Teacher Training Materials of Professor Dr David Ngin Sian Pau
What is a lesson plan?
A lesson plan is a frame work for a lesson. If you imagine that a lesson is like a journey, then the lesson plan is the map. It shows where you start, where you finish and the route to take to get there. Lesson plans are the product of teachers’ thoughts about their classes; what they hope to achieve and how they hope to achieve it. They are usually, though not always, in written form.
Very experienced teachers maybe able to go into a class with just a short list of notes or even with the plan in their head. Whatever the level of experience though, it is very important that all teachers take time to think through their lessons before they enter the classroom.
Why is planning important?
One of the most important reasons to plan is that the needs to identify his or her aims for the lesson. Teachers need to know what it is they hope to achieve in the class, what it is they want the students to be able to do at the end of the lesson that they couldn’t do before.
· Planning is a kind of professionalism.
· By planning you are considering your teaching situation and your particular students.
· Planning encourages to consider these points and ensure they are included in the lesson.
· Planning gives the teacher a chance to predict possible problems in the class and think about ways to deal with them.
Do you need to plan if you have a course book?
Most schools provide their teachers with a syllabus and materials for teaching that syllabus. However, having a course book does not reduce the need for planning.
· A course book can encourage certainly help you to plan, but it cannot replace your own ideas for what you want to
achieve with your class.
Principles of planning
· Aims: One of the main principles of planning is establishing a clear aim for your lesson and it should be realistic.
· Topic/Time: e.g. Food and Drink/2 weeks (6 lessons)
· Text & Materials e.g. Magazine pictures, brochures, textbook text, recipes muffins?, songs, rhymes.
· Language items e.g. expressing likes and dislikes, phrases used during meals, food vocabulary, shopping
language especially questions such as “Can I have?/Do you have?/Would you
like?/How much is?
· Activities e.g. Make shopping list, Pair work interviews on favorite Food , Arrange classroom shops
& use for shopping dialogue, Make posters/collages on daily meals, read food texts in
English teaching magazine.
· Assessment e.g. Comment during lesson, Select with class 2 posters for exhibition school hall, informal
assessment on content & efforts with class.
A lesson plan is a frame work for a lesson. If you imagine that a lesson is like a journey, then the lesson plan is the map. It shows where you start, where you finish and the route to take to get there. Lesson plans are the product of teachers’ thoughts about their classes; what they hope to achieve and how they hope to achieve it. They are usually, though not always, in written form.
Very experienced teachers maybe able to go into a class with just a short list of notes or even with the plan in their head. Whatever the level of experience though, it is very important that all teachers take time to think through their lessons before they enter the classroom.
Why is planning important?
One of the most important reasons to plan is that the needs to identify his or her aims for the lesson. Teachers need to know what it is they hope to achieve in the class, what it is they want the students to be able to do at the end of the lesson that they couldn’t do before.
· Planning is a kind of professionalism.
· By planning you are considering your teaching situation and your particular students.
· Planning encourages to consider these points and ensure they are included in the lesson.
· Planning gives the teacher a chance to predict possible problems in the class and think about ways to deal with them.
Do you need to plan if you have a course book?
Most schools provide their teachers with a syllabus and materials for teaching that syllabus. However, having a course book does not reduce the need for planning.
· A course book can encourage certainly help you to plan, but it cannot replace your own ideas for what you want to
achieve with your class.
Principles of planning
· Aims: One of the main principles of planning is establishing a clear aim for your lesson and it should be realistic.
· Topic/Time: e.g. Food and Drink/2 weeks (6 lessons)
· Text & Materials e.g. Magazine pictures, brochures, textbook text, recipes muffins?, songs, rhymes.
· Language items e.g. expressing likes and dislikes, phrases used during meals, food vocabulary, shopping
language especially questions such as “Can I have?/Do you have?/Would you
like?/How much is?
· Activities e.g. Make shopping list, Pair work interviews on favorite Food , Arrange classroom shops
& use for shopping dialogue, Make posters/collages on daily meals, read food texts in
English teaching magazine.
· Assessment e.g. Comment during lesson, Select with class 2 posters for exhibition school hall, informal
assessment on content & efforts with class.
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