Shad Long

Our lessons will be based around 6 topics: My friends & family , Technology and everyday life, Free time activities, Food and eating out, Traditions and customs and Jobs and the future. Each topic will be then broken down into : learning, revision, testing and practice. With learning this will be through my teaching, understanding the topic with depth through methods such as videos, poems, extracts. etc. Then the revision will simply be remembering what we’ve learnt so that the the knowledge doesn’t escape our minds, such as through quizzes: quiz games. With the testing part of the lesson, I’ll be removing some information and leaving students to fill out the blanks and towards the end of the lesson- practice, this consists of creating their own versions of what they’ve been taught e.g creating sentences that describe their family or what events they celebrate such as eid or christmas. Moreover, homework will also be given, small tasks that involve thinking and practice so that the students are warmed up for their next lesson. I’ve been using these lesson plans for the past 4 years and they’ve been effective in comparison to simply being taught at, greatly teaching students some confidence in their new learned skill actively rather than passively. My other subjects that I’ve taught are english literature, geography, spanish and philosophy and all students have gotten between A’s and B’s so don’t be afraid. Let’s put the fun back in learning!