Every teacher knows that a good lesson needs planning and preparation. It applies to everything we teach, and ESOL is certainly no exception. I have been asked occasionally to teach classes at very short notice which means no preparation and I have managed to do it. However, it has always left me with a sense of frustration which is why I rarely agree to do it these days because I like to be prepared in order to make my lessons count. Having recently returned to teaching, I have discovered that I had two major issues:1. I couldn't find a lesson plan template I liked. 2. My lesson plans kept getting lost among the paperwork. So I decided to create a book which I was going to use for my lesson planning. I worked out a plan template which I liked. I didn't want to make it too long. Like everyone else, I have a life and detailed plans are time-consuming. So it needed to be short. I aimed to fit it into 1 page, with the second page expanding on the activities, takeaways and other aspects should there be a need for a more detailed description. Once the book gets published, I will be ordering a couple of copies of the ESOL Lesson Planner for myself. I hope that you find the templates as useful as I have found it so far. it's just that from now on, I will have all of my plans in one place which can't be a bad thing!