Preparing a Lesson or Sequence of Lessons

Preparing a Lesson or Sequence of Lessons

Methodology III

Multiple Choice

What can be considered a series of lessons?

• Lessons based on a TV series

• Lessons that are related in topic

• Lessons that need to be in an order to understand the full topic

Multiple Select

Why is it important to plan series of lessons?

• So students don't miss any crucial information in a big topic.

• So students don't miss any crucial information in a series of topics.

• So the teacher can fill in the week

• So the teacher can plan various activities.

Multiple Choice

What are the aims of your lesson?

• What you expect your students to learn by the end.

• What you expect to do during your lesson.

• What you expect your students to do during your lesson.

To plan your lesson or series of lessons

You should think about the aims first. Think of an aim for the series of lessons, then divide the necessary topics, vocabulary, etc., into the lessons and give them their own lesson.

There are

different ways to organise these lessons.

We call them SHAPES

There are different shapes for RECEPTIVE and PRODUCTIVE skills.

Multiple Select

Choose the receptive skills

• reading

• writing

• listening

• speaking

Multiple Select

Choose the productive skills

• reading

• writing

• speaking

• listening

For receptive skills

we usually plan TASKS for the students to do before, while and after.

For productive skills

there's usually an INTRODUCTION, setting the CONTEXT, INPUT -or presenting- new language, PRODUCTION, and FEEDBACK

Make sure that

the activities you choose are there for your students to LEARN

Fill in the Blanks

If we are teaching the differences (comparison and use together) between PAST SIMPLE and PRESENT PERFECT, in which order should we teach that? (Write the numbers together, no comas, no spaces)

1.Past Simple vs Present Perfect

2.Review present perfect

3.Review past simple

Multiple Choice

What might be the AIM of this sequence?

• The students will use past simple and present perfect in the correct situations.

• The students will use past simple and present perfect with the correct auxiliary.

• The students will differ between past simple and present perfect.

Multiple Choice

After we've defined the sequence...

• we need to plan each lesson with its own aims

• we need to plan just one lesson with aims

• we need to plan all together with the same aims

Multiple Choice

Do students need to be able to recycle language in these lessons?

• Yes

• No

Let's review some

VOCABULARY

Multiple Choice

What's the stage in which the teachers and students get to know each other

• Warmup

• Presentation

• Icebreaker

• Practice

• Feedback

Multiple Choice

What's the stage in which the teacher starts the class?

• Warmup

• Presentation

• Icebreaker

• Practice

• Feedback

Multiple Choice

What's the stage in which the teacher inputs new language.

• Warmup

• Presentation

• Practice

• Feedback

Multiple Choice

What's the stage in which the students work with the specific language in short exercises?

• Warmup

• Presentation

• Practice

• Production

• Feedback

Multiple Choice

What's the stage in which the students work with the language however they can, after having learnt it?

• Warmup

• Presentation

• Practice

• Production

• Feedback