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Lesson plan

Meaning in education & teaching, with examples

/ˈlesən plæn/nounCore term

In education & teaching, lesson plan means: A written outline of one lesson that shows what students should learn, the activities and materials the teacher will use, and roughly how long each stage will take.

In Turkish: ders planı, günlük plan

How it is used

Used constantly by teachers, trainee teachers and school leaders. You write, prepare or follow a lesson plan, and you may adapt it during the lesson. Observers often ask to see the lesson plan before a lesson observation.

Example sentences

  1. Please send me your lesson plan by Wednesday so I can prepare for the observation.

  2. The class finished the reading early, so I had to adapt my lesson plan on the spot.

Common collocations

  • write a lesson plan
  • follow a lesson plan
  • adapt a lesson plan
  • detailed lesson plan
  • lesson plan template
  • learning objectiveA short statement of what students should know or be able to do by the end of a lesson or unit, written so that the teacher can check whether it was achieved.
  • warm-upA short activity at the start of a lesson that gets students thinking, talking or moving and prepares them for the main topic.
  • wrap-upThe final stage of a lesson in which the teacher and students review what was learned, check progress and sometimes preview the next lesson.
  • scheme of workA plan that maps out the sequence of lessons, topics, activities and assessments for a subject over a unit, term or year.
  • pacingThe speed at which a lesson or course moves from one stage or topic to the next, and how well that speed fits the students.

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