This is a PowerPoint presentation on How to plan a lesson plan, based on Teaching by Principles An Interactive Approach to Language Pedagogy by H. Douglas Brown ( Second Edition ) .

1. Lesson Planning
Prepared by :
Hayat FAKRI
Abdelmajid BASSA
Under supervision of :
Professor Ayad CHRAA

2. Outline
 What is a lesson plan ?
 Why do we plan lessons ?
 Key components of a lesson plan
 What to consider in writing a lesson
plan ?
 Principles of a lesson plan
 How to set objectives for a lesson plan
?

3. What is a lesson plan ?
“Would you tell me, please, which way I
ought to go from here?” asked Alice.
“That depends a good deal on where you
want to get to,” said the Cheshire Cat.
-Lewis Carroll, Alice’s Adventures in
Wonderland.

4. “ The success with which a teacher
conducts a lesson is often thought to
depend on the effectivness with which
the lesson was planned”.
- RICHARDS, J. C. 1998.

5.  A lesson plan is a schedule that tells the
teachers what to do in a specific time to
specific group of learners about specific
lesson.
 It is also defined as a detailed description
of a teacher’s course of instruction for an
individual lesson intended to help learners
achieve a particular learning objective.

6. Why do we plan lessons ?
Preparing lesson plans organizes the time of the
classroom and helps teachers to achieve their
lessons efficiently with the given time.
Generally, it can be stated that lessson planning
brings advantages to teachers because:
 It enables them to structure the teaching/learning
process.
 It helps to avoid uncontrolled improvisation and it
shows the professionalism of the teachers.

7.  It helps in keeping a record of the lessons that
have been covered inside the classroom.
 It helps to arouse a sense of control, security and
confidence between teachers and students.
 It contributes to positively regard the use of time
and creativity.
 It helps to stop unnecessary repetition of content.
 It helps in linking new knowledge to previous
knowledge.

8. Key components of a lesson plan:
 GOALS :
An overall purpose or the goal that you will attempt
to achieve by the end of the class period.
 OBJECTIVES :
The objectives must clearly and accurately express
what the learners will be able to do by the end of
the lesson.
Each lesson should have learning objectives that can
be described as SMART: specific, measurable,
achievable, results focused, and time bound.

9.  MATERIALS & EQUIPMENTS :
Good planning includes knowing what you
need to take with you or to arrange to have
in your classroom.The instructional
materials and aids needed may include:
pictures, a projector, handouts, a tape
recorder, posters..
Making sure to obtain a necessary materials
before class is important as it saves time
and helps teachers feel more prepared.

10.  PROCEDURES:
Procedures are teaching ways and
techniques that teachers make use of to
perform certain activities. These include:
• A warm up
• A set of activities and techniques in
which you have considered appropriate
proportions of time for: whole class
work, group or pair work, teacher talk,
student talk.

11.  EVALUATION:
The evaluation is to assess students’
learning and whether or not the
learning objectives were met.
 EXTRA-CLASS WORK :
An extention of classroom ctivity that will
help students do some learning beyond
class hour.

12. What to consider in writing a lesson
plan ?
PREREQUISITE :
 Know who your students are.
 Know their ability levels, backgrounds and
interests.
 Attention spans
 Ability to work together in groups
 Prior knowledge and learning experiences
 Special needs or accommodations
 Learning preferences.

13. KNOW YOUR CONTENT :
 It is important for you to research the
subject matter that you will be
teaching.
 School district curriculm guides.
 National curriculum standards.

14. KNOW THE INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS :
 Technology,
 Software,
 Audio/visuals,
 Teacher mentors,
 Community resources,
 Equipment,
 Library resources, local guest speakers,
volunteers, or any materials that can assist you
in teaching.

15. CLEAR GOAL/OBJECTIVE :
It is important to set clear goals
and objectives for your lesson
plan to ensure that you stay on
topic and cover the relevant
information.

16. ANTICIPATE CHALLENGES :
Adaptions for students needing
extra help and additions for
students needing an extra
challenge.

17. MAKE IT RELEVENT :
Be sure to include some sort of real world
application in your lesson. This will help
your students grasp otherwise
complicated topics with much more ease.
Additionally, look for ways in which you
can connect your lesson to previous
lessons and can grow upon those.

18. LESSON ASSESSMENT :
Tests, quizzes, group
projects, oral
presentations.

19. Principles of a lesson plan:
 AIMS :
consider realistic goals for the lesson, not too easy but not
too difficult.
 VARIETY :
Why vary ? What to vary ?
 COHERENCE :
• Observe a logical pattern to the lesson.
• Smooth transiton.
• An activity in a lesson builds on the previous one and
preparesfor the next one.

20.  FLEXIBILITY
• It is useful when planning to build in some
extra and alternative tasks andexercises.
• Ability to use a number of diffrent techniques
and not be aslave to one methodology.
 BALANCE :
The lesson is a mixture of a number of
ingredients, a successful teacher is the one
who is able to observe the right dosage and
makes the learners enjoy a savory lesson.

21. How to set objectives for a
lesson plan ?
 What will students accomplish
during this lesson ?
 To what specefic level (i.e. 75%
accuracy) will the students perform a
given task in order for the lesson to
be considered satisfactorily
accomplished ?

22.  Exactly how will the students show
that they understood and learned the
goals of your lesson ? Will this occur
through a worksheet, group work,
presentation, illustration, etc ?
 Additionally, you will want to make
sure that the lesson’s objective fits in
with your district educational
standards for your grade level.

23. THANK YOU !