Lesson plan by Ivan Murcia

1. How important do you think a lesson plan is to a successful lesson? What features do you think a lesson plan should include?

Making a lesson plan is very important and helpful for English language teachers, because this resource serves as a guide for them at the moment to enter in the classroom. Besides, if the English teachers have a lesson plan for their classes, they will have a greater chance of success in them.


Some features that the lesson plan should include are specific objectives which describe what the teacher wants their students learn, a opening because this stage is very important, since on this moment the teacher has his first contact with his students.

2. Do you think it is a good idea to strictly follow a lesson plan? Why?

I really think is not a good idea. Though the lesson plan is a helpful resource for English language teachers, there are moments in which the teacher should change the structure of his class, either for the students' attitude, someone's visit, among others things. Another reason because the teacher should not follow the lesson plan strictly is, because sometimes into the classroom is necessary the teacher makes some changes on his attitude to guarantee a good environment during the learning process.

3. Some people think that lesson plans severely restrict teachers’ creativity. Do you agree? Explain your answer.

That is not completely true, because the teacher uses this resource as support for his labor into the classroom, therefore I consider the lesson plan doesn't affect the teachers creativity, on the contrary this resource serves as basis for that they stimulate their creativity.