The following templates are meant to help teachers generate ideas of their own and have a clearer picture of the TESOL activities explained in the previous two sections. As every classroom may differ in level, age, and culture, these are not necessarily for use in every classroom, but are intended to demonstrate common material.

If you would like to download and print full-size .pdfs of these templates, you will find them by clicking here. If you have purchased this book, you may photocopy the templates as much as you like for your own classes. However, please ask teaching colleagues to purchase the book themselves if they would also like to use the templates. This practice will help keep our materials at low cost for everyone. Thank you for your understanding!

Included in this section is a sample one-week planning guide that follows the activities included herein. New teachers are encouraged to make copies of this planning guide and follow it in their classroom preparation. The guide can help remind teachers in a whole language classroom to do the following:

1. Keep a balance of reading, writing, listening, and speaking activities.

2. Keep a log that demonstrates the use of proper warm-ups, instruction, controlled (guided) practices, and less controlled (independent) practices.

3. Keep a convenient record of materials that will be used in the next classes.

4. Keep track of homework, the collection of journals or logs, and so forth.

This lesson plan is not meant to replace any school mandated lesson plan structure that a teacher might use, but rather demonstrates what a lesson plan might have. The use of the one-week lesson plan versus a one-day lesson plan is for convenience only.