LESSON PLAN

TEACHER: Maria Ionela Şupeală

GRADE: IIIrd (B)
NUMBER OF STUDENTS: 29
DATE: 22.05.2018
TIME: 50 min
TEXTBOOK: Fairyland 3B
UNIT/ TOPIC: Our world, Checkpoint Units 9-10
TYPE OF LESSON: Consolidation/Vocabulary and grammar/Teaching, learning
LESSON AIMS:
 to motivate Ss to talk about people having fun at two famous theme parks
 to consolidate the Present Tense Continuous forms and obtain feedback on individual pupils
 to monitor the pupils’ progress

LESSON OBJECTIVES: by the end of the lesson the students will be able to:
 name the activities people can do in famous theme parks
 read and write short sentences about the weather, clothes and animals using the Present Tense Continuous
 express what the weather is like

DIDACTIC STRATEGIES:

a)methods and skills:

 conversation, elicitation, exposition, explanation, individual, pair, group, whole class work, all skills.
b)materials and aids:
 the textbook, Ss’ notebooks, blackboard and chalk, handouts, tickets, CD player

ASSUMPTIONS: Students are already familiar with some words used for this topic
ANTICIPATED PROBLEMS: They may be noisy when working in pairs/groups

SOLUTIONS: Create a pleasant and warm atmosphere, provide explanations when necessary, encourage them to give answers
Warm-up
Activity 1
Aims:
 to create a pleasant atmosphere
 to gain students’ attention
PROCEDURE INTERAC- TIMING GROUPING SKILL
TION FOCUS
T greets and marks the absent Ss, if any.

T - Ss 2 min Whole class Speaking

Lead – in
Activity 2
Aims:
 to talk about people having fun at two famous theme parks
 to consolidate the Present Tense Continuous forms and obtain feedback on individual pupils

PROCEDURE INTERAC- TIMING GROUPING SKILL

TION FOCUS
 T writes ‘Disneyland’ and ‘Alton Towers’ on the board. Point to them and
explain/elicit what ‘theme park’ means. She asks the pupils if they
know/have heard of/have been to either of these two places. T - Ss 7 min Whole class
 T tells the pupils that Disneyland, Paris is in France and Alton Towers is in
England. Reading
 Ss listen and answer the teacher’s question.
 T writes a big 34 on the board and asks the pupils to open their books at
page thirty-four.
 Pupils open their textbooks at page 34.

 T asks the pupils to look at the pictures and say where they think these
people are, what they are doing and who they are with:
 -the girl is in Disneyland posing for a picture with Tigger (a character
from the Winnie the Pooh cartoon series)

-the four friends are at Alton Towers riding on the Log Ride.

 T refers the pupils to the two Present Continuous forms:

We’re riding on the Log Ride- (now )

I’m having breakfast with Tigger -(at the very moment of speaking)

She elicits/explains what these sentences mean by imitating the actions.

and asks the pupils to read and match the texts with the appropriate
sentence.
 Pupils read the texts and complete the task in their notebooks.

 T checks their answers and asks two pupils to read the completed texts out
loud.
1. B – I’m having breakfast with Tigger.
2 A – We’re riding on the Log Ride.
Speaking
This is me at Disnayland, Paris. I’m having breakfast with Tigger. My
mum is taking the picture.

This is me at Alton Towers with my friends. We’re riding on the Log

Ride. Can you see me? I’m wearing glasses.
Practicing already acquired vocabulary and grammar
Activity 3
Aims:
 to consolidate Present Tense Continuous to obtain feedback on individual pupils
 to raise interest in the listening activity
 to monitor the pupils’ progress

PROCEDURE INTERAC- TIMING GROUPING SKILL

TION FOCUS
T asks: What’s the weather like today? What are you wearing? What is your
favorite animal?
 Ss answer the teacher’s question: e.g: It’s hot and sunny. Individual
I’m wearing blue trousers and a red T-shirt. T - Ss 12 min Work Speaking
My favorite animal is the lion. Ss-T
Ss-Ss Pair Work Reading
 T asks the pupils to work on their own and solve exercise 1page 35.
She asks them to take a look at the images, read and match in their notebooks.
Whole class
 The pupils read the sentences (a-d) and match them to the pictures (1-4) in
their notebooks. a 4, b 2, c 1, d 3.
They check the answers by reading them aloud to the whole class.

