Hello Everyone,
Preparation for class, specifically lesson planning, just kills me.
1. I always liked it if I could just copy lesson plans, or the previous teach had the course prepared down to the minute.
Unfortunately, that is a dream.
2. Any other top websites, books, etc.?
3. Again, it takes me five hours to do a 30 minute detailed lesson plan.
I just wish there was a way to get far more efficient.
A good way to be more efficient is use a template. Write down the lesson aims and have something basic like
45 minute lesson
5m: Intro
5m: Warmer
10m: present language
5m: basic excercises (gap fill/multiple choice, etc.)
10m: productive excercise (make sentences/dialogue....)
10m : Fun activity using the language (game/interviews/role plays etc)
then you can just put your stuff in
There are loads online, the big websites like British Council and OneStopEnglish have free lesson plans that you can download and use.
Like most creative stuff it's usually finding a direction that is hard and once you are going it's actually fun