Lesson Planning Template

Type of Class: Level:

Topic: (Not the grammar point! The context or situation):

Target grammar item:

Lesson objective

(Your objective says what learners will be able to do (to read, to write, to say, to listen for) employing the
target grammar.)

By the end of the lesson, learners will be able to …

Stage Time Activity

Presentation
 How will you engage learners or
arouse their interest in what is to
follow?
 How will you introduce the target
grammar item? How will you
situate it / contextualize it?
 What examples will you give? How
can you make sure that the
examples are effective, memorable,
and meaningful?
 How will you check learners’
understanding?
Restricted (Guided) Practice
 How will you help learners focus on
the target grammar item?
 Is the practice activity
contextualized?
 How will learners get feedback on
their accuracy?
Freer /Communicative Practice
 How will you structure a safe
environment for experimentation?
 How will learners employ the target
structure to engage in meaningful
communication (speaking, writing)?

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Lesson ending
 How will you check if
learners can use the target
structure to communicate
their own ideas?
 How will you ask them for
feedback?
Rubric for Grammar Lesson Plan

Does not meet criteria Approaches criteria Meets criteria

Presentation Target grammar item is Target grammar Target grammar

component only explained and no item is presented in item is presented in
examples are given OR context and context, illustrative
examples are not explained, but the examples /situation
contextualized. explanation are effective,
/example ratio is not explanations are
quite balanced. brief, concise and
effective.

Guided practice Required practice Not all required All required practice
component components are practice components components are
minimally are included. included and are
included and /or are Restricted practice suitable for the
minimally suitable for the activities are context and lesson
context and lesson included. objectives.
objective.

Semi-guided or Only mechanical practice Students are Students have at

free practice is included. informally invited to least one well-
use the target item planned opportunity
to talk about to use the target
themselves. item to talk about
themselves and /or
express their own
ideas.

This is a program of the U.S. Department of State

administered by FHI 360 and delivered by World Learning