Teaching English: What Makes a Great Lesson?

WEEK 2 PLANNING LESSONS AND COURSES

What to consider when planning courses

Task: Sample course plan

Month 1 Week 1 Overall Week 2 Overall aims Week 3 Overall Week 4

aims aims Overall aims
Introduce & Introduce & practise Production/ Presentation
practise past past simple irregular/ further practice & controlled
simple regular writing a story of past simple practice of
Telling a simple Extensive reading Reading skills:
story in past skimming & Extensive
Improve listening scanning reading
skills Speaking skills:
fluency
Lesson 1 Presentation & Presentation through Presentation
practice past listening/ common
simple regular irregular verbs p.28 personalised work through
verbs CB* p. 24 on past simple listening.
(own material) Controlled
practice
(follow up next
week)
Lesson 2 Review Writing (personalised): Developing Reading:
yester last holiday/ weekend reading skills: graded reader
Speaking: telling a etc. skimming & Speaking: the
story CB p. 35 H/W** finish story scanning CB p.31 story so far
Lesson 3 Listening to Reading: graded Vocabulary input & Class test CB
narrative (past reader Role play using p.89
simple) Fill in Speaking: the story so past simple (own
activities far material)
(supplementary
book)

*CB= coursebook **H/W= homework

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