Summary Unit 20

Unit 20: Planning an individual lesson or a sequence of lessons

Planning an individual lesson:
We have to ask ourselves a number of questions:

• Will the topic be interesting and motivating?
• Are the activities and teaching materials at the right level?
• Have I planned enough for the time available?
• Do I need extra material?
• Have I thought exactly how to start and end the lesson?
• Does each step of the lesson help to achieve the aim?

Planning a sequence of lessons:
We need to prepare a scheme of work to help us:

• Think of the best way to cover the school syllabus or the units of a course book in the time available.
• Think what we want to achieve
• What material we might need
• Include enough variety across our lessons.

Variety:
It is very important both in a sequence of lessons and in a single lesson to avoid doing the same kind of things in the same order over and over.
       Things we can vary:
        Pace:

• Quick and fast moving or slow and reflective interaction patterns:
• individual
• pairs
• groups
• whole class

        Level of difficulty:

• Non-demanding
• Requiring effort and concentration

       Content

• Changing from one language to point another
• Changing from one subject to another

       Mood

• Light or serious
• Happy or sad
• Tense or relaxed

       Exciting or calming activities:

• Stirring (lively and active)
• Settling (quietening down)