Lesson plan

School: Sc. Gimnaziala "Mihai Eminescu" Radauti

Teacher: Hij Florentina Elena
Date: the 13th of May
Level: VII th grade- intermediate
Book: High Flyer, Longman
Lesson: Do the right thing
Type of lesson: mixed
Time allowed: 50 minutes

Lesson objectives:

to use students background information and encourage them to express

their point of view
to enable students to make suggestions/ give advice using the modals should
and ought to
to develop students ability to listen for specific information on a recording
to check the understanding of a written text and expand their knowledge
to improve their vocabulary
Skills: reading, listening, speaking, writing.
Materials: textbook, handouts, blackboard, laptop, video projector,
Power Point presentation, tape, cassette player
Classroom interactions: Whole class, Individual work, Pair work

Activity 1: Warm up

Aims: - to break the ice and to revise the information acquired in the
previous lesson (phrasal verbs)
- to check the homework and to introduce the new topic
Procedure:
the T prepared some questions written on notes, which she
distributes among children, randomly, and the Ss pick a partner and
ask them the question, which they have to answer
the T checks their homework and corrects potential mistakes
Interaction: T-Ss, S-S, Ss-T
Skills: speaking
Time: 5 minutes
Activity 2: Grammar focus
Aims: - to introduce the the modal verbs should/ ought to as a
means of expressing recommendations, suggestions or of
giving advice
- to encourage ss to use them in everyday speech
Procedure:
the T plays for the ss a power point presentation outlining the main
characteristics of modals should and ought to and the
meanings/values they invest the main verb with in a sentence
the T then offers her ss some examples on the blackboard and invites
them to write them down in their notebooks
the T gives students some practice on a worksheet; in ex I they have
to complete some sentences with the present and past forms of the
modal verbs including the verb in brackets
in ex. II they are supposed to rephrase some sentences using
should + the appropriate expression
ss share their answers with the class and the T corrects potential
mistakes

 the T plays a series of slides on the computer and she asks her ss to
offer suggestions/ advice according to each situation in the picture;
the students take turns expressing their opinions
Interaction: T-Ss, Ss-T, S-T
Skills: reading, speaking, writing, listening
Time: 20 minutes
Activity 3: Listening comprehension
Aims: - to check the understanding of information delivered by native
speakers on a tape
- to practise and improve listening skills and pronunciation
Procedure:
the T plays a tape containing 3 dialogues, each one revealing a
different situation and they have to listen to all of them and then
decide what each protagonist did wrong. (ex. 9/ 79)
the T checks their answers frontally
Interaction: T-Ss, S-S, S-T
Skills: listening, writing, reading
Time: 10 minutes
Activity 4: Reading comprehension
Aims: - to check the comprehension of a written text
- to encourage the ss to share their point of view
Procedure:
the T invites the ss to read the new episode from The Flood, taking
turns
the T elicits the translation of the unknown words, writing them on
the blb

 to expand their knowledge acquired in the reading, ss are supposed to

give answers to the 5 questions at the end of the text
the T helps them formulate their opinions and corrects potential
mistakes
Interaction: T-Ss, Ss-T
Skills: reading, listening, speaking
Time: 10 minutes
Activity 5: Evaluation and setting the homework
Aims: - to consolidate the newly-acquired vocabulary and grammar
structures
- to improve writing skills
Procedure:
the T gives the ss a worksheet with an exercise which assesses their
cognitive learning
ss mark their options on the paper and then the teacher checks their
answers, offering feedback and then she gives them the solutions on
a ppt slide
the T gives them the assignment: they are supposed to work ex. 6 on
page 79
Interaction: T-Ss, Ss-T
Skills: reading, writing
Time: 5 minutes