Lesson plan

Teacher: Lupu Alexandru

School: Scoala Gimnaziala Nr. 1 Toflea
Date: 13th May 2014
Grade: 7th
Number of students: 20
Level: Pre-intermediate (L2)
Unit 18: The birds
Type of lesson: Teaching vocabulary
Skills: speaking, writing, reading, listening
Methods: conversation, explanation
Classroom interaction: individual work, group-work
Teaching aids: blackboard, chalk, cards, laptop, video projector, SB
Students book: Snapshot Pre-intermediate, Longman
Time: 50 minutes
Competences:

Scanning a text;

Producing simple utterances about persons, facts, events;

Integrating the new vocabulary in the Ss own examples.

Aims:
The students will learn:

new vocabulary about books and films;

extract specific information from a text;

to express their own opinions on a certain topic.

to be confident in themselves when speaking a foreign language;

Objectives:
By the end of the lesson, the Ss will be able to:

talk about books and films;

find certain pieces of information in a text;

correct some given sentences;

offer ideas for an ending to the short story;

Evaluation: - continuous - through activities, observation, error correction

- final - through feed-back
Stage of lesson/

Teachers activity

Students activity

Interaction

Skills and

Materials used

Aims

T Ss

methods
- conversation

- blackboard

-to assure the

Timing
1.

Teacher enters the classroom, greets The students greet the

Organizational

the students, and then T asks if teacher and tell the

introductive part

moment / 2

there are any absentees. Then T absentees if there are any.

of the lesson.

min.

asks one of the Ss to write the date A student writes the date
on the blackboard.

on the blackboard and the

others open their
notebooks and write the
date.

2.

T tells the Ss that today they are

The Ss pay attention to

Warm up /5

going to discuss about a new topic

what the T says.

min

and to move on to another unit in

T Ss

- explanation

- the laptop

- to assure the

- the video

transition

projector

the students book.

between the
Organizational

T tells the Ss to pay attention to the

Ss alone

video document, which they will

- watching&
listening

watch.

- the web site

Moment and the

http://www.movie4 Introduction of
k.to/The-Birds-

the New Topic

watch-movie857469.html
3.

T asks the Ss some questions about

The Ss ask the T questions.

T Ss

- explanation

- blackboard

Introduction of

the video they have just watched,

The Ss write the title of the

about the topic

the new topic /

and tells them what the topic of the

lesson in their notebooks.

they are going

7 min

lesson is. T asks the students to

- chalk

- to inform Ss

to learn.

open their books at page 104 and

writes on the blackboard the title of
the lesson: The Birds. Then T
asks a student to read the

The student reads the

information on page 105 about

information on page 105.

Ss alone

-reading

-SB

T Ss

-speaking
- reading

- SB

4.

Daphne du Mauriers short story.

The T tells the Ss to look at

Ss have a quick look at

Using the new

exercise 1a,b/104 and then silently

exercise 1a,b/104 and then

vocabulary / 15

read the extract on page 105.

silently read the extract on

- to facilitate the

page 105.

acquisition

min

the
3

of
new

Then, in groups, Ss will have to

Ss discuss with their pair

vocabulary.

find words or expressions in the

mate.

text that mean the same as the ones

One student from each

presented there (ex. 1a) and to

group gives the correct

express their

correct the sentences (ex. 1b).

answer on the blackboard.

opinion.

Group

- writing

work

-conversation

- Ss notebooks
- to make Ss

The other Ss write in their

5.

T gives every group a piece of

notebooks.
Ss answer the questions

Feed back

paper with a few questions on it,

and express their own

and discussion /

which the Ss will have to answer,

opinions.

17 min

giving their own opinions

Group

-conversation

-cards with

- to consolidate

work

- speaking

questions

and use the new

- writing

acquired
vocabulary

T asks the students in groups to

think of an ending for the short
story and write a final paragraph of

Group -

-conversation

work

-speaking

T Ss

-writing
- writing

- notebooks

6.

no more than 3-4 lines.

T asks the Ss to bring

Ss write the homework in

Homework /

information about birds to

their notebooks and ask for

and use the new

2 min

class. At the beginning of the

further information.

acquired

next class T puts a large piece

of paper on the wall and then
gets Ss to attach their
information to the piece of
paper to make a wall display.

- notebooks

-to consolidate

vocabulary

7. Evaluation /
2 min

T appreciates Ss` activity both The Ss also say Goodverbally - praising the activity of
bye to the teacher.
the Ss - and also by giving marks.
Then the teacher says Good-bye
and leaves the classroom.

T Ss

-to increase Ss`

self-confidence
and encourage
them in their
study
of
English.

Appendix
1. Look at the picture on the cover of the book. Discuss:
Do you think that this is a good cover for the book? Why or why not? What do you like about the cover? Why do you like it? What dont
you like about the cover? Why dont you like it?

2. Predict what will happen to Nat and his family.

Will they be attacked by the birds again? Will they stay in their home? Will they run away?

3. Discuss the following questions:

Have you read any other stories that dont have a happy ending? If so, which ones?
Do you like stories that dont have a happy ending? Why or why not?

4. Discuss the following questions:

What do you think happens to Nat and his family in the future? Do you think they will ever be saved? Why do you think this?

5. Discuss:
How are the birds in the story different from birds in real life?