Mid-Course Lesson Planning Template
Type of Class: Level:
Topic: (Not the grammar point! The context or situation):
Target grammar item:
Lesson objective
(Your objective says what learners will be able to do (to read, to write, to say, to listen for) employing the
target grammar.)
By the end of the lesson, learners will be able to …
Stage Time Activity
Presentation
How will you engage learners or
arouse their interest in what is to
follow?
How will you introduce the target
grammar item? How will you situate
it / contextualize it?
What examples will you give? How
can you make sure that the examples
are effective, memorable, and
meaningful?
How will you check learners’
understanding?
Restricted (Guided) Practice
How will you help learners focus on
the target grammar item?
Is the practice activity
contextualized?
How will learners get feedback on
their accuracy?
Freer /Communicative Practice
How will you structure a safe
environment for experimentation?
How will learners employ the target
structure to engage in meaningful
communication (speaking, writing)?
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Rubric for Grammar Lesson Plan
Does not meet criteria Approaches criteria Meets criteria
Presentation Target grammar item is Target grammar Target grammar
component only explained and no item is presented in item is presented in
examples are given OR context and context, illustrative
examples are not explained, but the examples /situation
contextualized. explanation are effective,
/example ratio is not explanations are
quite balanced. brief, concise and
effective.
Guidedpractice Required practice Not all required All required practice
component components are practice components components are
minimally included and are included. included and are
/or are minimally suitable Restricted practice suitable for the
for the context and activities are context and lesson
lesson objective. included. objectives.
Semi-guided or Only mechanical practice Students are Students have at
free practice is included. informally invited to least one well-
use the target item planned opportunity
to talk about to use the target
themselves. item to talk about
themselves and /or
express their own
ideas.
This is a program of the U.S. Department of State
administered by FHI 360 and delivered by World Learning
