Teaching Templates
Less prep. Better lessons.
Ready-to-use templates that keep lessons connected and students on track
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One template for every teaching moment
🔗 Lesson Recap Template
Wrap up each lesson with a clear summary of students' learnings.
🔗 Progress Template
Make growth visible so students stay motivated and continue learning.
🔗 Next Lesson Template
Build the next lesson with your student and and give them a clear picture of what's coming next.
How to use the template
Let the student fill it in
Before you write anything, ask: "What do you remember from today?" Let them answer first. It activates recall, shows you what actually landed, and makes the recap feel like theirs.
Make it concrete
Don't write "practised grammar." Write "practised how to use the past tense to talk about weekend plans." Specific recaps give students something to think about between lessons.
Open your next lesson with it
ull up the previous recap together before you start. It takes 2 minutes and does three things at once: it warms up the student's memory, it shows you track their progress, and it creates a sense of continuity that makes the tutoring feel like a journey rather than a series of disconnected sessions.
Less preparation. Better lessons.
Teaching templates
Three ready-to-use templates that turn good lessons into habits that keep students coming back.
A handful of simple habits like recapping the lesson, tracking progress or planning what's next have a significant impact on whether students stay with you in the long run.
The hard part isn't knowing this. It's doing it consistently.
These templates make it easy. Each one takes less than five minutes and can be filled in live with your student in Preply Canvas.
🇬🇧 English
Download the template, then upload it to Preply Canvas to fill it in live with your student.
🇪🇸 Español
Descarga la plantilla y luego súbela a Preply Canvas para completarla en vivo con tu estudiante.
🇫🇷 Français
Télécharge le modèle, puis importe-le dans Preply Canvas pour le compléter en direct avec ton étudiant.
Start with the win
Name one thing that has genuinely improved since you started working together. Not "good progress", but something specific, e.g. "You used the subjunctive naturally in conversation today. you couldn't do that in January." Students are far more receptive to feedback and challenge when they feel celebrated first.
Make it evidence-based
Vague praise fades by the time the lesson ends. Specific observations stick. Use the template to record concrete examples, e.g. a sentence the student constructed correctly, a word they no longer hesitate on, a situation they handled in English that they couldn't before.
End with a shared goal
Close every progress review with: "So what should we focus on next?" Let the student answer first. That one question shifts the dynamic from tutor-led to student-owned, and a student who has helped set their own goal has a reason to come back and see it through.