Making A Lesson Plan

Why is planning so important?

•We wouldn’t have control over the group •Boring classes •Successful classes •Students actually learning

Objective

•Recognize the importance of lesson planning •How to lesson plan?

By Gerson G. Cisneros Soto

Warm-up Vocabulary Main presentation Follow – up or Consolidation

Warm-up Is it important? Why? a) Although it’s “short”, it’s very important since it motives your students to learn b) It “changes” their mind from Spanish to English. c) In case of verbs recycle conjugations d) No more than 8 minutes e) With not much vocabulary f) Recycle past topics.

Activities

a) Eliciting b) Watch a part or a movie and then a brainstorm c) Making a dialogue to a movie d) _______________________ e) _______________________ f) _______________________

g) Activities to motive your students to English

Vocabulary Our students need to learn new words! a) Shouldn’t be less than 5 but no more than 7 b) It should be presented with mechanical drills a) Oral repetition for pronunciation b) Semi Mechanical. (Game, Activity) c) Critical. When do they use them in their lives? c) No more than 8 minutes d) It should remain visible to your students e) VISUAL AIDS

Main Presentation This is the strongest part of our class a) b) c) d) e) f)

Grammar presentation Video class Listening class Reading class Having always an objective in mind About 25 minutes

a)

Warm – up. A warm-up about the Communicative Function for the presentation. Example: If your point in Present Perfect you may use “Hobbies and Habits”. When are they going to use it in life? b) Vocabulary. Specific vocabulary for it. Example: “A habit is…”, “A hobbies is…” c) Main Presentation. (Grammar point, etc) a) With Mechanical drills, Semi Mechanical Drills, Critical. d) Consolidation. To avoid language conflicts between L1 and L2. (Game, role play, etc)

Follow – up Consolidation Here is where our students apply whatever we have taught them! a) b) c) d) e) f)

Role play Game Interview Class presentation __________________ No more than 10 minutes

Motive your students to apply their language!

Final Activity

Let’s prepare a class!

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