How to Write a Lesson Plan for Teaching English As a Foreign Language to Kids

Start with a greeting. It's important for your students to talk to you, so starting with a simple, "Hello! How are you?" can help get the communication going. Over time you can teach your students answers such as "I'm fine," "Happy," "Excellent" or "Not so good."

Follow your greeting with a "hook" or warm-up activity. This gets the students excited for the rest of the lesson. Try a short video pertaining to the lesson, continued dialogue between teacher/students or total physical response (TPR) activities where you tell the students to do something and they respond (i.e., show me your pencil, touch your head).

Introduce the topic for today's lesson. You can do this with a short game, a Power Point or even vocabulary flash cards. Make sure the students have a firm understanding of the topic material and give time for questions.

Participate in a game or activity with your students. Again, the game should pertain to the lesson at hand. The purpose is to allow your students to put to use the information they just learned. You can play a game with the entire class, split the class intro groups or do a quiet activity like a word search or work in a workbook.

Wrap up your lesson with a short, informal quiz. Ask your students questions about what they learned to test their knowledge.

Type your lessons plan out and then use it as a template for future lesson plans. Your typed lesson plan should include include any information you need to remind yourself about what you have planned. The amount of detail in a lesson plan varies for every teacher.