Friday, March 17, 2017

Starting up again, I hope!

It's been a long time since I wrote something here. At the moment, I'm reflecting on 25 years in the teaching scene. For so long, I set concrete goals about my teaching, such as "increase task-based teaching by 10%" "design effective whiteboard lessons" or "chart the roles I play during a lesson"

At the moment, I'm not disciplining myself with any concrete goal. In a relaxed fashion, I'm watching each student, estimating his or her needs, and writing up lesson plans on an A4 page fill-in I made myself. It looks like this:

Name.........................
Date.....................

Teaching point:................

Warmer ..................

Body 1 ......................

Body 2 ......................

Body 3 .......................

Extra ....................

What's next/homework ....................

WORD BANK (where I note vocabulary while monitoring during the lesson)

This form seems to be sufficient for now, and I can mesh it pretty nicely with the handouts, notes, and ideas I've been picking up lately at various teacher workshops, conferences, and from readings.

Visitors! How are you doing your lesson plans these days?


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