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1. Read the three teachers' quotes again. Whose planning style is most like your own – Deniz's, Paolo's, Erika's or none of these? Why?
As I´m a secundary teacher,a I think that my planning style is like Denize´s.I know the routine is very important for teenagers. I have to follow a coursebook, but I add some activities.
2. Which qualities do you think are most important in planning a unit of work? Give your reasons. Choose from this list, and add others if necessary:
All are important, but the most important are cohesion and variety.
 
3. When you plan a lesson, do you...
a. plan one lesson at a time, or a series of lessons? one lession at time
b. start with the aims? I start with an indtroduction followed by the aims.
c. use the coursebook a lot? Yes, I follow the coursebook
d. plan in great detail? No, but the time and the distribution are important.
e. start with a general idea of what will "fit"? Yes, I do.
 
4. What advice would you give a new teacher who says, "I spend hours and hours planning a scheme of work: I seem to go round and round, not getting anywhere"?
Always do a diagnostic test, think about a real contest for tenenagers and add dinamic activities and also, evaluate every class.