This document discusses lesson planning and its key components. It explains that lesson plans should include aims such as main aims describing the most important thing learners will achieve, subsidiary aims showing required prior skills or knowledge, and personal aims for teacher development. Stage aims describe the purpose of each lesson stage. Lesson plans also include procedures, timing, materials, target language, anticipated problems and solutions. Good lesson plans are relevant, include varied activities, are simple and clear, and are divided into background and procedure sections.