Lesson Planning

Using PDP Lesson Format to Create Effective

Lessons Through Task Based Learning

Schedule
Session 1: Lesson Planning
Lecture
Break
Session 2: Listening Lesson
Demo
Lunch
Session 3: Guided Lesson
Planning
Break

110 Do you feel ready to teach your

demo lesson?
name: number

Think Pair &Share

Directions:
1. With a partner, discuss the question given.
2. Be prepared to share.
P1. Why is lesson planning important for the teacher?
For the learners?
P2. What things/ sections should a lesson plan have?
Why?
P3. What things are the most difficult when lesson
planning? Why?

Think Pair &Share

Why is lesson planning important for the teacher? For the learner

Gives teaching structure,

framework, & an overall shape.
Allows you to communicate more
effectively to students, parents, &
peers.
Gives time & structure to allow for
development of teaching skills.
It suggests professionalism &
genuine commitment.

I dont need to
lesson plan. I
know what I am
going to do.

Think Pair &Share

Why is lesson planning important for the teacher? For the learner

For the Teachers

Dont have to think on

your feet.
Dont lose face in front
of learners.
You know your
procedures & sequence.

For the Learners

Gives a structured lesson

& allows for
comprehensible input.
Builds confidence &
respect for the teacher.
Gives the teachers work
as a model to imitate.

Think Pair &Share

. What things/ sections should a lesson plan have? Wh

title
objectives
materials
procedures
assessment
anticipated problems &
solutions.

Think Pair &Share

. What things are the most difficult when lesson planning? Why?

My
Lesson

Difficultie
s
time
underst&ing th
e
curriculum
gathering
information

success

language/
cultural barrier

Lesson Plan Lecture Topics

Skills & Methodology

Elements of a Lesson
Plan
Lesson Objectives
PDP Lesson Plan Format

Bringing Together Language Skills

&Methodology

What are the 2 focuses in a language classroom?

What are the 4 associated skills in a language
classroom?

Receptive Skills Productive Skills

Reading

Writing

Listening

Speaking

Bringing Together Language Skills

&Methodology
Why receptive skills?
Allows for correct or
incorrect rules of
language (learning).
Teacher centered.
Generally safe for
students.
Excellent for memorizing,
introduction of core
concepts, & eliciting
information from
students.

Bringing Together Language Skills

&Methodology
Why production
skills?
Allows for exploration/
acquisition of language
Student centered but
affective filters
Emphasis on students
exploring, making
mistakes, creating

Bringing Together Language Skills

&Methodology
Approaches &Strategies
The method in which you
conduct your class.
Consists of teaching &
classroom strategies.

Lecture
Debate
Discussion
Student Centered
Active Learning
Small Groups

Helps in focusing &

guiding your lesson/
classroom.

Role Playing
Jigsaw
Task Based Learning

Bringing Together Language Skills

&Methodology
Task Based Learning (TBL)
Tasks in which learners generates authentic language.
The task is based on students using the language to
achieve specific outcomes.
Task and the language are the instruments to complete
the task.
The task is an activity that:
reflects real life or authentic tasks
has students focus on meaning
uses language freely
allows students to experiment or make mistakes

Bringing Together Language Skills

&Methodology
Task Based Learning (TBL) Activities

Questioning
Games with specific
outcomes
Surveys
Interviews
Story building
Role plays
Ordering/ Sorting
Experimenting/ Building

Elements of a Lesson Plan

Lesson
Information

Objectives

Procedures

Assessment

Anticipated
Problems
&Solutions

So many different kinds of lesson plans.

PDP, PPP, ELC, FUMP, PPU, T+E etc.
May be called something different.
May be in different order/ places.

Elements of a Lesson Plan

Lesson
Information

Elements of a Lesson Plan

Objectives

Keep the lesson on track

Give learners concrete goals to work
towards
Fair assessment
Gauge students progress
Track able progress

Elements of a Lesson Plan

Objectives

When writing objectives they need to:

have a measurable & observable outcome
be concise in structure & length
follow a consistent format
be able to be read by an outside observer

Elements of a Lesson Plan

Objectives

Avoid using ambiguous or passive

verbs & phrases that are not
measurable or observable.

Elements of a Lesson Plan

Objectives

Students will be able to

Examples of well-written objectives:

Students will be able to identify the primary colors.
Students will be able to locate proper nouns from a list
of nouns.
Students will be able to predict what comes next in the
story presented.
Students will be able to collect like shaped objects from
a basket.

Elements of a Lesson Plan

concise, repetitive in form
visually easy to
understand
Pre

During

Post

Assessment
Anticipated
Problems &Solution

Procedures

Elements of a Lesson Plan

Assessment

Gives the ability to measure & understand objectives

Embedded in strategies &teaching (interim, formative,
&summative)
Individual &group/class level

Why arent they

underst&ing
this?

