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Part II: Putting Your Lesson Together
Figure 4-2:
A Pre- sentation, Practice and
P1
P2
Production P3 pyramid.
Within each stage and throughout the lesson, think about who should be talking to whom – the interaction patterns. You want to plan it so that you don’t ending up speaking for too long and the students keep busy. The traditional way of doing this is by using abbreviations like these in the margin of your lesson plan:
✓ T-ST: The teacher talks to the students
✓ ST-T: The students give feedback to the teacher ✓ ST-ST: The students talk to each other
✓ Pr: Students work in pairs
✓ Gr: Students work in groups
Figure 4-3 shows an example from a lesson plan.
Figure 4-3:
A sample lesson plan sets out time and interaction patterns.
Presentation
Tell ST an anecdote about last weekend using
watched listened enjoyed
Ask ST to tell me what I did while I write it up on the board Underline the regular past simple verbs and point out ...ed ending
2mins T-ST 2mins T-ST 2mins T-ST