1. THE ARC OF A
LESSON
Teaching YLE
Departamento de Lenguas Extranjeras
Facultad de Ciencias Humanas
UNLPam
Practice II, Prof. Braun (2011)
2. The ARC of a Lesson
Like a story, a lesson has a
beginning, middle and an end.This
called the ARC of a lesson
3. What makes a good beginning?
Warm up:
An activity that switches students
from L1 to L2, eg: A song or chant
in English.
A morning message or
routine:Today is Monday,
September 5th. It is sunny and
windy again.
4. Activating SCHEMA
Also in the warm up phase:
Activate prior kol students have
about a topic.E.G.: What do they
know about dinosaurs? Why did they
become extinct?
5. Middle. The BODY of the lesson
Introduce the topic and activity
transitions.
Present and model new activities
for students to do.
It takes the most time in a lesson.
We use transitions between
different activities.
6. TRANSITIONS
They are brief verbal markers that
indicate what will happen next.
They help YLE move from where they
are to where they want to get.
Transitions can signal: a change of
topic, a change of activity, a
change of interactional mode, or
a change of pace.
7. PPP/ESA/ Others
How can teachers organize the
stages/Instructional sequences?
Presentation, Practice,
production.
Engage, Study, Activate.
The boomerang.
The patchwork.
8. TIMING
• With YLE activities should be short,
between 6-12 minutes.Why?
• Remember YLE short attention
span.
9. THE END OF A LESSON
The last few minutes of a lesson are very
important:
Homework assignment should be written
on the blackboard.
Teacher asks students to identify most
important points in today’s lesson.
Students reflect on their own learning:
draw a happy, sad, or neutral face on a
craft stick to show their feelings.