Elements of a Lesson Plan

Anticipated
Problems
&Solutions

Frequently neglected
Increases awareness & experience
Where teachers practice critical thinking/ engagement
skills

PDP Lesson Format

Why PDP lesson plan
format?
Easy 3 staged lesson
plan.

Pre

Very popular in TESOL.

During

Allows for receptive &

productive language
skills.

Post

Flexible for multi strategy

PDP Lesson Format

Schema activation
Introduce vocabulary
Assess Ss levels/ knowledge
Generate interest

Pre
Pre

PDP Lesson Format

Things to consider:
T centered vs. S centered
Dont linger on comprehension
Goal = Introduce/ activate schema:
general knowledge/ cultural context
specific knowledge of topic

Pre
Pre

PDP Lesson Format

Pre- Stage Activities:

Pre
Pre

Talk about the main topic(s)

Match vocabulary to pictures

Categorize vocabulary under headings

Predict from a headline, title, group of words,

pictures, etc

Arrange pictures in the order to be confirmed or

changed after listening to, reading the text

PDP Lesson Format

TBL activities are given

TBL activities are given
Given to help understand text
Given to help understand text
Tasks are sequenced
Tasks are sequenced

general specific
general specific
easy difficult
easy difficult
concrete abstract
concrete abstract
skimming scanning
skimming scanning

Ss know
Ss know
Discuss,
Discuss,

Durin
Durin
g
g

what to listen for

what to listen for
create, check knowledge in groups.
create, check knowledge in groups.

PDP Lesson Format

Skimming & Scanning
What are they, whats different?

Durin
Durin
g
g

Both are fast ways of reading/ listening

Skimming- general meaning/ topic/ idea,
structure
Scanning- looking for a specific fact or
detail.

PDP Lesson Format

Skimming Activities:

Durin
Durin
g
g

listing of events
reading/listening for: mood, feeling, or tone
ranking main ideas of events
labeling pictures, or graphs
matching pictures with descriptions

PDP Lesson Format

Scanning Activities:
ordering numbering items
labeling pictures
matching information
fill in the blanks
true/ false
multiple choice
short answers

Durin
Durin
g
g

PDP Lesson Format

During- Stage Activities:

Listen/read & draw

Listen/read & point

Durin
Durin
g
g

Listen/read & arrange pictures or events

in order

Listen/read & find the mistakes

Listen/read & answer detail questions such as

What did they say about _____?

Answer general information (gist) questions such as

What are they talking about? Do the speakers
sound happy or upset?

PDP Lesson Format

Work further with texts:
topic
content
vocab/ grammar
other 4 SLA skills.

Personalize learning (acquisition)

How text relates to outside world

Post
Post

PDP Lesson Format

Post- Stage Activities:

Discussion questions

Role-plays

Projects (ex. Create a _______)

Make &tell a similar or personal story

Discuss a topic, the issue or the information in the

text

Speculate about what happened before or after the

events in the text

Speculate about the people in the text

Post
Post

Lesson Demo
Directions:
1. Watch & participate in the lesson.
2. Think of the things you saw. What sections did you
see? What activities. What SLA skills? etc.
3. What did you like/ dislike? What would you change?
Listening Lesson
2-3y middle school 1-2y high school.

Think Pair &Share

Directions:
1. With a friend answer the questions.
How many best friends do you have?
Can a toy be a good friend? Why
What cartoons or movies about friends do you
know?
2. When finished, wait.

Buzz and Woody

Andy

Rex

Mr. Potato Head

Ham

Slink

TV.

Listen &Watch

Directions:
1. Complete the sentence.
2. Choose an answer. A, B, or C
3. Go to your answer sheet.

The toys met because

A: Andy is coming home tonight.
B: they want to rescue Woody.
C: they wanted to watch T.V. with
Woody.

Complete &Go

Directions:

Who said it?

1. Read the sentences on the board.

2. Watch the movie again.
3. Remember who said the sentences.
4. Hold up the correct character.

Directions:
1. Talk to a friend.

What do you think?

2. Each person choose 2 different questions.

3. Ask your friend the questions.
4. Answer your friends questions.
5. When finished wait.
1. Why does the song make Woody join his friends?
2. Does Woody love Andy? Why?
3. Is Buzz a good friend to Woody? Why?
4. Is Woody a good friend to Buzz? Why?

Directions:

What do you think?

1. Think back to when you were a little kid.

1. What was your favorite toy?
2. How did you play with it?
3. Was it like a friend?
2. Tell a friend about your toy
that was also your friend.

Toy Story Lesson Reflection

Instructions:
1. Read the questions and think about the
lesson.
2. Answer the questions.

Fish Bowl Planning

See into the planning process
Take listening material lesson.
Practice using PDP lesson plan.

Guided Lesson Planning

Time to plan your lesson demo
You can work in pairs
Plan the same demo, but teach it
separately
Use upstairs, rm computers, supplies,
me
Take breaks when needed

Wrap Up
What was the best/ worst part of the
day?
What didnt you understand?
What do you remember the most?
110 Do you feel ready to teach your
demo lesson?

Wrap Up

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