How (not) to write helpful instructions in the teacher notes for a lesson.
Category: Teacher Talk
Creating a Powerful Lesson Plan part 2. Get the ingredients ready before baking the cake
A discussion of the importance of structuring a plan so that students have all the language they need to complete the activities.
Creating a Powerful Lesson Plan part 1: Remember Chekhov’s Gun
A plea for greater attention to coherence in lesson planning.
The Lies of the Lesson Observation Process
My reflections on observations and some suggestions to turn them from a chore into an effective teacher-development tool. Focusing on four ‘lies’ which I feel are endemic to the typical way of doing observations.
Five ‘dark horse’ topics to get students talking
Are there any fresh, less utilised topics which will win every time? Probably not every time, but thinking back over my teaching years I can recall five which were pretty successful.
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