Upskill
Lesson Planning Masterclass
Stop spending hours on prep. Learn frameworks for creating engaging, structured lessons fast, for any level, any age, any topic.
What you'll learn
How each lesson works
Every lesson mixes short teaching cards with 8-plus kinds of interactive exercises. No passive reading. You practice as you go.
Teaching cards
Short, no-fluff explanations
Multiple choice
Pick the natural option
Fill in the blank
Type the right word
Word reorder
Build sentences from tiles
Match pairs
Connect phrase to meaning
Dialogues
Read + pick the best reply
True / false
Test what you know
Error correction
Fix the sentence
Listening
Play, then answer
Curriculum
23 lessons · 4h 58m total
The PPP Framework (And When Not to Use It)
Task-Based Learning: Let Students Do the Work
Setting Clear Objectives (That You Can Actually Measure)
Lead-Ins and Warmers: Hook Them in 3 Minutes
Presenting New Language: Meaning, Form, Pronunciation
Controlled Practice: Drilling Without Boredom
Free Practice: Getting Students to Actually Use the Language
Feedback and Error Correction Stages
Cool-Downs and Exit Tickets
Planning a Reading Lesson (Pre, While, Post)
Planning a Listening Lesson
Planning a Speaking Lesson
Planning a Writing Lesson
Integrated Skills: Combining 2+ in One Lesson
1-on-1 Lessons: Personalization Without Over-Prep
Group Classes: Keeping Everyone Engaged
Kids' Lessons: Short Attention Spans, Big Energy
Business English Lessons: Needs Analysis First
Exam Prep Lessons: IELTS, TOEFL, Cambridge
The 20-Minute Lesson Plan Template
Reusing and Recycling Materials
Building a Lesson Library You Can Pull From Forever
Using AI Tools to Speed Up Planning (Without Losing Quality)
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Get this courseNotes from a teacher who has done this for a decade
How a teacher with 30 minutes of prep time writes a 50-minute lesson plan that holds up in the room. The templates, the cuts, and the mindset that makes the difference.
New teachers overplan. Experienced teachers plan less but with sharper intent. The difference is that experienced teachers know which 10 percent of the plan actually drives the lesson. Your goal is to find that 10 percent for every lesson you teach. The frameworks in this course are how you find it. After 50 lessons you will not need the templates. Until then, use them.
Do not binge this course
Watch one lesson, plan a real class with what you just learned, teach it, notice the gaps, come back to the next lesson with those gaps. The whole point is iteration. Trying to absorb all 23 lessons in a weekend will leave you with frameworks you cannot apply. Spread it over six to eight weeks of actual teaching.
PPP first, everything else later
Presentation, Practice, Production. The bare minimum framework every new teacher should be able to draw on a napkin. Get fluent with it before you touch task-based learning or anything else. Most planning frustration comes from trying to do TBL without knowing how to scaffold language first. PPP is unfashionable. It is also reliable.
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