 The teacher asks them to work in pairs and act out dialogues. They will have
to refers to the questions: What’s the weather like today? What are you
wearing? What is your favorite animal?
The pupils perform the role-plays.
The T prompts and corrects them when necessary.

 Then, they are told to look at the picture from ex. 2, read the sentences 1-4
and individually answer Yes or No to the questions.
Where the answer is No, she asks them what are the animals doing?
Pupils answer the questions : The elephants are playing with water.
The lion is sleeping.

Then the pupils are asked to have a look at ex 3, read the sentences and choose
the most appropriate response.
The pupils individually read the exercise and choose the correct variant.

While - listening
Activity 4
Aims:
 to listen for specific information
 to listen to confirm expectations
PROCEDURE INTERAC- TIMING GROUPING SKILL
TION FOCUS
 T gives them handouts from the Activity Book and tells the pupils
that now they will have some more practice. She asks them to read T - Ss 10 min Individual Listening
and then write on the board what’s the weather like? in each of the work Speaking
pictures presented. Pair work Writing
 The pupils go to the board and write down the correct answers.

 T explains Ss that they will listen, tick the box and check the
answers in pairs.

 T plays the recording twice.

 Ss listen, follow along and complete the task.

Post listening
Activity 4
Aims:
 to check the understanding of the listening exercise
 to practise pronunciation
PROCEDURE INTERAC- TIMING GROUPING SKILL
TION FOCUS
 T asks them “What’s Nick wearing? ”What’s the weather like?”,
“What’s Tom doing?” T - Ss 3 min Whole class Reading
 Ss come up with answers. Speaking
.

Post listening
Activity 5 Mime
Aims:
 to consolidate the Present Tense Continuous forms
 to practice talking about the weather, clothes and animals
PROCEDURE INTERAC- TIMING GROUPING SKILL
TION FOCUS
 T puts some tickets on the table and invites a pupil to take one and
mime the activity on it. The others will have to guess the mimed
activity. S–S 7 min Group work Speaking
One of them will come in front of the class, and mime some
situations from the ticket. For e.g: “It’s cold, I’m wearing my jacket
and my trousers.”
The other students try guess what’ s the weather like? What is he
wearing?
It’s cold. You’re wearing a jacket and trousers.
 T goes around the classroom monitoring the activity and making
sure that the Ss take turns.
Ss ask and answer questions and then report to the class.

Presentation and practice

Activity 6
Aims:
 to revise the present continuous (actions happening at the very moment of speaking)
 to practice by recognizing in context and expressing the present tense continuous forms
PROCEDURE INTERAC- TIMING GROUPING SKILL
TION FOCUS
 T asks pupils to solve exercise 6 on their handouts and compare their
answers in pairs.
They will have to look at the picture, read and then write yes or no. T – Ss 5 min Whole class Speaking

Where the answer is no, they will have to complete with the correct Ss - T Individual
action. work
“The girl is riding a horse.” “No. She is riding a bike.”
The pupils listen to the teacher’s instructions and solve the task.
They compare their answers in pairs.
Evaluation
PROCEDURE INTERAC- TIMING GROUPING SKILL
TION FOCUS
Teacher sums up the lesson and evaluates students’ work by giving T - Ss 2 min Whole class Speaking
grades to those that were really active and pluses to those that were less
active.

Assigning homework

PROCEDURE INTERAC- TIMING GROUPING SKILL

TION FOCUS
T asks the Ss to do ex.2/p.34 and ex. 1, 2,3 /p.72 from the Activity book. T – Ss 2 min Whole class