TEACHER DEVELOPMENT

Cycle Moment 4
PLANNING A LESSON

STUDENT
William Riascos Montao
Code: 6407161
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TUTOR
Milly Andrea Muoz

NATIONAL OPEN AND DISTANCE UNIVERSITY-UNAD

School of Education
Program:
Bachelor of Arts in English as a Foreign Language
CEAD-Palmira Valle
April 22th 2016

1. Review the course material Unit 2 and answer the following questions
about a lesson planning.
a. How important do you think a lesson plan is to a successful lesson?
A lesson plan is quite important because is the way that teachers organize and distribute
time for their teaching process to achieve the purposes or Objectives. It is also very
important because through a lesson plan, teachers reduce uncertainty and provides clarity of
what they are going to teach their learners, and also allows teachers to gain respect from
their students, because it is a sample of professionalism and commitment; therefore,
teachers will have a successful lesson.
What features do you think a lesson plan should include?
I think that, a lesson plan should include:
The topic
The main objective
Warm up
Introduction
The content
The Materials
The practice
The Production and evaluation
b. Do you think it is a good idea to strictly follow a lesson plan?
Yes, I do
Why?
Because it is the best way for teachers to carry out an organized teaching process in each
lesson, as it allows them to have an outline what will teach, what kind of materials are the
most appropriated for the activity or topic that will be carry out. A lesson plan is a good
idea because allows teachers to provide security, as well as to have a clear leaning strategy
that helps them to achieve their objectives.
c. Some people think that lesson plans severely restrict teachers creativity.
Do you agree?
No, I do not agree
Explain your answer.
In my opinion I think that a lesson plan does not restrict teachers creativity, everything
depends on the ability of the teachers, how they carry out the teaching process; even I think
that a lesson plan gives a clear outline to the teacher to organize the materials that will use
for the lesson, how it will be the dynamic for the class, as well as how it will be achieved
the purposes and goals. So, it is very important to note that through a lesson plan teachers
can be very creative, because it allows them to encourage a creative lesson.

2. Post your individual contribution in the forum on time so others students can comment your participation.
3. Each student must participate at least twice in the forum on time and give meaningful feedback about.

. The students will design a blog in order to integrate all the components of a lesson planning, taking into account a topic to be

developed following a specific structure, for example

LESSON PLAN FORMAT

Date:

April 22th 2016

Course Level:

Topic

Modal verb CAN (Grammar)

Time:

1hour

Background
Information

General Objective:

Main Aims

To guide students to master the proper use of the modal verb "CAN" in its three basic forms Affirmative, Negative and
Interrogative.
Specific Objective:

Materials:

To Improve students performance in using modal verb CAN

Whiteboard, Flash cards or posters and video.

Time Frame

Stages
lesson

of

the
5 minutes

Procedures

Warm Up/Review
To start this activity, the teacher
motivate students with a song
about the Modal verb Can,
then he/she makes a little review
to connect the current lesson
with previous lessons by going
over points that were taught or
learned previously. Then asks
some questions about this verb.

Stage Aims

To
help
students.

Aids and materials

motivating

Interaction pattern

Video : the song I Can walk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T
b8lZaIZw_M

NA

Example:
Do you know what a modal
verb is?
Do you know how to use the
modal verb Can?
Do you know the negative form
of the modal verb Can?
What does it mean can in
Spanish?
Introduction

3 minutes

Today we are going to talk

about the modal verb CAN in
the three forms Affirmative,
negative and interrogative. The
modal verb can we use it to
express ability which means in
Spanish Poder. It refers to the
ability to do something; we can
also use it for permission.

To explain its importance

what is going to be taught.

NA
Educational posters

Presentation activities
This stage is controlled by the
teacher; in this phase the teacher
might present some materials or
visual aids to demonstrate the
situation.
Also teachers might then write
the sentences on the board.
*To explain the aim of the
lesson as well as the topic.

Example:
Positive form:

15 minutes
Flash cards or posters.
He can drive the
car.
Negative form:

He cannot drive
the car.
Interrogative form:

Can you drive the

car?

Video
https://www.youtube.com/watc
h?v=zFdazgM7r-8

In some cases we can use it for

permission
Can I sit here, please? Or you
can use the phone.

The idea is that students

in pairs be able to correct
errors or organize the
sentences according to
the knowledge about this
topic.

Practice
Individual Activities
The idea is that the students
according the information that
they have of the topic, they can
identify error and complete
sentences.
Complete the gap according to
the images using the positive
or negative form of the modal
verb (Can)

15 minutes

*To give feedback to

students
and
correct
possible mistakes.

Notebooks, pencils and eraser

*He not can play

football because he is
sick
He__________ play
football because he is
sick.
*Peter and Mary well
dance cannot.
Peter and
Mary_____________.

The boy___ ride his

bike pretty well.

Organize the following

sentence
in
the
interrogative form.
They play can the piano.

He____
weight

lift this

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Production
In this stage, teacher
provides a role play, such
as problem solving.

In this stage students are able to

master the topic without help by
the teacher.
Students are able to
write.

12 minutes
aprox.

*To check if students are

able to perform exercises
without help from the
teacher or another partner.

Paper and pencil or the blackboard

For example:

My mother can prepare

the lunch.

One peer write a

sentence using the verb
Can in the positive
form and the other one
change
the
same
sentence in the negative
or interrogative form and
vice versa.

You can swim in the

river.

Pedro: I can swim in the

river.

I can play the piano

pretty well.
I can make a table.
I cannot drive a car
You can sit down here

Juan: I cant swim in the

river. Ect.
Evaluation

1O minutes

This the final lesson stage where

students must demonstrate their
knowledge of what they have
learned by showing, explaining
and analyzing on what they
have learned during the lesson.

*To stimulate and assess

the
performance
of
students throughout the
process of the lesson.

Note books, Pencils and Eraser.

Activity in pair

References
Richards, J. C. (1998). Whats the use of lesson plans? In J. C. Richards (Ed.), Beyond
training (pp. 103121). New York: Cambridge University Press.
LESSON PLAN AND TEACHERS NOTES: taken from
http://www.literacynet.org/esl/minigrants/fuentes/detailedlessonplan.pdf
Preparing a lesson plans: available in:
http://www.ontariolearn.com/checklist/4ii%20Howtowritelessonplans.pdf

My blogs Link
https://williamlesson.blogspot.com