When planning a lesson, any lesson, what do we think about?

KNOWLEDGE

What do my pupils already know about this issue?

What am I going to teach them today?

How is this new topic going to change their overall knowledge of this and other subjects?

ATTITUDE

What can I do to make pupils be interested by my lesson?

How can I make my subject more interesting?

TOOLS

What tools can I use? Book, summaries, visual map, images?

Can I introduce some multimedia elements?

METHODOLOGY

Shall I deliver the lesson as a front lesson, chalk and talk?

shall I use group work, flipped classroom, cooperative learning...?

and...

KEY COMPETENCES

What key competences can I train through this lesson?

reading analysis, critical thinking, data analysis, peer coaching, group work, collaboration, public speaking, debate.

Key competences are everywhere, we must only elicit them in our lesson plan!!