Instructions:

1. Design a task for teaching children a language item(s) (e.g. a tense, prepositions, colours, letters, sounds, etc.).

2. Write a lesson plan for teaching the item(s). The plan should reflect your understanding of the following points (see chapter 2):

a. Types of task demand

b. Task support

To receive credit, the task should: have clear language learning goals, aim at teaching the linguistic item(s) in a meaningful/familiar context that is appropriate for the age of the children you design the task for, have a clear structure; that is to say, be planned in three stages: preparation, core activity, and follow up (refer to section (2.7) in your textbook, pp. 31-32) have some demands on the students (i.e. not too easy or too difficult), involve the students, show how learning is supported by teachers.

Refer to the attached sample lesson plan and lesson plan template. Follow the one that you find easier for writing your lesson plan.

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