CCBM101 – Teacher’s Guide – TradeMarc Tutoring

Lesson 1: The Purpose and Effectiveness of Meetings

Objectives

Discuss opinions on meetings and their purpose.
Understand and analyse meeting productivity and challenges.
Learn and apply strategies to improve meeting productivity.

Lesson Plan

Stage	Slide(s)	Activity	Timing	Interaction	Purpose
Lead-in	Slide 1	Warm-up discussion: Use discussion questions to elicit student experiences with meetings (e.g., How often do you attend meetings? How do you feel about them?).	10 mins	T-S, SS	Activate prior knowledge about meetings and set the context for the lesson.
Presentation	Slide 2	Introduce vocabulary (productive, daydream). Discuss pre-reading questions to elicit student thoughts on meeting productivity and challenges.	10 mins	T-S	Provide key vocabulary and focus on challenges associated with meetings.
Practice	Slide 3	Analyze the text and graph about meeting productivity. Discuss key findings (50% of meeting time is wasted) and answer comprehension questions.	15 mins	SS	Reinforce reading comprehension and critical thinking with real-world data about meetings.
Production	Slides 4-5	Group task: Students brainstorm ways to improve meetings based on the text. Present ideas and discuss their effectiveness using target phrases (agenda, on topic).	15 mins	S-S	Apply strategies for improving meetings in a collaborative, real-world scenario.