Teflen Sample Lesson Plan (Assignment)
Student-Teacher Name: Angela Barger
Learning Objective: Expand knowledge of future tense word "will"
Assumed Student Level: A2
Assumed Student Age: Teenager (12-18)
Language focus and skill being practice: English- speaking, pronunciation, and future tense
development
STAGE
Warm-up
5 minutes
Introduction
5 minutes
OBJECTIVE
Break down
active language
filters and begin
thinking about
the lesson
material.
To develop
target language
skills and
enhance
pronunciation.
TEACHER'S
ACTION
Move around the
room, monitor
students, and
help them with
unknown
vocabulary.
STUDENTS
ACTION
Write down as
many verbs as
you can think of.
Use the verbs
you wrote and
discuss a short
story (e.g. a
good/bad
holiday
experience) and
share your
experience with
the class.
T/S
RATIO
60/40
Ask students to
create sentences
using the verbs
they thought of,
and ask them to
share their
sentences to the
rest of the class.
Check for
students'
comprehension,
then expand.
Use the verbs
you wrote down
during the warm
up and create
them into
sentences to
describe what
you want to/will
do in the future.
60/40
Language
Presentation
10 minutes
Constrained
Practice
10 minutes
Less
Constrained
Practice
10 minutes
To introduce
‘will’ as a future
tense, then
expand
vocabulary using
"going to-" and
have students
connect with the
target language.
Introduce target
vocabulary, then
ask CCQs to
determine if
students
understand the
activity. Prepare
a matching game
of future tense
vocabulary with
the appropriate
sentences, then
review future
tenses together.
Have students
Give each
connect with an student a short
accurate use of
dialogue, and
‘will’ through
have them read
controlled
it to each other.
dialogue
Move around the
practice.
classroom.
Observe each
students'
use and
comprehension
of the future
tense word
"will". Help
students if
problems with
comprehension
arise.
To test the
Ask students to
boundaries of
write a short
the students' new dialogue on a
language
piece of paper.
acquisition.
Have them
Students should include
be looking for
positives,
new ways to use negatives, and
‘will’.
questions. Each
student should
utilize the target
language in each
form.
Work together to
match
vocabulary
words to the
corresponding
sentences. Then
review and
compare the
future tense
vocabulary with
the whole class.
50/50
Read the short
dialogue to each
other in a small
group. After
reading through
once, switch
roles.
20/80
In a small group,
create a short
dialogue (using
the future tense
"will") to
describe future
plans. Then
expand to
include new
vocabulary
words for future
tense (e.g.
"going to-").
20/80
Free Practice
10 minutes
Evaluation
5 minutes
To correct any
mistakes that
were made in the
target language.
To check
students'
comprehension
and to determine
the
effectiveness of
the lesson.
Ask the students
to present their
dialogue to the
class. After each
presentation, ask
the remaining
students CCQs
to determine
their
comprehension
of each
presented
dialogue.
Ask the class to
discuss what
they thought was
difficult
throughout the
lesson. Refer
back to the
lesson and
activities, and
facilitate the
discussion. Take
note of each
students'
experience.
Homework and
Follow-up
5 minutes
To determine
effectiveness of
the lesson.
Ask students to
interact with
each other in
English.
Make sure
students provide
an example of
the different
forms of "will".
Move around the
classroom and
take note of each
students' ability.
Present your
dialogue to the
class.
20/80
What were some
of your
challenges?
Discuss some of
the difficulties
you were faced
with throughout
the lesson. Then
share ideas with
each other about
how you can
incorporate the
target language
into your daily
life to help you
remember what
you have
learned.
50/50
Interact with
your classmates
in English. Use
the future tense
"will" in a
positive,
negative and
interrogative
form. Expand
outside of the
classroom by
listening to
appropriate
40/60
English songs
and sing along to
it in English.