GSE English Grammar
Final assignments
Lesson plan and materials (grammar lesson)
The main component of the final assignment is to create a grammar lesson plan and materials.
The lesson can be for any age and level.
The lesson can focus on any grammar point. iSLCollective has a good list of grammar under search filters.
Once you have chosen your grammar focus, choose expressions and a topic that fits the grammar.
For lower-level learners, I suggest organize the lesson with stages: meaning-form-use
For higher-level learners, I suggest organize the lesson with stages: meaning-use-form
The lesson can be for any age and level.
The lesson can focus on any grammar point. iSLCollective has a good list of grammar under search filters.
Once you have chosen your grammar focus, choose expressions and a topic that fits the grammar.
For lower-level learners, I suggest organize the lesson with stages: meaning-form-use
For higher-level learners, I suggest organize the lesson with stages: meaning-use-form
Meaning-Use-Form
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How can we express meaning?
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Activities for use
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Form-focused tasks
(conscious-raising / noticing tasks)
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Purpose for writing lesson plans:
In your everyday teaching, you may never write detailed lesson plans. However, writing a detailed lesson helps you to explicilty think about how you will organize and proceed with each step of a lesson. Creating detailed lesson plans helps to approach lesson planning with a clear perspective informed by teaching concepts and good practice.
In your everyday teaching, you may never write detailed lesson plans. However, writing a detailed lesson helps you to explicilty think about how you will organize and proceed with each step of a lesson. Creating detailed lesson plans helps to approach lesson planning with a clear perspective informed by teaching concepts and good practice.
General tip for writing lesson plans:
A lesson plan should have enough detail so that anybody reading can understand exactly what the teacher and the students are doing at each step of the lesson. Another teacher should be able to follow your lesson plan and teach approximately the same lesson that you planned. Include enough detail. Here are some examples that need improving and more detail:
"explain the meaning of the words" = how? with what material?
"check students have understood" = how? what questions will you ask?
A lesson plan should have enough detail so that anybody reading can understand exactly what the teacher and the students are doing at each step of the lesson. Another teacher should be able to follow your lesson plan and teach approximately the same lesson that you planned. Include enough detail. Here are some examples that need improving and more detail:
"explain the meaning of the words" = how? with what material?
"check students have understood" = how? what questions will you ask?
A good lesson plan should:
- follow the framework (M-F-U or M-U-F)
- have lots of variety ~ various materials, learning styles, activities, and so on
- be student-centered
- give the students lots of skills practice
- include contextualizing, modeling, scaffolding, checking, personalizing
Materials can be found online or created. All digital materials (PPT, worksheet, flashcards, etc.) should be included with the lesson plan. For realia (toys, puppets, crafts, etc.), you can include a picture in the lesson plan.
Example lessons
These lesson plans are examples for how to write lesson plans. These files are just the lesson plans, the materials have not been included here.
These lesson plans are examples for how to write lesson plans. These files are just the lesson plans, the materials have not been included here.
| example_lesson_plan_1.pdf |
| example_lesson_plan_2a.pdf |
Lesson plan templates + general tips
| activity_route_map_form_-_grammar.docx |
| general_grammar_teaching_and_lesson_planning_tips.pdf |
| grammar_lesson_checklist.pdf |