An ESL Reading lesson plan template
I Had No Idea, too I’m always surprised when I get reader questions or talk to people preparing for their upcoming ESL job interviews that they don’t know how to make a basic lesson plan. But, it’s not so crazy I guess and I actually had no system of any sort until I took the CELTA course a few years back. The ESL reading lesson plan that I’m going to share with you today is modelled after that and it can provide you with a solid foundation upon which to expand and adjust to suit the needs of your own classes. (If your classes are focused on speaking, check out this ESL Speaking Lesson Plan Template). There are five basic ESL lesson plan steps for a class focused on reading that I’ll describe below.
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Instructional scaffolding
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Strategies: Show & Tell, Tap Into Prior Knowledge, Give Time to Talk, Preteach Vocabulary, Use Visual Aids, Pause/Ask Questions/Pause/Review. I will try them all! by dipperyt Mar 9
(from the website): What's the opposite of scaffolding a lesson? It would be saying to students something like, "Read this nine-page science article, write a detailed essay on the topic it explores, and turn it in by Wednesday." Yikes -- no safety net, no parachute, no scaffolding -- just left blowing in the wind. by dipperyt Mar 9