What is a Lesson Plan?
Simply, lesson plan is a subject teacher’s plan prepared to teach single lesson. Moreover, it is defined as the daily decisions a teacher makes for successful teaching of a lesson. it is prepared by teacher before entering into the classroom. It describes teaching and learning activities that take place in or out of the classroom for teaching particular lesson. it is a kind of roadmap for teacher. Below are some sample English lesson plans for teachers.
Plans are important for the successful completion of any task. Plans in Teaching and learning (education) process are made in different levels. For example; government level plans, curriculum designing and dissemination plans, implementation plans, school level plans, subject wise plans, unit plan, lesson plan etc. A subject teacher is responsible to implement the curriculum into the practice. He/she has to make plans and strategies considering all other plans in order to achieve the goals of curriculum. Lesson plans are prepared by the subject teachers for successful and effective management of time and resources in the classroom. It is also important for attaining certain objectives.
As a teacher, I have been preparing lesson plans since a long time. I know well about its significance in teaching learning activities. I prepared the aforementioned lesson plans and devised them into my classroom. I enjoyed and felt motivated throughout the process. Whatever I plan, I had to implement in the classroom. In that process I used ICTs and other materials which I rarely used in my career. I found little difficult to manage time to reach every student for individual support, though I found all my classes effective.
Although preparing daily lesson plan is a tedious task; consumes much time at home and hampers some quality time with family and friends, the hard work eventually pays off. I could implement all above mentioned plans successfully in my classroom. They helped me with time management, achieving objectives of the curriculum, use of teaching materials, developed self-confidence, could make impact on students and fellow teachers.
Here are four sample English lesson plans.
Lesson Plan -1
| Subject: English Date: 2079/02/27
Class: Eight Unit : One Time: 45 min. School’s name: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx No of students: 19 |
Teaching Item: Listening Skill
Specific Objectives: On the completion of this lesson, the students will be able to;
- Do the given activities;
- Play the role as in the audio material.
Teaching Materials: Besides daily used materials, the teacher uses the following materials;
- Audio material prepared by CDC
- Picture (a person having conversation on telephone)
Teaching learning activities:
Pre-listening Phase: The teacher motivates and prepares the students for listening activity. He shows the picture to the students and asks them to predict what they are going to listen. He listens to everyone’s response and tells about the topic of discussion.
Listening Phase: Teacher plays the audio for the first time and ensures its audibility and comprehensibility at every corner of the classroom. The students are encouraged to pay attention to the audio to have overall impression about the topic so that they can find what they need. After this, the students are asked to go through the given fill in the blank activity.
The teacher plays the audio for second time. Students, while listening to the audio do the activities given in the exercise.
The teacher plays the audio for the third time so that they can listen, revise and complete the exercise. They perform peer checking activity. Teacher facilitates them.
Post- listening Phase: The students are asked to work in pair and perform a similar conversation in the classroom. Each interested pair are given 5 minutes to prepare for the activity. They perform the role of hotel manager and a costumer. Any three pairs are given opportunity to play such roles in the classroom. The teacher gives prompts and encourages them to have meaningful conversation.
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Sample English Lesson plan- 2
| Subject: English Date: 2079/02/29
Class: Eight Time: 45 min. School’s name: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx No. of students:19 |
Teaching item: Language function- suggesting/advising
Specific objectives: At the end of this period, the students will be able to:
- Make written conversation using given prompts;
- Carry out role paly activity in the classroom.
Teaching materials: Besides daily used materials, the teacher will use the following materials:
- Video excerpt
- Exponent cards
Teaching learning activities:
Presentation:
- T shows the video to the students and asks them to work in pair in order to come up with the context, participants, purpose and the meaning of the conversation.
- Teacher plays the video for second time and asks students to note down the specific utterances used for making advice / suggestion.
Practice:
- T now displays the exponent cards one by and asks to compare with their note they have just taken from the video.
- The teacher then tells about the language function- suggesting and its specific structures.
- T gives students some prompts(situations) where students need to work in pair make advise. T selects some pairs randomly for the presentation of the answer they have prepared.
- T gives due attention to every students learning and guides them.
Production:
- Any four students are set into a group and each on will be given role to play on the given situation. They perform the conversation in front of the classroom. Rest of the students observe them and give feedback to them.
Follow up:
- Students are asked to prepare such conversation (written) relating to their life.
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Sample English Lesson plan- 3
| Subject: English Date: 2079/02/30
Class: Six Time: 45 min. School’s name: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx No. of students:13 |
Teaching item: Imperatives
Specific objectives: At the end of this period, the students will be able to:
- Tell the pattern of imperative sentence; and
- Write imperative sentences used for different purposes.
Teaching materials:
- Classroom based materials
Teaching learning activities:
Step: One
The teacher tells some commands and does what he says. For example; run, stand up, close the window, bring some water etc.
Step: Two
T calls some students in front of the class and tells them to follow the commands. One student writes the commands on the board.
Step: Three
Now some volunteer students are asked to tell some more imperative sentences. Teacher encourages them to utter as many sentences as they can.
Step: Four
Now, the students are asked to discover the pattern of written sentences in pair. The teacher helps them.
Step: Five
Then, some students are asked to give command one by one and others to follow. The follower follows the correct commands only. This ways, the class ends in fun.
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Sample Lesson plan- 4
| Subject: English Date: 2079/02/31
Class: Six Time: 45 min. School’s name: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx No. of students: 13 |
Teaching item: Past simple tense
Specific objectives: At the end of this period, the students will be able to:
- Tell the pattern of past simple tense; and
- Write sentences in past simple tense.
Teaching materials: Besides daily used materials, the teacher uses the following materials:
- Word cards; and
- Sentence cards.
Teaching learning activities:
| Steps | What teacher does? | What students do? | Remarks |
| 1 | Shows a word card having ‘went’ and asks students to use that word in a sentence only to check if they know such words or not. | Use their prior knowledge to talk about the given word. | |
| 2. | Shows the past forms of the verbs with their present form using the cards. Makes students aware of past forms.
Shows some sentences in both tense and makes comparison. |
Observe the demonstration and note down. | |
| 3. | Shows the verbs and their uses in sentences all at once using magnetic board. . Also tells about the use of past tense
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Write down the sentences and produce pattern of past simple tense. | |
| 4. | Displays other verbs and tells students to make sentences using the words. | Students practice the exercise. | |
| 5. | Gives a short paragraph form their text book to the students | Work in pair
Read the text and underline sentences in simple past tense. |
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