Lesson what goes into lesson planning and lesson plans Objectives

LESSON 2. What goes into lesson planning and lesson plans
Objectives:

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  to let students understand the importance of formulating clear and realistic aims of a lesson
  
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  to enable students to differentiate between lesson main aims, subsidiary aims and personal aims
  
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  to enable students to evaluate lesson aims
  

Materials used:
Spratt M. et al. (2005) The TKT course. CUP
Parrott M. (1993) Tasks for Language Teachers. CUP.
Woodward T. (2001). Planning Lessons and Courses. CUP
Tanner R & C.Green (1998). Tasks for Teacher Education: a Reflective Approach. Longman
Lead in
Objective: to let students understand the importance of planning aims for a lesson
Time: 15 min
Materials: handout 1
Procedure:
-Distribute handout 1 to students and ask them to think individually to what extent they agree with the comments from teachers why.
-Ask students get into groups of 4-5 and discuss their answers.
-Elicit random answers.
-Establish that it is important for teachers to plan ahead their aims. Say that when they start teaching it is particularly important to know where they are trying to get to (or get their students to) by the end of the lesson. Lesson aims should match with a syllabus, not necessarily a coursebook. A teacher can decide on how to adapt or supplement coursebook materials to match the lesson aims. After the lesson, teachers can look back at their lesson plans and reflect on whether they have managed to achieve their aims. This also helps to select the most appropriate aims for future lessons.
-Teachers can tell their students what the lesson aims are at the beginning of each lesson. Teachers can also write them up on the board. Alternatively, teachers can ask students at the end of the lesson what they thought the aims were. It might be interesting to see what they say.