Think about a topic you will be doing with a class in the next two weeks. Make a note of:

• how you plan to arouse the students’ curiosity about the topic;
• how you are going to explain what they will be studying in this topic.

You will need to think about what to use. For example, a picture, a story, music or some other kind of stimulation may gain the students’ attention and arouse their curiosity. Think about how you will explain your aims for the lesson and introduce the students to the subject matter again so that they want to learn more.

Teach the lesson and then discuss with other teachers how well the students responded to your introduction to the lesson. How well did your explanations go? How do you know this? Did the students understand better what was expected of them in this lesson? How do you know this?