A Lesson Plan Framework
I. Class level/Students’ level: Beginning/Pre-intermediate/Intermediate/Advanced
II. Main Language Focus: Reading Comprehension/Listening Comprehension …
III. Integrated skills: Reading & Speaking/ Listening & Writing/
Listening; Reading & Speaking
IV. Main sub-skills:
Reading/Listening for specific information;
Inferring/guessing …
V. Specific Objectives:
1. Prior knowledge:
Most students would have read/listened … before. They may have tasted/visited
…
2. Language skills:
At the end of the lesson, students will be able to:
- listen for overall idea about …
- write a paragraph about …
3. Social skills:
- Working individually/in pairs/groups
- Discussing/cooperating/negotiating/problem-solving …
V. Teaching aids: Reading text/hand-outs/cassette player/pictures …
VI. Teaching procedures:
Teacher’s activities
- Teacher’s activities
- Contents
Students’ activities
Students’ activities
Notes
Questions and
answers for
students’ level of
specific class.
A sample Lesson Plan
Unit 6: Skills 1-Reading (Pre-stage)
I. Class level/Students’ level: Pre-intermediate
II. Main Language Focus: Reading Comprehension
III. Integrated skills: Listening, Reading & Speaking
IV. Main sub-skills:
Reading for specific information; Inferring; Sequencing
V. Specific Objectives:
1. Prior knowledge:
Most students would have heard about Temple of Literature-the Imperial
Academy before. They may have visited there.
2. Language skills:
At the end of the lesson, students will be able to:
- find specific information by answering correctly all the wh-questions.
- understand the meaning of difficult words by finding synonyms in the context.
- talk about the profiles of four famous people in the Imperial Academy.
3. Social skills:
- Working individually/in pairs/groups
- Discussing/cooperating
V. Teaching aids: Reading text; projector; screen
Teacher’s activities
Students’ activities
Notes
PRE-STAGE (5 mins)
- Shows a video clip about
the Temple of Literaturethe Imperial Academy.
- Asks Ss some sign-post
questions related to the
topic of the lesson.
- Writes the topic on the
board and leads in the
lesson: “Today we are
reading about the history of
the Temple of Literaturethe Imperial Academy”.
- Watch the video clip.
- Answer the questions
in pairs/groups:
1. What is the clip
about?
2. What can you see in
the video clip?
3. Why do many Ss visit
there before their
exams?
- Open the book.
- To arouse Ss’ interest
and focusing their
attention on the lesson.
- To activate Ss’ schemata
about Van Mieu-Quoc Tu
Giam.
- To provide a reading
purpose for Ss.
- To introduce the topic to
the Ss.