Sample Lesson Plan – Secondary Level

Lesson Plan – DAY #1

PLANNING PHASE
Performance/ Task-based Objectives:

1. 
   Students will be able to express their likes and dislikes in English in both spoken and written form.
   
2. 
   Students will be able to discuss their favorite seasons with a partner in class in English and then paraphrase/ retell their partner’s likes and dislikes.
   

Lesson Outline:
National TESOL Standards:

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  Goal 1, Standards 1, 2, 3
  
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  Goal 2, Standards 1, 2
  
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  Goal 3, Standards 1, 2
  

TEACHING PHASE
(1) Preparation
Warm-up Activity: The teacher uses a wall calendar to review the months of each season with the class. She then briefly talks about her personal likes and dislikes about each of the four seasons, using a poster she had put together that provides a visual depiction of each season along with her favorite aspects of each one. She then solicits a few volunteers to tell the class what their favorite season is and a few reasons why.
Prior knowledge: Students can relate to seasons (weather/ temperatures, time of year, etc.) in the way they have experienced them in the U.S. or in their home country.
Language Goals: (How is instruction scaffolded/ differentiated for a wide array of ELLs?)
This lesson is scaffolded for lower level ELLs by using visual aids (calendar, poster) to aid in the students’ comprehension. For the partner activity, students of similar language proficiency levels will be paired together. The more advanced learners will be expected to express more detailed ideas (spoken and written), using more complex vocabulary and language structures, than the students at lower proficiency levels. The teacher will encourage this by subtly probing these students for additional information if necessary during the oral and written activities.