Effective Lesson Planning

Overview

Japanese school life

How to write a lesson plan Team-teaching example To make a lesson plan --- tips

Assessment What JTEs want from ALTs

How to write a lesson plan

Basic procedures1. Greetings2. Warm up 3. Review4. Presentation of new material5. Practice6. Consolidation

Lesson PlanProcedure Time

(min)Activities Notes

JTE ALT Students

Describe in detailWhat you say, how many students to answer etc.

Materials, objectives, notice etc.

This is for other people to see what you are going to do in the lesson. It’s highly recommended to include as much information as possible

Useful activities and resources

Word-Association Game What am I? Jeopardy Bingo (and word bingo) Karuta Word Poems Line-up and other workshop group games Chain Story/ One- word-at-a-time game My World/ 20 questions/ fruit(s) basket

Other Useful Websites

www.to/r

Grammar Syllabus in Japan1st grade 2nd grade 3rd grade

AlphabetNouns be verbVerb3rd person –sPronoun present progressive interrogative- wh-Q’s cancommandspast tense

past tensefuture tense – be going to auxiliary verbs- may, mustInfinitiveConjunction ( if, when, etc )

Gerund ing

comparative

passive voice - is done by x

present perfect have -en/ed

relative pronoun

How to write a lesson plan

Know your students Use as many visual aids as possible Show it, don’t explain it Let students have fun and study Be flexible and always prepare extra work

for higher level students Make students practice in many ways

without being aware Common mistakes: word order

Word order:: translated from Japanese?

A: I got an A in the English test.B: ( ) [ hear I’m that to glad ]

I’m glad to hear that. I’m hear that to glad. I’m that to hear glad.

17%

70%

Building on what they know

English

What they learntexperience

Role of ALT in class

“THE” REASON TO SPEAK IN ENGLISH

Model pronunciation Present dialogues Opportunity for real communication More ideas Evaluation

ASSESSMENT

School report

Three times a year 1st semester: April-July, 2nd: Sep-Dec, 3rd: Jan-March

Based on 5 exams a year, reports and everyday activities in and out of classes

English Grade (1-5)

Motivation and interest Knowledge and understanding of

the language Understanding Expression

(A-C)

Speech / Essay Evaluation

Before Discuss exactly what you want to

evaluate by the speech Set clear goals for students

After Set a clear standard before or after

the first couple of examples

Speech Evaluation ( example ) Example A B C

contentsGrammatically

correct and coherent

understandablehard to understand

length more than 40 sec

20-39 sec less than 19 sec

delivery Loud, fluent and expressive

Fluent but flat slow

eye contact

preparation

can look up and speak

remember the text but poor eye contact

don't remember what to say or speak in words

Speech Evaluation ( example )

No.

Name ContentDelive

ｒｙPronunciati

onVolume Time

1Haruk

a. A4 3 2 1 2 1 0 2 1 0 2 1 0 4 3 2 1

2Mone.

I4 3 2 1 2 1 0 2 1 0 2 1 0 4 3 2 1

3 Ryo. I 4 3 2 1 2 1 0 2 1 0 2 1 0 4 3 2 1

4 Moe. O 4 3 2 1 2 1 0 2 1 0 2 1 0 4 3 2 1

What JTEs want from ALTs

With students Speak slowly in easy words

(but not too slow) Be an entertainer Do not speak Japanese when there is a

student around (except for grammar) Be friendly and easy to talk to Keep them thinking positively about English Be encouraging

What JTEs want from ALTs

About teaching Teach stress / intonation / rhythm

Ideas are welcome Help make the lesson plan Ready to help out

Sound Comprehension Knowledgeword order, sound, vocab

What JTEs want from ALTs

With the staff• Punctuality• Socialize with other school staff• Join school activities• Join other classes• Help with clubs• Your job is not only to teach English but also to be an ambassador for your country!