Stages and Aims

The Basics

• Plan the outcomes
• Get students interested
• Nurture a community of learners through rapport
• Lead students through a series of comprehensible and controlled tasks, activies and exercises
• Let language emerge through listening, speaking, reading and writing
• Provide input, negotiate output and tailor feedback
• Allow for flexible and adaptable routines that keep lessons enjoyable

Helpful Links

1. TEFL Training Institute – Lesson Staging with Young Learners
2. ASCD’S  Understanding By Design – 
3. Lesson Plan Exmples – British Council Lesson Plans & Recourses
4. iTDi’s Blog – Thoughts about Lesson Planning from industry Leaders 
5. Extended Reading – Nation’s Chapter 15 Linked Skills Activities from What Every ESL Teacher Should Know
6. Alternative Approaches – Scrivener – General process for Planning Lessons
7. KQED – Content Knowledge and Critical Thinking

General Lesson Plan

Predicting Processes

Flow Charts

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