Mar 1

LESS IS MORE: Stop overstuffing your lessons!

LESSON PLANNING
How Many Activities Do YOU Plan in a Lesson?
Be honest- are you overplanning? Taking WAY too many activities into class? Here's a reminder to declutter and focus on exploiting the materials you have. If you want help with how to do this, check out my teacher development programme The Next Step!


Video transcript

Be honest. How many activities do you squeeze into a 60-minute lesson? Five? Six? Are you running a class or a triathlon?

Here’s the thing: less is more. Instead of racing through a million activities, learn to exploit the ones you’ve got! Give learners time to think, breathe, and- most importantly- actually USE the language.

And for you? That means more time to listen- really listen- for emergent language, spot patterns, note them down and give useful, meaningful feedback, instead of frantically moving to the next task like a speed dater!

So, next time you’re lesson planning, take a deep breath and declutter. Fewer activities, deeper learning, and a calmer, happier you.

What do you think? Do you agree that less is more, or are you still running the triathlon version of lesson planning? Let me know in the comments!


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