LESSON PLAN

& EVALUATION

Date: 15.08.2009 Teacher: Tunde Gal

Class: Intermediate Nr. of Students: 7
Duration: 1.50 Topic: Kids

Aims: Develop students understanding and recognition of relative clauses and the past time
using "used to" and "would".
Parctice of the kind of language we use to talk about childhood and memories.
Enrich students' vocabulary related to education and childhood.

Learning Objectives: After sharing a class discussion, group discussion/pair work discussion
and solving quizzes, exercises students will be able to recognize relative clauses and use them
properly in context in order to describe the world around them and also they will be able to talk
about past habits using the constructions "used to" and "would"

Possible Problems: vocabulary problems, listening comprehension problems, students don't

like writing so they might feel uncomfortable when we do writing exercises, when they have to
think of a past event some students migth feel bad because it is possible that they remember a
sad event.

Equipment Required: handouts, paper and pen, blackboard, cd/cassette player

Assessment Opportunities: worksheets, cooperative learning activities, small group/partner

oral discussions, question-and-answer sessions
 LESSON STRUCTURE
ACTIVITY FOCUS
(key teaching points / assessment criteria)
Speaking-A short activity to
introduce the theme of our lesson,
to get students "warmed-up" and
ready to learn.It is a question-and-
answer session.This game is
Warmer
called "The first" and it is good for
introducing 'that' in relative
clauses
Asking questions to obtain
personal and factual information
Main Part
1. Writing/Speaking
Give a short description and make
comparisons
Using relative clauses when
describing a person
2. Listening- Listen for
detail/description in narratives and
explanations
3. Writing-Looking at the grammar
of defining relative
clauses/Recognizing relative
clauses/ask students to give rules
for the constructions
Use basic sentence grammar
accurately
4. Game- (Definition auction)-
Use knowledge of syntax and
grammar to work out meaning and
confirm understanding)
STRATEGY TIME
Students ask each other
questions like "What was the frist
thing you did this morning?",
"What was the first thing you saw 15
this morning?", "Who was the first
person you met this week/last
year?"
Each student notes down the
names of any children they know
(babies, toddlers, young children,
teenagers) and they tell their
partner about them, then in 2 20
groups they discuss and list the
qualities of a good child and the
qualities of a good parent.
Students listen to children defining
5 things and they have to guess
from a previously given list what
15
the children are defining and in
what order.
pair work-students are given
worksheets with 3 exercises they
solve with their partner (underline
the relative clauses in a sentence,
complete the jokes and
sentences, cross out the relative
pronouns which are optional) 20
discussion-Students work out the
rules (we use "who" for people,
"which" for things and "that" for
either; when can we omitt relative
pronouns)
group work- Students have to
15
decide on true or false definitions
ACTIVITY FOCUS
(key teaching points / assessment criteria)
5. Reading- introducing past time
with "used to" and would"
Predicting meaning from
illustration, scan parts of text to
Main Part
locate information
use a variety of reading strategies
and help to understand a range or
unknown words
6. Reading/Listening- Narrate
(continued) events in the past, listen for detail
in narratives
1. Checking understanding of
Conclusion
relative clauses
2. Checking understanding of
"used to" and "would"
3. closing up memory game
Students work and revise at home
Homework what we have learnt during the
lesson
STRATEGY TIME
individual work-students read a
story "First Memory The bicycle"
written by Roald Dahl and find 4 10
differences between the picture
and the extract
individual work-students listen and
read to another story by Roald
Dahl "The Great Mouse Plot" and
they have to answer the question:
What was wrong with the sweet
shop? and to identify used to
+verb and would+verb; with the
help of students we form the rules
20
for used to and would (regular
repeated actions in the past,
situations)
Students listen to the end of the
story and they answer the
question: Why do the boys hate
Mrs. Pratchett?)
games-students are given
handouts with sentences (e.g
shoe size is the same as yours)
and their task is to find people in
the class who have things in
15
common with them and write
down their names next to the
sentence/ everyone gives a
definition of a word and the others
have to guess what that word is
We listen to each other telling a
special event from our childhood 10
students close their eyes and
think of their past, about
something nice, funny and they
5
keep it till the following session
when they will share with their
partner
Students are given handouts with
sentences and they have to
complete the sentences which are
true for them using where, when 5
and whose/ Answer the question:
What did you use to do when you
were 7 years old?
 LESSON EVALUATION

What happened, compared with what was planned?

Problems with timing, we can't always finish the lesson we planned. Students might ask extra
questions or they don't understand something and we must stop and take some time for
explaining.

What aspects of the lesson were successful?

The interactive games, students usually like when they are involved in discussing all points
together with the teacher.

What aspects were not successful?

Probably some students are sensible when speaking about the past.

How might the lesson be changed next time?

Involving more exciting exercises.