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May 25
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Episode 152: How I Planned 3 Hours in 5 ...

Erin O'Byrne
About this episode

Sometimes you don't have a lot of time or energy. Or maybe you've just returned from holiday and haven't got into planning mode.

This week I'm sharing with you my lesson plan for two 90-minute lessons using the Lexical Approach.

And yes, it took me 5 minutes. Why was I so confident that it would work? Because I used my students' output, plus a bit of decoding for good measure.

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