Sample Lesson Plan – Secondary Level

Use of Technology: Projector, MS PowerPoint for warm-up, MS PowerPoint hypermedia presentation, Internet
Materials Used: T-charts, notebook paper, pen/ pencil
Closure: The teacher hands out a small piece of paper to each student. On the paper, each student anonymously writes whether they liked the hypermedia activity (“Yes”) or not (“No”) and the reason(s) why. This completed ‘survey’ will be their ticket out of the classroom.
Lesson Plan – DAY #3

PLANNING PHASE
Performance/ Task-based Objectives:

1. 
   Students will be able to talk about some of their own holiday traditions and customs.
   
2. 
   Students will be able to use questioning strategies in English to gather information.
   

Lesson Outline:
National TESOL Standards:

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  Goal 1, Standards 1, 2, 3
  
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  Goal 2, Standards 1, 2, 3
  
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  Goal 3, Standards 1, 2, 3
  

TEACHING PHASE
(1) Preparation
Warm-up Activity: The teacher reviews the agenda and objectives, which are clearly posted on the main board. To model the upcoming activity, she spends a few minutes describing some of her unique family traditions for a particular holiday, using visual aids where appropriate. She allows the students to ask questions too.
Prior knowledge: Students will be discussing holiday traditions which they have celebrated along with their own customs/ traditions.
Language Goals: (How is instruction scaffolded/ differentiated for a wide array of ELLs?)
This lesson is scaffolded for lower level ELLs by incorporating visual aids and writing (large chart) to supplement the informal class discussions. The teacher also provides them with a vocabulary handout that summarizes several major holidays. The lesson is also differentiated for higher level ELLs because they will each have a chance to assume the role of ‘class note taker’ during the presentations.