PREPARING A LESSON

Before teaching a lesson you usually have to consider:

THE TOPIC OR SKILL: Decide what you want to teach.

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: Decide what you want the students to learn or be able to do as a result of the lesson.

LEVEL: Make sure you know the level of ability and experience of the students and whether the topic or skill can be taught at that level.

TIMING: Make sure the topic or skill can be taught in the time available.

CONTENT: Make notes on, or find out about, the content students need to know by the end of the lesson.

ACTIVITIES / SKILLS: Think about, and may be practice, the skills or activities students will need to do during the lesson or need to be able to do by the end of the lesson. You may need to analyse a skill into the stages necessary to carry it out and think of exactly what movements will be necessary to do so.

METHOD: Decide on the method or methods by which you will teach the content or skill.

SEQUENCING: Decide the order of your presentation, including order of presenting the content and order of teaching the actions.

MATERIALS: Decide what materials / equipment you need for the lesson, make sure they are available, and substitute if not.

OTHERS: Add any other ideas on preparation you think are necessary.