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'The Essential Guide to Lesson Planning' is intended to help trainee and newly qualified teachers come to grips with the daily lesson planning required from them. It shows how the time spent planning good lessons can help to ensure that time in the classroom is effective, productive and enjoyable.
Due to globalization, the ability to converse in English has become an incredibly important skill to possess. Business people, students, and the general public alike have become increasingly aware of the advantages provided by English literacy, and are therefore willing to go to great lengths to become proficient in the language. ESL stands for "English as a Second Language." ESL teachers teach the English language to non-native English speakers all over the world. Thus, English becomes the student's second language. While teaching ESL can be challenging, it can also be a very rewarding experience. This book is designed to help you, the ESL teacher, become better equipped to create enjoyable and effective ESL lessons for your students. Here, you'll learn everything that you need to know to plan great lessons for your classes so that you and your students can make learning English easy, stress-free, and fun.
Developed by two educators with experience in both elementary and secondary classrooms, Writing Effective Lesson Plans details a unique a step-by-step procedure designed to streamline the process of lesson planning and make teaching smoother and more efficient. Coined the "Five-Star Lesson Plan" by the authors, this model consists of five classic components: lesson description, goals and objectives, materials and tools, procedures, and reflective assessment and evaluation. This workbook guides beginning and experienced teachers through each step to create lesson plans that best meet the needs of every student. It also explores the inherent challenges to effective lesson planning, such as time efficiency, knowledge construction, skill development, involving the students' families, and implementing your plan. With its mix of concise theory and hands-on activities, this book is a one-stop resource encouraging a deep and thoughtful approach to a skill that is often not sufficiently developed in teacher preparation programs.
Guide to teaching and creating lesson plans Covers four types of instructional design Useful for teachers with all levels of experience Have you ever wondered how to maximize your lesson plans? Do you want to get the most out of every minute that you teach? Powerful Lesson Planning: Every Teacher’s Guide to Effective Instruction will help you accomplish those goals. This book includes summaries of basic instructional design, integrated instructional design, differentiated instructional design, and problem-based learning instructional design. It shares different teaching strategies and is especially helpful for beginner teachers. This guide emphasizes the decisions that teachers make as they plan lessons and classes. It includes descriptive information, tools, and several examples to help every teacher make their lesson plans well.
This book covers everything needed to plan and prepare for lessons effectively, and encourages teachers to reflect on their strengths and weaknesses, priorities and needs.
Susan Davies tackles the practical issues that face all students or newly qualified teachers as they embark on their teaching career. This book provides teachers with advice on a range of topics, from lesson planning to behaviour management to assessment for learning, as well as advice on how to plan lessons, and more.
This is a book for teachers and people who help teachers, such as writers and editors of curriculum materials. It applies to all kinds of teaching - secular and religious - by both professionals and volunteers. It tells how to plan and how to evaluate results. The book has several interesting and helpful features. It is designed for effective self-study, but it is equally usable in class situations. The reader is guided through a careful, step-by-step process that provides frequent check points to verify and reinforce learning. Cartoon-style pictures present concepts visually, adding a refreshingly light touch. Content is serious, but presentation is concise and clear.
Written by an experienced language teacher, trainer and assessor, this book will improve your planning process. You'll learn: - A four-stage framework to plan any lesson, fast. - How to adapt each lesson plan to best support your students. - How to always have the best activities. - Six principles for designing tasks. - How to create materials faster and stress-free. - And much more!Lesson planning should support learning, it should use best practices and it shouldn't take forever.Praise for 'Lesson Planning for Language Teachers':"If you want to improve your lesson planning, there is no more accessible place to start".
The best way to help students succeed is through deliberate and careful lesson planning focused on the end result of increasing student achievement. Whether you are a new teacher or an experienced educator, this book will help you get started by providing a practical, step-by-step guide to designing lessons that will lead to student mastery of any objective.
