Lesson Plan
Teacher’s name: Lazăr Andreia-ClaudiaDate: The 19th of October 2012School: Şcoala Gimnazială “Constantin Şerban” AleşdForm: VI ELevel: Pre - intermediateTime: 50 minutesLesson type: CommunicationLesson title: Unit 2 Once upon a timeMain Skills: Acquire new vocabulary
Ability: by the end of the lesson students will have been able to:
A1: articulate sounds, respecting the accent and intonationA2: acquire and use new vocabulary: names of characters from stories/fairytales A3: make connection between images and wordsA4: make the difference between written and spoken EnglishA5: describe one of their favorite story characterA6: write a short story/fairytale of their ownA7: understand homework assignment
Teaching aids: - textbook- blackboard and chalk- handouts- dictionaries- a computer and a CD with the cartoon of CINDERELLA
Stages Activities/Techniques Skills Time Purpose Obs.Class organization
The teacher prepares the class for the new lesson, and checks out if there is anybody missing
Listening 3’ - to prepare the class for the new lesson
Warm-up The teacher checks if Ss. had any problems resolving the homework assignment. Then the teacher presents the topic of the lesson: talking about fairytales, composing an imaginary tale, describing a character from a story or fairytale
listening 5’ - to stir interest and promote discussion- to raise expectations and create involvement in the lesson
Lead –in/picture discussion
The teacher asks the Ss. to open their books at page 16 and to describe the images presented in the textbooks. Questions like Do you know who Merlin is? Have you read any of the stories there? Can you make up sentences about the main hero/heroine in each story? are written on the blackboard.
ListeningSpeaking
5’ - to determine children to speak about a known subject- to stir interest in the images
Comprehension activity
Ss. are asked to answer (giving details) the questions written on the blackboard.
Listeningspeaking
10’ - to make articulate sounds, respecting the accent and intonation- to talk on a
given subjectVocabulary The teacher writes on
the blackboard the meaning of the words or expressions Ss. don’t know.
Note-taking 5’ - to acquire new vocabulary
Video corner Teacher invites the Ss. to watch part of a cartoon after the CINDERELLA story. The video is used to give Ss. the possibility to have not only a mental but also a visual description of the physical appearance of the main heroine.
Listeningwatching
15’ - to use visual material- to see and also listen in order to acquire information related to the lesson
Extension activity
Ss. are asked to describe Cinderella, using the images they saw and using what they know about her from the story.
Speaking 10’
Homework assignment
Ss. are asked to describe their favorite fairytale character using as an example the description of Cinderella.
Note- taking 2’ - to determine Ss. to work with the new acquired vocabulary and also to learn and use names of countries.