Checklist towards improving your lesson plans

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ASPECTS OF THE LESSON PLAN

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Have you set your objectives clearly?
Is there a review of previously taught materials?
Is there a warm up activity?
Have you thought of timing your tasks in each stage?
Are the activities varied and challenging?
Have you prepared your motivation questions?
Have you prepared you visual-aids? Are they relevant enough?
Are the tasks that demand more effort and more concentration planned
earlier in the lesson?
Are the tasks and techniques relevant to the target level?
Have you thought of classroom language?
What roles for the teacher? Dominant role or less dominant one?
Have you marked the outstanding component of the lesson?
Have you thought of what to adopt, omit, add, or/and change?
Have you considered individual differences in selecting or designing your
activities (e.g.: motivation, learning styles, rate of learning etc)
Is there a way to check if the students have understood the new material?
Have thought of how class interaction should be organized? (lockstep, group
work, pair work, individual work)
Have you thought of using transitions to move smoothly from one activity
to the other?
Have you considered using visual aids in lesson? Are they clear and relevant
Is your board organization appropriate?
When do you want the students to copy down from the board?
Have you anticipated any potential problems?
Have you thought of wrapping up the lesson and preparing the students for
the next one?
Is there a follow up activity to further exploit the lesson?
Have you thought of a filler in case you are left with some time?
What activity or activities would you like to keep or change if you were to
re-teach the lesson? What you think worked? What did not work and why?
Have you thought to describe ways that you will assess or measure students
success in achieving the outcomes you planned to reach?
Have you planned some time for revision?