Lesson Plan

Subject: English
Form: X th
Date: 04.11.15
Teacher: Creciun Lilia
School: ,,Alexandru cel Bun Theoretical Lyceum
Topic: Valuing friendship
Type of lesson: mixed (fixation knowledge)
Specific Competences & Sub-Competences:
2.4; 2.1; 3.4; 3.5; 3.3; 1.1; 1.2; 1.5; 4.3.

Operational Objectives :
to practice talking friends and friendship
to practice the new vocabulary
to practice reading and translating for general and specific information
to practice commenting proverbs
to practice writing poems
to practice listening/speaking about friendship
to practice writing the definition of the word Friendship
Resources (materials used):
Textbooks, copybooks, posters, worksheets with different activities, photos, glue, scissors.
Strategies:
1. Methods:
Communicative, Competency-based, Reading/ Translation.
2. Techniques:
Brainstorming, crossword, games, exercises.
3. Forms of activities:
Group work, individual work, whole class work
Time of lesson: 45 minutes

STAGES

TEACHERS ACTIVITY

STUDENTS
ACTIVITY

EVOCATION
Warm up

T enters the
classroom, greets the
Ss, and asks them
how they are, if there
are any Ss missing.
T remembers the
homework and checks
it.

Ss greet the T
with a short
poem &
answer the Ts
questions.
Some Ss read
their
homework.

T Ss

T. encourages Ss to
watch a power Point
presentation and
guess the title of the
lesson.
T writes on the
blackboard the title of
the lesson: Valuing
friendship
T. refers the Ss to the
title of the lesson and
has them predict what
they will learn about
in this lesson.
-T. directs Ss to the
motto of the lesson,
has them read it, and
explain

Ss guess the
title of the
lesson.

T Ss

Ss open their
notebooks and
write down the
title of the
lesson.

T Ss

Ss speak about
the motto of
the lesson.

T Ss

Checking
the
Homework
Motivation
for the new
lesson
Activity 1
Activity 2

REALIZATIO
N OF
MEANING
Practice
Activity 3

INTERA
CTION

Ss - T
T Ss
Ss - T

SKILLS

RESOURCE
Materials

speaking
-listening

Ss - T

STRATEGIES
Methods,
techniques,
forms of
activities

-to create a
relaxed
atmosphere
for the
lesson
-to check the
homework
-to correct
the mistakes

Whole class
work

Whole class
work

TIME

1 min

speaking
-reading

Textbooks,
Copybooks.

speaking

Power Point
Presentation

-to guess the

title of the
lesson

Communicativ
e Method
Whole class
work

3 min

speaking
-reading
-writing

Copybooks

-to present
the new
topic
-to find out
more
information
on the topic

Whole class
work

2 min

speaking

Board

- to practice
giving
opinions and
supporting
them

Brainstorming

3 min

Ss T

Ss - T

PURPOSE

4 min

Practice
Activity 4

REFLECTION
Practice
Activity 5

T. introduces the new

vocabulary, and
encourages Ss to
pronounce them
chorally and
individually:
Devoted devotat
Kind-hearted bun
la inima
To be in trouble to
have problems; to
have difficulties
To smite from ear
to ear to give a
wide smile
To take pains to do
something to make
a great effort
To feel proud of to
feel pride or dignity
-T. says:
1) Im sure that all of you
have friends. Maybe they
are your classmates, your
neighbours
What is a true / best friend
like?
A True Friend is / must be
the most kind-hearted,
cheerful, responsible, loyal,
honest, sociable, intelligent,
helpful, generous, reliable.

2) And where do people

usually make friends?
Usually we make friends
in the kindergarten, in the
holiday camp, at work, in an
airport, by using a computer,

Ss pronounce
the words
chorally and
individually.

T Ss
Ss - Ss

-reading
pronounc
ing

Textbook
Board
Vocabularie
s

-to practice
the new
vocabulary

Ss answer
questions

T-Ss

speaking
-reading

Textbooks
Board

-to practice
giving
opinions,
justifying the
answer.
-to practice
asking/answ
ering
questions

Ss-Ss

Whole class
work

6 min

5 min
Class work

at the disco, while studying, in

a car park, in the sports centre,
in the yard.

Practice
Activity 6

Practice
Activity 7
Listening

T. encourages Ss to
give the definition of
the word friendship,
than the T. gives them
the definition from the
dictionary.
Now Id like you to listen to
a very popular song. And
lets be back to the song. Do
you know who performed it?
Who is the leader of the
group?
- (Presentation slide 2)
Listen to the song and fill in
the gaps. So start. (listening
to the song).
Friends will be friends,
When you're in need of (1)
they give you (2) and (3),
Friends will be friends,
When you're through with life
and all (4) is lost,
Hold out your (5) cos
friends will be friends right till
the end.

The words:
1.Love
2.Care
3.Attention
4.Hope
5.Hand

-Ss define the

word
friendship,
than note the
definition from
the dictionary
Ss listen to the
song and fill in
the gaps the
missing words.

T Ss
Ss - T

T Ss
Ss -T

speaking
-reading
-writing

Textbooks
Copybooks

-listening
-writing
speaking

PPT

-to practice
giving
definitions
-to practice
finding the
correct word.
-to practice
listening,
filling in the
gaps and
speaking

Group work

3 min

Individual
work

5 min

Practice
Activity 8

EXTENSION
Feed-Back
Activity 9

Listening
+Video

Evaluation
Assigning
Homework

Now I have creative tasks

for you. You are divided
into 5 in groups. (give them
3-5 minutes to prepare)
1st group make up a poem
about friendship.
2nd group comment on a
proverb about friendship
3rd group make up a short
dialogue showing a real
friendship.
4th group draw our own
symbol of friendship
expressing your feelings
ideas about friends
5th group represent a
sculpture that denote
friendship, explaining it.
You are going to watch a
short story about friendship.
Try to understand it and
answer the question
whether this typical of you
and your friends. (Video
from the Internet)
After watching the film:
Well, is it typical of you or
not? How often do you help
your friends? What is the
message of this story?

Ss perform the
tasks and the
leader of each
group present
it.

T-Ss

Ss answer the
questions

T Ss

T evaluates the Ss,

gives marks &
comments them.
T gives the Ss the
homework:
-study the new words

Ss listen to the
teacher.

T - Ss

Ss write down
their
homework.

T - Ss

Ss-T

Ss - T

-writing
-reading
speaking

Worksheets

-to practice
writing
poems
To practice
commenting
on a proverb
-to practice
making up
dialogues
and role play
it

Group work.

7 min

watching
discussin
g

Short film

- to fix the
knowledge
- to practice
talking
about
friendship

Individual
work

4 min

Register,
Record
books
Record
books

-to evaluate
the students

1 min

-to write the

homework

1 min

-writing

- At home you are to write a

composition My best
friend
(Students write a
composition using models
prepared in advance
My best friend is
We made friends
My close friend gives me a
helping hand when I
We usually / often
My best friend always
He / she never)