“Language teachers may ask themselves why should they
bother writing plans for every lesson. Some teachers write down
elaborate daily plans; others do the planning inside their heads.
Preservice teachers say they write daily lesson plans only
because a supervisor, cooperating teacher, or school
administrator requires them to do so. After they graduate, many
teachers give up writing lesson plans. However, not many
teachers enter a classroom without some kind of plan. Lesson
plans are systematic records of a teacher’s thoughts about what
will be covered during a lesson”.
(RICHARDS, J. C. & RENANDYA, W.A. (Editors). Methodology in Language
Teaching – An Anthology of Current Practice. 14th Ed. Cambridge: CUP,
1986, p. 30).