedure • Assessment

• The closing • recap

The objective • What your students will learn and be able to do at the end of a lesson. • “Students will be able to …”

• Specific, measurable and realistic Students will be able to identify …

Students will be able to understand

Materials • List of resources needed to teach your lesson • List of supplies students will need • The equipment you will need to perform the lesson

Procedure • How your students will show they have accomplished the objective • Students will complete a task or product • Students centered • Remember to give clear instructions • Remember to model the activity

Content • • • •

Theme Vocabulary Phrases or language functions Language skills • • • •

Speaking Listening Reading Writing

• Activity

assessment • Check to see if learning has been achieved • Performed at the end or throughout the lesson or activity (observation)

Remember!!! • Be reflective while teaching the lesson • Always have a back-up plan • Sequence lessons • Use coherence ( a logical pattern) • Use variety (to keep students´ interest)

Teacher Reflection • Feedback from students • Feedback from observation • • • • •

Did the students master the objective? What was successful? What went wrong? Did the students seem to enjoy the lesson? Was the lesson appropriate for their level?

• Peer observation (teacher to teacher) • Record thoughts in a journal

Now write your own lesson plan • What are the parts of a lesson? • What do we consider first? • What is our theme/language skill/ key words/ etc? • What is our objective? • How will we teach our objective? What are the steps of our activity? • What materials do we need? • How will we assess that the students learned the objective? • How will we recap and review?