(bunting - activity. Examples from kids 4, 6, 10, 11 yo)
When I do my teacher training, I often come across new teachers who have never written a lesson plan in their lives. Especially when teaching small children they are often a bit lost and don't know what kind of activities to do with children or how long an activity should last (please, don't plan an activity that takes 40 minutes ....) among many other things .
So here is an idea on how you could start (see at the bottom of the post). It can easily be adapted for different ages.
For beginner teachers, I often advise them to do a detailed plan. It takes a loooot of time and you may feel like it's nor worth it. After all the goal is not to plan for 4 hours just to teach 1 hour (and only get paid for that one hour!). Been there, done that! But believe me, at the beginning it is really worth it (I will write another blogpost about why you should have lesson plans), with time it will get easier and you will teach more by intuition.
I'm barely using any lesson plans anymore, unless it's a level or topic that I haven't taught a lot in my career, but even then the plans just contain major points and a list of things to do before the class (may be my age, but I tend to forget to prepare something and then standing in front of the students with the activity in the head but nothing in the hands .. not so cool).
That's why I post a lesson template for you as well. Enjoy :)
And let me know how things went! Take care
Lesson PlanTime: 60 mins
Level: children, beginner (3+)
Target language: Hello, my name is, what’s your name
Objectives : getting to know each other, getting familiar with the environment
Freebies
Full lesson plan: here
Lesson plan template: here
Bunting (3 levels): here
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