ELT365 · D180 — Building a Receptive Skills Lesson from Scratch
Idea — A solid receptive skills lesson: pre-task (schema activation) → gist task → detail or inferencing task → post-task (productive follow-up). Every stage has a…
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ELT365 · Day 273 — Month 9 Review — Lesson Planning
Idea A lesson plan is a thinking tool: it forces you to name what you want to achieve, anticipate problems, choose a framework, and sequence tasks…
ReadELT365 · Day 272 — Planning in Series — Units of Work
Idea Individual lesson plans exist inside a longer sequence. A unit of work plans the arc across several lessons: recycling, progression, and cumulative practice. Example A…
ReadELT365 · Day 271 — Post-Lesson Reflection
Idea A written reflection after the lesson closes the planning cycle. Without it, the same mistakes repeat. Three questions are enough: What worked? What didn’t? What…
ReadELT365 · Day 269 — Planning a Skills Lesson
Idea A skills lesson (reading, listening, speaking, writing) follows a different shape from a language-systems lesson. Lead-in → task stages → productive follow-up — not PPP.…
ReadELT365 · Day 265 — Planning for Pronunciation
Idea Pronunciation is often the first thing cut when lesson time is short. Build it into the plan as a stage aim, not an afterthought. Example…
ReadELT365 · Day 264 — Lesson Plans for One-to-One Teaching
Idea One-to-one lessons remove the safety of pair and group work. Every interaction is between teacher and learner — so planning for variety and pacing is…
ReadELT365 · Day 261 — Materials in the Plan
Idea List every material in your lesson plan: the coursebook page, the handout, the board diagram, the audio file. Prepare, check, and sequence everything before the…
ReadELT365 · Day 260 — Interaction Patterns in Plans
Idea Interaction patterns describe who talks to whom: T→S (teacher to student), S→S (pair), S↔S↔S (group), S→T (student reporting). Vary them across a lesson. Example A…
ReadELT365 · Day 259 — Timing Stages Realistically
Idea Planned timings are starting estimates. Under-timing is a common error — novice teachers often plan more content than a lesson can hold. Example A 60-minute…
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