STARTALK Lesson Planning Guide and Templates for Student Programs

Several of our Program Directors have developed lesson plan templates to implement their programs and engage their instructors more fully in the planning process. Others have expressed a desire for such tools to bridge the curriculum plan to their daily lesson planning. In response to this need, STARTALK Central has developed the following lesson planning materials to assist the lesson planning process. We provide two lesson plan templates for your review; you may choose either to use in your program. Use of these templates is not required; feel free to use your own.

A lesson is a building block of a unit that has clearly defined objectives to be achieved within a specified time frame. A lesson makes content accessible and should be designed and implemented in ways that are appropriate for students and reflect principles of second language acquisition.

Lesson Planning

Lesson planning helps ensure that classroom instruction aligns with curriculum goals and objectives and therefore enables students to demonstrate their successful learning on unit or curricular assessments.

The following template was developed last year for programs who wished to use a template for their lesson planning.

Additionally, the following guide, template and checklist have been developed to work together to aid teachers in the development of their daily lessons.

Additional Materials for Lesson Planning

STARTALK has also developed a list of endorsed Principles and Characteristics of Effective Language Learning which should also be incorporated in lesson planning.

You may find it helpful to review some of the sample materials, including lesson plans, developed by previous STARTALK programs.