The Best Laid Plans (CSCTFL ’16)

Isn’t lesson planning the easiest part of our job?

I have to be honest: I find lesson creation and planning fun.  But I don’t always find that what I produce is effective.  What’s the difference between effective planning and randomly hoping it all comes together and accomplishing something?  That’s the topic Thomas Sauer, Amy Lenord, and I addressed with participants in our 3-hour workshop “The Best Laid Plans” yesterday at the Central States Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Languages.  Whether you were there or not, join the conversation here!

Our slideshow:

More:

• Our collection of lesson planning resources, including 3 different lesson plan templates
• The image I used to support my demonstration of storytelling as input
• Info from Amy on Talk Read Talk Write
• Registration information on Camp Musicuentos curriculum planning workshops
• The new blog resource Path2Proficiency
• And the authentic resources / activity spreadsheet we invite you to collaborate on (click the image):

Do you have an excellently organized lesson plan to share with us?  Put it in the “Best Laid Plans” Google Doc!  Thanks for joining us on the journey.