LESSON PLAN

TEACHERS NAME: Dorina Cocari

DATE: week 14/14th of December 2011
TEXTBOOK SUPPORT: Way Ahead 1(Macmillan)
THEME: Revision
TYPE OF LESSON: Lesson of systematization and revision of knowledge
CLASS: IV A
LENGTH OF LESSON: 45 minutes
TEACHING POINT: Grammar/ Speaking: review of Present tense simple, of the verbs to be and to
have; the articles a/an; the prepositions of place on, under, in
TARGET LANGUAGE ITEMS: This is my ....../Hes ......./ They are little/big; Is this your....?/ Is this
her ....?/ Is this his .......?/ I have a/an ..../ Where is the ....?/ Have you got a/a....?/He has....She has...
VOCABULARY: school, family members, furniture items, animals
PERSONAL GOALS: I want to revise all the knowledge that my Ss have learnt till now
AIMS OF LESSON:
- Review the vocabulary words relating to school, family, furniture items, animals

- Use correctly the verbs to be and to have at all forms: affirmative, negative, interrogative
- Make descriptions of people and objects
- Sing along the learnt songs
MATERIALS USED:
- textbook
- notebook
- handouts
- picture flashcards
- blackboard
- A4 paper
- Coloured pencils
ORGANIZATION: Class-work, individual-work
SKILLS: Speaking Reading and Writing

STAGES OF
LESSON

STUDENTS AND TEACHERS ACTIVITIES

1.

WARM-UP

NO

2.

3.

Substitution game (animals and school

items)
The T helps the Ss to produce new
utterances. A sentence frame is
practiced first, then suitable slots in
the frame are identified for
substitution. When substitution is
made, a number of new sentences are
produced with ease by the Ss.
This is a cat. (dog)
This is a dog. (elephant)
This is an elephant. (pencil) and so on
There is a pencil on the desk.
(under/in) and so on
SPECIFICA- The T tells the class the aims of the
TION OF
revision lesson.
THE
PROBLEM The Ss will review the vocabulary
TO BE
words relating to school, family,
DEALT
furniture items, animals. They also
WITH
will use correctly the verbs to be and
to have, will describe objects/persons,
will sing some learnt songs.
REPETITION/
SYSTEMATIZATION

The T asks one of the Ss to draw a

picture of an unhappy person on the
board. [Unhappy Barry]
The T asks the Ss to give the unhappy
person a name and invent details of his
or her lifestyle: What does he/she do?
Where does he/she live? Is he/she
your friend/brother? How many
brothers or sisters has she/he got?
What is his/her favourite pet? etc.

REASONS FOR
ACTIVITIES/
MATERIALS
4

- to create a
pleasant
atmosphere and
to relax the Ss

TIME/
INTERACTION

- substitution
- observation
- repetition

- to introduce the
Ss to the topic of
the lesson

- to revise the
taught material
Cards with
words and
pictures

- to practice the
taught
vocabulary and
The T tries to elicit as many reasons as grammar
possible from the Ss to explain why
the person is unhappy. T can make
-to develop and
suggestions too and write down all the improve Ss
good ones on the board.
speaking skills
Starting from the face on the BB
[Unhappy Barry] the T tries to get
sentences for each of the following:
To be (e.g. because its Sunday
night; because he is ill; because he is
little; because his mother isnt at
home; because he is not a good

METHODS/
EVALUATION

- to elicit
information
about school,
family, furniture
items, animals

8
T- Ss
Ss- Ss

-explanation

2
T-Ss

-explanation

- exercise
- repetition

- oral

examination
- observation

-exercise
-explanation
-observation of
pictures

20
T- Ss
Ss- Ss

student; because of his bad mark;

because of his brother and so on )
Has got (e.g. hes got toothache;
hes got a dirty room; hes got a sick
cat; he has got a red bed/a pink room)
Being so upset, the Unhappy Face needs a
happy song. So the Ss will sing along two
joyful songs (at choice) and the mouth
line of the unhappy face will overturn.
4.

EVALUATION

Cards with
pictures, words
and sentences
-to sing
previously
learned songs

The T asks the Ss to fill in the

exercises of the handouts:
a) Complete with to be in the present
tense:
I ........ tall.
You ........ 10 years old.
We ........ little.
His cat.......... grey.
Her dog ........ black.

blackboard
handouts
notebooks

- to practice the
taught
vocabulary and
grammar

b) Put in have got or has got into the

gaps.

I . a nice room.

-exercise
-observation of
the picture

- to create feedback

The teddy bear is ....... the bed.

-exercise
- oral
examination

- to check if they
can pronounce
and use correctly
what theyve
been thought

She . a cat.
Jack a pet.
The sisters .great teachers.
He an old bike.
They .a goldfish.
Joe and Philip a sister.

c) Describe the picture using the place

prepositions: in, on or under:

-explanation

A4 paper,
coloured
pencils (not
necessarily)

15
T- Ss
Ss- Ss

The books are ...... the floor.

The toys are ........ the bed.
The boy is not ........ his room.
His notebooks are ........ the desk.
The T tries to elicit as many words as
possible from the Ss to describe the
picture using to have, to be and their
vocabulary

IN
We use in for an enclosed space:
in the garden - in the house - in London - in the water
in her bag - in a row - in a town
There is nobody in the room. She lives in a small village.
in the newspaper - in bed - in hospital - in prison - in the street in the sky - in an armchair (sit) - in a photograph - in a picture in a mirror - in the corner of a room - in the back / front of a car
- arrive in a country or town

ON
We use on for a surface:
on the wall - on the ceiling - on the floor - on a page on a cover
Have you seen the notice on the notice board?
on a farm - on the left - on
the right - on the ground
floor - on the first,
second,... floor - on the way
- on the chair (sit) - on the
radio - on television - on a
horse - on the corner of a
street - on the back / front
of a letter / piece of paper
etc.