Lesson Plan Layout

The layout that is used for all the lesson plans in this blog is very simple and straightforward. It is written in a plain text format with no tables or boxes so that it is easy to copy, print and use elsewhere. If you work in a Chinese state school it's likely that no one will bother you for copies and if they do they won't care about the format.

If you work in the UK it's a stone cold certainty that they will bother you and will have a set format that you must abide by. That's life, I'm afraid. You might have to even copy the plans by hand. (You remember pens and paper, don't you? The stuff we had before computers?)

The lesson plans are predominantly for speaking and listening tasks as that is the main role of foreign teachers in China. Reading and writing tasks are sometimes included but solely as support for the listening and speaking. 

 

Anyway, here's the layout of the plans that you can expect on this blog.

Lesson Level: Junior 1,2,3 Senior 1,2,3 *      Lesson Duration: xx minutes

Lesson Title: xxxxxxxxxx

Grammar/Vocabulary

List of grammar points and essential vocabulary for the lesson

Lesson Objectives

What's the point of the lesson? What is it intended to achieve?

Resources

A list of all the things you need to take into the lesson with you. This can include handouts, posters, something to throw around to select students for questions, cassette player and audio materials. Anything that you will need to have to deliver the lesson.

Preparation 

Anything you need to do before the lesson starts. This might be things to prepare days before or just things to write on the board before you start. Often it will be nothing at all.

Procedure

Step by step lesson procedure with timings.

Notes

Anything else not covered by the above headings that is needed or useful in the lesson. Sometimes includes potential problems.