Lesson plan

Teacher’s name: Drăgușanu Ana

School:Școala Gimnazială Borlești
Date: the 22nd of March 2016
Book: Snapshot Elementary
Grade: 6th grade
Level: Pre-intermediate
Number of students: 19
Unit: You should not move it
Lesson: Verbs should/ ought to/ had better
Time allowed: 50 minutes
Type of lesson: grammar practice (giving advice- should, ought to, had better);
Approach: communicative;
Aims:
 To give students practice in the use of should/ought to and had better;
 To provide opportunities for the practice of should, ought to and had better (in speaking, reading, writing);
 To create the appropriate atmosphere for lowering anxiety;
Objectives: By the end of the lesson, the students will be able to:
 Use should/ought to and had better appropriately;
 Solve activities related to the grammar topic(should/ought to or had better);
 Construct sentences of their own, using should/ought to or had better;
  Create a book of their own using the grammar issue taught.

Materials used: handouts, colored pieces of chalk, colored pieces of paper;

Skills: integrated skills;
Types of interaction:
 Teacher-whole class
 Teacher- Student
 Student- Student
 Student-Teacher
Class management:
 whole class
 individually
 group work activity
 PROCEDURE

Nr. Stages Teacher`s activity Students` activity Skills Interactio Time

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1. Warm up T. greets students and check Students answer and check their Speaking
homework. homework. Writing
T. begins the new lesson with some T-S 10`
introductory conversation. S-T
Teacher writes on the blackboard the Students will answer the teacher’s
following sentence: questions.
If it rains, you should:
a. wear a T-shirt
b. eat an apple
c. use an umbrella
T. asks the students what is the best
advice.
T. announces the new lesson and the
objectives. Students write down in their notebooks.

2. Presentation T. explains to the students that when Speaking

giving advice they use: Writing
S+ should + verb (short inf.) T-S 10’
Should +S + verb Students will participate in the
S+ shouldn”t +verb development of the lesson by
T. tells the students that other ways of answering questions, by supplying
expressing advice are ought to and correct answers.
had better.
Ex. You should read the lesson.
You ought to read the lesson.
You”d better read the lesson.
T. tells the students to give another
 examples using another verbs.
T. asks the students which they think
is stronger advice.

Teacher presents some role cards.

Each role card has a problem Reading T-S 5’
presented and students are invited to Speaking S-T
Communication find solutions for those problems Writing
3 practice activity mentioned. Students will read the role cards, one by
Teacher glues the problems and the one, and will find possible solutions,
students’ answers on a colored piece using should/ought to or had better.
of paper.
See appendix 1.
4. Grammar practice T. asks the learners to give advice in Students will work in pairs to solve Reading T-S 5’
one specific situation: those exercises. S-T
a. Read the texts and fill in the blanks Writing
with the correct form of should Speaking T-S
(should/ shouldn’t): Appendix 2 S-T
Tom likes eating healthy and cooking.
He just cut his finger while cutting
vegetables for dinner. He ……………
go to see a doctor quickly. He
…………… drive to the hospital.
Probably I …………… call an
ambulance. Or ……………. I just call
a taxi? We …………… hurry.
5. Production T. tells the students to imagine they Students work in pairs to give advice Speaking 10’
activity are doctors. for each situation. Writing
They are giving advice to someone
who wants to lose weight using: You
should…/ You shouldn’t…
This is a Power Point activity.
6. Free-grammar Teacher gives the students individual The students work individually. Speaking T-S 5’
practice work. They have to complete the Writing
sentences with the correct words in
order to give advice.
7. Evaluation Teacher will evaluate their activity Students will evaluate themselves and T-S 5’
based on the participation in the will also evaluate their colleagues.
S-T
classroom.

T. gives homework 11 and 12 p.79.

Appendix 1

Problem Cards

I love chocolate! I eat it for breakfast, lunch and dinner.

I love TV! I can’t stop watching it. Yesterday I watched TV for 12 hours!

It’s 9 pm and I haven’t done my homework and my teacher will be very unhappy.

I have a headache.

I want a new mobile phone but I don’t have enough money.

I really want to go out with my friends to a concert but my mum and dad say “No”.
Appendix 2

1. Read the texts and fill in the blanks with the correct form of should (should/ shouldn’t):

a. Tom likes eating healthy and cooking. He just cut his finger while cutting vegetables for dinner. He ……………
go to see a doctor quickly. He …………… drive to the hospital. Probably I …………… call an ambulance.
Or……………. I just call a taxi? We …………… hurry.

b. 1. Listen to that music! Our neighbors .......................... play music that loud at this hour.

2. If your tooth is still hurting you tomorrow, you .............................. go to the dentist's.

3. Cathy ........................................ keep ringing her ex-boyfriend. I think he is with another girl now.

4. Before going to Madrid for your holidays, you ...................... try and learn something of the language. You will
enjoy things a lot more.

5. You ..................................... always knock on the door before entering. This is a private office.
 Individual work

1. We bring something to Kate's party. I'll feel really embarrassed otherwise.

2. That model on the TV is too skinny. She eat more, I think!

3. Lizzie ask Bryan to help her with her studies. He did the same course last year.

4. Pregnant women smoke as it can damage the baby.

5. We leave too late tomorrow if we want to reach the beach before lunch

Individual work

1. We bring something to Kate's party. I'll feel really embarrassed otherwise.

2. That model on the TV is too skinny. She eat more, I think!

3. Lizzie ask Bryan to help her with her studies. He did the same course last year.

4. Pregnant women smoke as it can damage the baby.

5. We leave too late tomorrow if we want to reach the beach before lunch