I have focused on the day-to-day lesson planning decisions that face language teachers (both preservice and in-service). Because we all have different styles of teaching, and therefore planning, the suggestions in this chapter are not meant to be prescriptive. Teachers must allow themselves flexibility to plan in their own way, always keeping in mind the yearly, term, and unit plans. As Bailey (1996) points out, a lesson plan is like a road map "which describes where the teacher hopes to go in a lesson, presumably taking the students along" (p.18;emphasis added). It is the latter part of this quote that is important for teachers to remember, because they may need to make "in-fight" changes in response to the actuality of the classroom. As Bailey(1996) correctly points out, "In realizing lesson plans, part of a skilled teacher's logic in use involves managing such departures (from the original lesson plan) to maximize teaching and learning opportunities" (p.38). Clearly thought-out lesson plans will more likely maintain the attention of students and increase the likelihood that they will be interested. A clear plan will also maximize time and minimize confusion of what is expected of the student, thus making classroom management easier.