Instrument · The anatomy of a lesson

The Lesson Planner

Pick an age band, a topic and a length. The plan is assembled on the handbook’s five-part anatomy — timed to the minute, with target language and an exit ticket. Nothing is invented; every part comes from the book.

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Ages 8–12 · 50 min · Foundations

Lesson objective

Each child will: Write two questions you can now ask a new friend — using: What’s your name? · How old are you? · Where are you from?.

WhoEach child
Does what · how wellWrite two questions you can now ask a new friend.
Using what languageWhat’s your name? · How old are you? · Where are you from?
Warm-up 14′ Main body 17′ Review fun 5′ Practise 9′ Wrap-up 5′
Target language

What’s your name? · How old are you? · Where are you from?
Nice to meet you. · This is my friend ___.

Materials

Blank ID cards to fill in

14MIN

Warm-up

settle & reconnect

Hello song and name greeting; “how’s the weather?”; a quick review of the last lesson. Settle bodies before you open the door to language.
17MIN

Main body

the new thing

Model a full introduction with one confident child, then have pairs mirror it.

What’s your name? · How old are you? · Where are you from?Nice to meet you. · This is my friend ___.
5MIN

Review fun

interleave

Find someone who — walk the room, ask, and fill your sheet. An information gap with legs.
9MIN

Practise

reading & writing

Write a five-line self-introduction.
5MIN

Wrap-up

land softly

Goodbye song, a small piece of homework, and a five-finger check. Then the exit ticket — read every one before you plan tomorrow.

EXIT TICKET “Write two questions you can now ask a new friend.”
Tools this lesson leans on

Information gap · Role play & dramatization · Drills done kindly

Check for understanding

Thumbs or five fingers — never “do you understand?”. Watch, then adjust.

Stretch it across four lessons

One topic need not be one day. Disguised repetition is the whole art.

Day 1

Meet it

Introduce the vocabulary; flashcards; the first game.

Day 2

Deepen it

Review; a themed song; read a matching reader; a cut-and-paste craft.

Day 3

Perform it

Review again; act it out; build a creative scene together.

Day 4

Free it

Open play, pen-friend letters, or a small project — language in the wild.

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