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LESSON TIME MANAGEMENT

TITLE: TIME MANAGEMENT
MATERIALS: handouts, video projector, PowerPoint presentation, coloured pencils
TIME: 40 minutes

LESSON AIMS:
General aims 1. To organise personal time more efficiently
2. To discover an environment favourable to time management
Specific aims
By the end of the lesson the students will be able to
- analyse the management of their personal time;
- identify the traps of time management and the unforeseen difficulties;
- say NO to distracting factors.

Stage Description Interaction Timing

ACTIVITY 1 T introduces the topic of the lesson and explains why it is T – C
important to learn time management, providing examples 10’
from Ss’ daily lives.
1. T asks the students to create a visual representation of
the way they organise their time on a regular school day Ss
(Handout 1). Ss solve the task individually, then compare S - S
results in groups of three.
2. T selects some handouts discusses the results with the T – C
whole class.

ACTIVITY 2 1. Ss are given a worksheet with examples of leisure T – C 10’
activities which distract them from learning. (Handout
2) S – S
2. In groups of three, Ss are asked to order the activities (group
according to their importance, and mention how much work)
time these take up daily.
3. T checks the answers and asks the Ss if they know how T – C
to manage their time more efficiently.
ACTIVITY 3 T introduces concepts related to better time management
by using a PowerPoint presentation. 10’
T elicits ideas and examples from Ss using the slides as T-C
prompts.

ACTIVITY 4 1. T shows Ss a model of weekly calendar, filled out with T – C
activities. Each Ss gets a calendar template to organise their 10’
time (Handout 3).
2. Ss fill in the calendar for the next day individually. Ss
3. T checks their answers and asks them to fill in the rest of
the calendar as homework. T – C