DIDACTIC PROJECT

DATE: 19 th of May 2010

GRADE: the 7 th
SCHOOL: Scoala cu Clasele I-VIII Chicerea
LESSON: The World of Tomorrow
TYPE OF LESSON: acquiring new knowledge and vocabulary; practicing reading comprehension and communication
skills
ESTIMATED TIME: 50
TEACHER: Roxana Rusu
SKILLS: speaking, reading, writing
LESSON AIMS: To enrich vocabulary
To form habits and automatisms
To practice English communication
GENERAL COMPETENCES:
To develop the interest for English language
To enrich linguistic knowledge
To create abilities of communication
To encourage talking in English
SPECIFIC COMPETENCES:
To discuss about the robots : advantages/disadvantages, to share opinions
To pronounce and read correctly words in English and respect the specific intonation of English language
To be in the know of new words related to technology and robots
To use properly the new words in communication contexts
To match correctly words with their definitions/pictures

Anticipated Problems:

Some students may have difficulties in pronouncing correctly the words

Some students may not fully be able to translate structures in English
Some students may encounter problems by expressing their ideas in English
In each case teacher will prompt the students

Interaction: T-Ss, Ss-T; IW ; class interaction

Teaching techniques: conversation, exercises, observation, correction, translation, reading, asking, answering;
explanation.
Teaching aids: blackboard, chalk, worksheet, pictures, computer
PROCEDURE
Lesson
stage

Teachers
activity

Students
activity

Checking
Attendance

Teacher
attendance

Warm up

Announcing
specific
competences

T asks the Ss how Ss answer

are they, if they had
homework, etc
T tells Ss that today Ss listen to the T
they will learn new
things about the
world of tomorrow,
about the future
technology,
they
will get to know
and use vocabulary
related
to

checks

Ss answer

Interaction lls

Ski

T- Ss

speaking

T-Ss

speaking

T- Ss

speaking

Specific
Competence

Introduction
of
the new materialFirst
ActivityDiscussion

Arranging
pictures in
right list

the

antiquities,
to
nowadays objects
and to forthcoming
ones too. We will
discuss and give
opinions about the
topic of the lesson.
T writes on the Bb
the name of the
lesson and tells Ss
to
watch
the
coming
video.
Would you like to
have
such
a
teacher?
Which
would
be
the
advantages/
disadvantages?
T tells Ss that there
are on her desk
some
pictures
representing
old,
present
and
forthcoming
objects. At random
every student will
come
to
the
blackboard, choose
one picture and
stick it in the right
list.
Everything
being clarified Ss
will match the
pictures with the
words in their

Ss watch carefully the T-Ss

video and after watching it
express their opinions

speaking

To discuss about
the robotteacher:
advantages/disad
vantages, to
share opinions

Ss do as required

Reading
Writing
Speaking

To
pronounce
and
read
correctly words
in English
To match
correctly words
with their
definitions/pictur
es

T-Ss
Class
interacti
on

worksheet
6

Activity I,Robot T shows Ss another

general discussion video, gives Ss a
on robots
worksheet, starts a
conversation
related to what the
video is about.

Feed-back

Homework

Ss watch the video, answer Ts- Ss

Ts questions solving the IW
activities on the worksheet
too.

Teacher provides Ss
listen
continuous
observations
feedback through
observation
and
checks that the Ss
complete the tasks
entirely
and
correctly at any
stage of the lesson
T
gives
as Ss take notes
homework Ex 4
from the worksheet

the

Ts Ts- Ss

T- Ss

Speaking

Listening

Writing

To be in the
know of new
words related to
technology and
robots
To use properly
the new words in
communication
contexts

The World of Tomorrow ROBOTS

Read the text attentively and translate it
What exactly is a robot? Is a robot a walking, talking machine that takes on a
near human form? Or, is it a mechanical device that performs the same action in
an assembly line for 20 hours a day?
In todays world a robot is simply an automated machine that is designed to help
people with their work. The term robot is derived from the Czechoslovakian
word robota which means tedious labor or hard work!
Robots Today
The type of robot that we see in movies like I-Robot can think on their own, learn
from their experiences, move about and makes decisions much like a human
being without someone else telling them what to do. In reality, the robots that
exist today cannot do these things. However, these science fiction robots have
provided a vision of what robots might be someday thinking machines that help
people.
It is best to think about robotics in the same way that we think about computers.
The power of a computer is amazing and keeps getting better. However, a
computer is dependent on us to type information into it or give it commands
using the mouse or keyboard. Robots are typically computers with legs, arms or
wheels. They cannot move or think unless we teach them to.

Check for Understanding

Have students discuss the following:
1.
2.
3.
4.

What is a robot? Does it have to look like a human?

Where did the term robot come from?
Name some types of robots.
Can you think of a situation in which a robot would be necessary or at least
helpful?

I, Robot
1. Do you know
a) What kind of film I, Robot is?
b) Who is the main character ?
c) What is the film about?
2. Robots have three laws. Order them:
a) A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not
conflict with the First or Second Law.
b) A robot may not injure a human being, or through inaction, allow a human
being to come to harm.
c) A robot must obey orders given it by human beings except where such
orders would conflict with the First Law.
3. I, Robot describes different robots with different special powers and
abilities.
Imagine that you are buying a robot in the year 2050 and can choose 3 special
powers and abilities for it from the list below. Which would you choose and why?
Robot abilities and powers:
To clean and do housework for you
To read the minds of other people and tell you what they are thinking
To transport you quickly around the world and into space

To teach you whatever you want to learn

To shop and cook for you
To organise parties for you

 To remember the birthdays of friends and family and send them presents
from you
To find you the perfect partner/boyfriend/girlfriend
To fight people you dont like
To look after you when you are ill
4. Match the columns so as to get the right definition.
a) android

b) holographic
c) sensor

1. A metal pin used with a suit to keep things

together
2. Distributor
3. Invisible light waves, longer than those of

red
d) input
converts

4. A piece of radio/television equipment that

broadcast signals into sounds or pictures

e) dispensor

5. Three-dimensional

f) infrared

6. A device for producing an electric current

g) receiver

7. Robot that looks like a real person

h) bolt

8. A device that detects light, heat, pressure

i) cell

9. Information that is introduced