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INSPIRING TEACHERS
ELT PLAN TEMPLATE

Select the type of plan

Lesson plan Activity plan Task plan Project plan
X

Complete with the information about you and your students

Author
Teacher’s name School name
Jorge Eliecer Cardona Cardona Ciudadela del Sur

Grade Length of lesson Number of students Average age

10 2 hours 26 14
Area English level
Rural X Urban A1 A2 X B1

Complete with information about the content and methodological approach of the plan
Topic Environmental Issues
Module / Unit
Functional language Language skills Vocabulary
Language focus
X
Principles / approach Student centered / Problem Solution

In “Aim”, describe the most important thing you want your students to achieve by the end of the
session. In “Subsidiary aims”, relate the language skills (communicative and linguistic) students need to
master in order to achieve the main aim of the lesson. Make sure the aims are learner-centered,
specific, measurable, achievable, realistic, and action oriented.
Learning objectives
By the end of this lesson, students will be able to come up with suggestions to solve a
Aim problem after reading a text. read using SCANNING. They will also be able to write

By the end of this lesson, students will be able to …

Subsidiary aims  Use SCANNING to extract specific information from a given text.
 Come up with suggestions to solve a problem.

List all the materials needed for this plan. Please, do not include any picture or photograph.
Materials needed

Copies, worksheets, TV, video, Entry Ticket cards, Stop and Go signs, Traffic light sets.
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Write the name for each state of the plan. Then in the “Procedure”, write a detailed description of what
the teacher and students do at each stage of the session. Be sure to be thorough so any teacher can
follow this plan. Write the procedure in third person and present tense.
Stage Procedure Time and interaction
Warm up T asks SS to watch a video and think of environmental issues they witness in 20 minutes
Ice-breaker their neighbourhoods T-SS
SS-SS
Hand in the Ss an Entry Ticket card and have them answer the questions Group work
individually. Once done ask them to share their ideas with the class. Individual work
Introducing Show SS ways to overcome environmental problems by using “should” / 25 minutes
language “shouldn´t”. Use current and real-life examples to have them understand T-SS
Pre-? the concept. SS-SS
 Give each work team a traffic light set with the colors; red, yellow Group work
and green.
 Red for “I don´t know how to use SHOULD/SHOULDN´T”
 Yellow for “I need a couple of clues to remember
SHOULD/SHOULDN´T “
 Green for “I know exactly what I have to do”
Controlled Present them with a PROBLEM MAP that will be used to identify a set of 25 minutes
practice environmental problems. T-SS
While-?  Give each work team a sign with the sides colored in green and SS-SS
red. Ask them to hold the Red side up if they are getting lost in the Group work
instructions and the Green side up if the are understanding what
needs to be done.
Freer Now ask SS to come up with suggestions that help overcome the problems 20 minutes
practice they found earlier. T-SS
Post-? SS-SS
Group work
Wrap-up Close the session by asking SS to share their outcomes with the class 30 minutes
Assessment At this point, Self-assess ss by using a traffic light to let them share with you T-SS
Feedback their feelings about the lesson. SS-SS
Individual work

List all a series of tips of how this plan can be adapted so other teachers can implemented in their own
educational context.
Inspiring tips for other teachers who want to implement this plan

 Pay close attention to SS needs and preferences

 Don´t be too rigid with time

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Module: Suggested English Curriculum: planning, implementing

and assessing.
Unit 1: Improving my planning
Lesson Plan Checklist
No. Item Yes No Comment

1 I have considered my rural/urban context to plan my lesson. X Ss survey

2 I have thought of meaningful and appropriate activities X Ss survey
considering the students' interests and level.
3 I have set achievable learning objectives for the lesson. X Reflect upon ss
needs
4 I have shaped the teaching points for this lesson taken into X
account the principles of the Suggested English Curriculum.
5 I have written clear teaching procedures and instructions. X

6 I have planned coherent stages according to the lesson time X

frame.

7 I have stated an accurate time and interaction patterns for X

each stage.

8 I have considered classroom management aspects. X Classroom rules

9 I have adapted activities for this lesson in the Suggested X

English Curriculum.

10 I have included some activities for assessment along the X Use of exit slips
lesson.