Lesson 6-7 Planning lessons for teaching different age learners. Paying attention to age factors What does a lesson involve?

2.Have quieter activities before lively ones

It can be quite difficult to calm down a class - particularly of children or adolescents- who have been participating in a lively exciting activity. So if one of your central lesson components is something quiet and reflective it is better on the whole to put it before a lively one, not after. The exception to this is when you have a rather lethargic or tired class of adults; here 'stirring' activities early on can actually refresh and help students get into the right frame of mind for learning.