Katherine Bilsborough: Lesson plans – less is more

You can travel without a list of course but you will avoid a few problems if you spend a bit of time planning – not a whole week though. That would be silly. A few minutes should be enough. Pre-empting problems will bring peace of mind and when it comes to teaching, this is a major defence against burnout and work stress. New teachers who have had training will have been evaluated and assessed on their lesson plans. You can find lesson plan templates on the Internet too – that you can fill out yourself for your own classes. More experienced teachers tend to spend less time on lesson planning. But what the wise teachers have in common - whether they are new or more experienced - is that they understand the importance of lesson planning but are 100% practical in their approach. No more burnout – a simple guide to successful and time-efficient lesson planning

Film reviews Introduction: In this lesson learners will revise some film review vocabulary through pair-work discussions. They they will write their own film review after analysing a model. Then they will read each other’s reviews and have a class vote about which film looks most interesting. Topic: Films Aims: To encourage students to join in a discussion To develop students’ writing skills To train learners to spend time planning before they write. Age group: Teenagers and young adults Level: A2 - B2 Time: 60 minutes + Materials: Teacher's notes Film review worksheet The plan and worksheet are downloadable in pdf format - right click on the attachment and save it on your computer. Copyright - please read All the materials on these pages are free for you to download and copy for educational use only. Introduction: In this lesson learners will revise some film review vocabulary through pair-work discussions. Topic: Films Aims: Age group: Teenagers and young adults Level: A2 - B2 Time: 60 minutes + Materials:

London Grenfell Tower Fire: What to Know About Blaze More than 200 firefighters have been battling an "unprecedented" blaze at a 120-apartment tower block in Notting Hill, West London, which killed at least 30 people. Here's what you need to know about the emergency, which was declared a "major incident" by London's mayor, Sadiq Khan. What happened? A fire erupted at the 24-story Grenfell Tower on Latimer Road in West London — thought to be home to around 600 people — just before 1 a.m. local time on Wednesday morning. The first emergency responders arrived within six minutes of receiving a call about the incident. Witnesses said they saw trapped residents using their cells phones and flashlights to signal for help, as well as jumping from the upper floors of the block. The U.K.' More than 100 police officers have been on the scene, as well as around 100 medics and 250 firefighters. By mid-afternoon, firefighters were carrying out systematic searches throughout the charred wreckage and they are predicted to remain there this evening. Yes.

Course planning Pre-service teacher training courses typically focus on the detailed planning of a 40 minute or 60 minute lesson and don’t focus attention on how to go about planning a much longer scheme of work. This is also an important area to consider though, because most teachers are involved in teaching courses, which may typically last anywhere between 30 and 120 hours. The aim of this article is to share some of the conclusions of a recent project I was part of, with the hope that it might enable other teachers to plan a little faster too! Why do we plan our lessons? I think that most teachers plan lessons in order to feel more confident in the class itself. The aim of planning is also to map out learning activities in a coherent, logical way, in order to help students understand, learn and practice concepts and skills which will develop their abilities in English. Why, What and How? At the start of a course, we need to sit down and think about ‘What’ we intend to cover in the course, and ‘Why’.

Get to know the neighbours Introduction Students are led through a series of activities to create profiles for imaginary characters who live in the same neighbourhood. The lesson then brings these characters together at a neighbourhood party, where students can practice asking and answering simple questions about work, family, hobbies and so on. As well as developing spoken fluency, there are opportunities to expand vocabulary (personality adjectives) and some useful questions for making small talk. Aims: To develop a set of adjectives to describe personality To raise awareness of what kind of questions are socially acceptable To teach a set of useful ‘small talk’ questions To encourage students to be creative and imaginative To build spoken fluency Age/level: Adults and teenagers with minimum CEF level A2 Time: 50 - 60 minutes Materials: Teachers notes and student worksheets can be downloaded below in PDF format. Face-to-face materials developed by Rachael Roberts Online teaching materials developed by Danish Abdullah

How The Religious Right Pioneered Propaganda As News | HuffPost Step 1: What is a PLN? Welcome to our professional learning series on building a PLN. This series guides you step by step through the process of setting up your own PLN. The aim of this first step is to: Explain what is a PLN.Help you understand why educators create their own PLN. The following information on PLN was co-written by Michael Graffin, a relief/substitute teacher and blogger from Western Australia. You can check out Michael’s original “What the heck is a PLN” post here. What is a PLN? The word “PLN” stands for “Personal Learning Network”, and it has its origins in connectivism theory (Siemens, G. & Downes, S., 2005). Let’s take this a little further… The Personal: Having a PLN is about making connections and building personal relationships with teachers, school administrators, university professors, and experts around the world. The Learning: Having a PLN is about sharing ideas and resources, collaboration, and learning. What is a PLN Video Watch this video to learn more about what is a PLN. Your Task

Teach language Courageous 12-Year-Old Mormon Girl Comes Out As Gay In Front Of Her Entire Church | HuffPost TeachingEnglish - British Council - Accueil Course planning Pre-service teacher training courses typically focus on the detailed planning of a 40 minute or 60 minute lesson and don’t focus attention on how to go about planning a much longer scheme of work. This is also an important area to consider though, because most teachers are involved in teaching courses, which may typically last anywhere between 30 and 120 hours. The aim of this article is to share some of the conclusions of a recent project I was part of, with the hope that it might enable other teachers to plan a little faster too! Why do we plan our lessons? I think that most teachers plan lessons in order to feel more confident in the class itself. The aim of planning is also to map out learning activities in a coherent, logical way, in order to help students understand, learn and practice concepts and skills which will develop their abilities in English. Why, What and How? At the start of a course, we need to sit down and think about ‘What’ we intend to cover in the course, and ‘Why’.

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