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The Planning Development Pack

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Part 1
Dealing with timetabling Jeremy Harmer summarises Craig Thaine's article originally featured in The Teacher Trainer 10/1 plus the resulting dialogue between Craig and Mario Rinvolucri in The Teacher Trainer 10/2 and 10/3.

Part 2
The Planning Continuum from The Practice of English Language Teaching by Jeremy Harmer pp 310 (starting at B1) - 311 (end of page)

Part 3
'Three teachers' from Planning from lesson to lesson by Tessa Woodward and Seth Lindstromberg (page 1 - page 7 (just before 'what is a thread?)

Part 4
'What is a thread' from Planning from lesson to lesson by Tessa Woodward and Seth Lindstromberg (page 7 - what is a thread) to page 15 (to end of bullet points)

Part 5
The Formal Plan from The Practice of English Language Teaching by Jeremy Harmer pp 310 (starting at B1) - 311 (end of page)

Part 6
Using the Plan from The Practice of English Language Teaching by Jeremy Harmer pp 318 (starting at C) - 320 (excluding 'Chapter notes')

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