Elements of lesson planning

Match the definition with the correct component: Each stage of your lesson is likely to use resources of some kind. These may be visuals sourced from ‘Google images’, a supplementary resource like ‘Speaking Extra’, or a page from a coursebook. Reference these in your lesson plan.

• Procedure

• Materials

• Stages

• Lesson aim

Match the definition with the correct component: You need to really know the language that you are planning to teach. For example, if it’s a verb, is it irregular, or does it need a particular dependent preposition? Is the spelling likely to cause problems because of silent letters or because it’s similar to a word in the students’ first language?

• Lesson aims

• Anticipated problems and solutions

• Stage aims

• Language analysis

Match the definition with the correct component: These should state what you’re hoping the students will have achieved by the end of the lesson. Here is an example: By the end of the lesson learners will be better able to use ‘used to’ and ‘would’ to talk about past habits and states that are no longer the case in the present.

• Lesson aims

• Stages

• Stages

• Procedure

Type the name of the component for this definition: This is the description of what is happening at each point in the class. It is helpful to think about what the students will be doing and what the teacher will be doing.

Which is the correct component for this description? If you’re teaching the past perfect simple, students could think the past perfect shows how long ago something happened, rather than emphasizing that something happened before something else. To deal with this, make sure that the context is clear and ask some good concept checking questions, or use a timeline to check understanding.

• main aims

• stages

• stage aims

• anticipated problems and solutions

Type the name of the component for this definition: This is how the class is divided, for example, often into ‘lead-in’, ‘gist task’ in a receptive skills class, ‘controlled practice’ in a language class.

Which is the correct component for this description? This means estimating how long an activity will take while you’re planning.

• Timing

• Anticipated problems and solutions

• Stage aims

• Main aims

Type the name of the component for this description: This is where you note whether the students are working individually, in pairs, in small groups or whether the focus is on the teacher.

What is the correct description for this component? Stage aims.

• This is how the class is divided, for example, often into ‘lead-in’, ‘gist task’ in a receptive skills class, ‘controlled practice’ in a language class.

• This is where you note whether the students are working individually, in pairs, in small groups or whether the focus is on the teacher.

• This means estimating how long an activity will take while you’re planning.

• This means identifying why you’re doing each stage of a lesson.