LESSON PLAN

Lesson plan no: 06

DATE: TIME: SCHOOL: CLASS:

TEACHER:
ANEL KOVACEVIC

Class profile: Intermediate , age 17

Teaching unit : Popular culture: She's Leaving Home by The Beatles

Type of lesson : Presentation/practice, skills work

Aims and objectives : To develop reading/listening skills, to practice writing skills

Teaching methods : Brainstorming, reading/listening

Class management : whole class, individual work, pair work, group work

Teaching aids, materials

and equipment : students book, board, chalk, class CD
Sources: Gateway B1+ Students' Book; Workbook; Teacher's Book

Contingency plan: Short of time: Omit activity 9

Plenty of time: Play another Beatles song like Love me Do, Yesterday, Let it Be etc. and discuss it with the class. *This
activity will take some extra time to prepare but it will be very useful for the students.
 STAGES

Aims and Class organization procedures and activities Teaching Possible problems

TIMING
objectives aids and and solutions
materials
partIntroductory

To revise some Greet the students and revise some facts about the UK that were mentioned during the SB If students do not know
facts about the previous lesson. Ask them what they know about The Beatles. anything about the
UK and learn Beatles, provide some
some facts about Ask students to open their SBs on p. 11 and direct their attention to the Inside Information box information or direct 10
the Beatles about The Beatles. them to read Inside min
Information immediately.
1 Students read the task. Play the CD for students to listen to the song from the album and put
To introduce the
Main part

the pictures in the correct order. If some students have

topic and problems with
practise listening 2 Play the CD again for students to read the words and decide who says the parts of the song in understanding the song,
skills italics. encourage them to use
3 Word booster dictionaries, or write
Students match the words and definitions before they do the writing activities. Elicit answers unfamiliar words on the
To practice board. 30
writing skills
from students around the class. Write the words with their translations on the board if SB, board, min
necessary. class CD
4 Students imagine they are the daughter and write a letter to their parents before they leave
home.
5 Students now imagine they are the parents and write a reply to their daughters letter.
To discuss types
of music they 6 What about you?
like In small groups or pairs, students discuss if they know any Beatles songs. They say if they like
them or not and give reasons why or why not. Direct their attention to the example dialogue.
They then discuss what type of music they like.
partFinal

Ask students to revise most interesting facts about The Beatles and their
Shortly revise
presented topic music. 5 min
Set homework: Ask students to write a short text (similar to Inside
information in SB on p 11) about their favourite musician/singer/band.