Lesson Plan

Teachers name: Doroftei Andreea- Dumitria

School: coala Gimnazial Doctor Partenie Ciopron Pltini
Level: Beginners
Time: 50 minutes
Textbook: Fairyland 1A, Pupils Book
Type of lesson: Lesson of reinforcement
Date: The 12th of November 2015
Topic: My schoolbag! Lesson 4
Vocabulary: related to playground games in the UK/ Cuba
Skills: Listening and Speaking
Techniques: conversation, observation, discovery and discussion, dialogues, explanation, exercise, games.

Resources: books, handouts, blackboard, audio-visual materials, pictures.

Interaction: T-S, S-S, pair work, group work,
Anticipated problems: The Ss may not understand some oral commands or tasks; if this happens, they will be
translated into Romanian
Aims:
- To develop speaking and listening skills;
- To introduce new vocabulary related to playground games;
- To encourage students to learn the English language through dialogues, games;
- To give students more practice on pronunciation and vocabulary;
- To stimulate students imagination.

Stages of the lesson

Stage
of lesson

The teachers

The students

activity

activity

Interactio

Skills

Objectives

Timin
g

The teacher welcomes her

1.Activity class by saying Hello! to

1
Warm-up

~To check the

each pupil and eliciting the

The pupils answer the

same response.

teachers questions and

The teacher asks the pupils

present their drawings.

previous knowledge.
Speaking
T-S

~To prepare the

children for the new

to present the drawings they

lesson.

2 min.

made in the previous lesson.

The teacher asks the pupils,
in L1 if necessary, what

2.
Activity 2
Lead in

games they usually play at

T-S

school during the break.

The pupils listen and answer

Explains to them that today

the teachers questions.

they are going to learn

about popular playground

Speaking

~To practice the new

vocabulary.

10 min.

games in the UK and Cuba

and talk about playground
games in their country.
The teacher points to the
British flag and says: UK.

3.Activity
3

Repeats the same procedure

~To practice listening

T-S

Speaking

skills;

with the flag of Cuba. She

~To practice the new

points to the pictures and

vocabulary.

Speaking asks the pupils if they know

1
the games. Points to the first The pupils enjoy the game.
picture and says: Tug of
war. Explains the game if
they do not know it. (Two
parallel lines are drawn or
painted on the grass. The
rope is laid perpendicular
to these lines. A cloth flag is
tied to the middle of the
rope. The two teams
position themselves along
the rope on either side of
one of the lines. The referee

5 min.

makes certain the flag is

positioned precisely midway between the two lines.
On his own command, he
releases the flag and shouts,
Go! Both teams then pull
on their end of the rope.
The aim is to pull the flag
over the team's goal line.)
The teacher plays the

4.Activity recording.
The teacher explains the

4
Listening
1

~ To practice
The pupils listen to the chant

T-S

and sing.

pronunciation;
~To develop listening
skills;

game. Two pupils stand in

the middle and clap hands

Listening

3 min.

The pupils enjoy the game.

together and then clap their

partners hands forming an
archway. The rest of the
class passes under the
archway as they chant.
The teacher asks for a
volunteer to come and point

5.

Activity to the first picture on the

The pupils say the dialogue.

T-S

~ To practice
pronunciation;

10 min.

5
Speaking
2

poster. Encourages him/her

S-S

to say the dialogue. Asks the

Speaking

~To develop speaking

skills;

rest of the class for

verification. Repeats with
different pupils for the rest

6.

Activity

6
Speaking
3

of the story.
The teacher pins up five of

The pupils draw their own

the six flashcards on the

school and take turn in

board. Writes a number 1-5

presenting it.

below each one. Allows the

S-S

pupils some time to look at

the school objects carefully
and memorise their place on

The students memorise the

the board before they close

flashcards and enjoy the game.

their eyes.
Then, flips the flashcards
over so they face the board.
The teacher divides the
class into two teams, A and
B. Says a number. Asks a
pupil from Team A to tell
you which school object

~ To practice
pronunciation;

15 min.

corresponds to that number.

Flips the card over and ask
the rest of the class for
verification. If the pupil
finds the correct item, Team
A gets one point. If not, the
point goes to Team B.
The teacher writes the
7.

Activity numbers 1 to 5 on separate

7
slips of paper. Hands out the The pupils do the task.
Feed-back
slips to five pupils at

random. Invites the pupils

to come to the front and tell
them to arrange themselves
in a line from 1 to 5,
depending on the number
they are holding. Then asks
the whole class to count
from 1 to 5.

T-S
S-S

~ To consolidate
pupils language of the 5 min.
lesson.