LESSON PLAN

School:………………………………….

Teacher : …………………………….

Grade: 9th Form

Students’ Level: Intermediate

No. of students: 30

Time: 50 minutes

Date:

Title of the activity: “What is Love?”

Skills covered: All skills

Aims :

- to create expectations, interest and involvement in the topic of the lesson;

- to express personal opinions about the topic and identify different types of attitudes towards love;

- to practise reading, error-correction and creative translation skills;

- to express agreement/disagreement and giving arguments /examples to support personal views;

Anticipated problems:

- some students may not understand some words;

- some students may need extra-explanations and help;

Aids: projector, handouts, presentation, blackboard.

Procedure :

1. Warm up - to create expectations about the topic, prepare and introduce the students into the atmosphere of the lesson: the teacher
informs the students that they are going to have a lesson about a secret … topic and they will have to guess it. Then the Ss are given
some hints until they guess the topic: the lesson is going to be about “something which gives you butterflies in your stomach / a strong
feeling of deep affection for someone or something/ an affectionate or tender devotion to a person or thing” etc.

The T writes the title of the lesson , “Love”, on the blackboard, then draws a spidergram and asks the Ss to give examples of persons or
things for which we can feel or show love. The T completes the spidergram with the students’ answers: e.g. love for…a pet/ a family
member/ a teacher/ music/ a celebrity/ chocolate/ the internet/ computer games etc and asks them to name different ways in which they
can show what they feel for each of the persons they have just mentioned. For example…how do they show their love for their mothers?
Interaction: T>S; Timing : 8 mins

2. Individual work: “What do you think about being in love? “ – to practise giving opinions

The T tells the Ss that even if we all watch romantic movies and listen to songs about love, about being in love, each of us has a personal
point of view about being in love and an individual perception of love. The Ss are asked to work individually and complete the definition
“Being in love…” with their own personal points of view. Then the T collects and reads the students’ definitions and concludes that, in
general terms, there are three main attitudes to love: romantic, cynical and realistic. The T explains the meanings of the three words:

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cynical - someone who believes that people are motivated only by selfish reasons, they don’t care if they hurt others with their actions
etc

romantic - a very imaginative and emotional person

realistic -someone who sees things as they are in real life, who is sensible and appropriate.

Interaction: T>S; S>S; Timing : 10 mins

3. Group work: Reading Comprehension and discussion: “Battlefield or bed of roses?”

The Ss receive a copy of the handout “Battlefield or bed of roses?” and are asked to read the 16 statements silently, inside each group,
and write which category – cynical, romantic or realistic- each of the 16 definitions belongs to. Then, each statement is read aloud, the
students compare their results, notice and discuss the differences. The T gives explanations and feedback if necessary.

Interaction: T>S; S>S; Timing : 15 mins

4. Pair work: “Love is…” (a set of English quotations) - to practise error correction, translating, agreeing /disagreeing and giving
reasons:

The T provides the Ss with a list of ten quotations about love and asks them to correct 5 of them which contain a mistake, then to
translate all the quotations into Romanian, making all the necessary adaptations. Then, working in pairs, the Ss are expected to express
agreement or disagreement about one of the 10 quotations and give arguments and examples to support their points of view.

1. Love is blind.

2. It takes no time to fall in love but it takes you years to know what love is. (Jason Mraz)

3. When you love someone, it means nothing; when you are loved, it means something; when you are loved by the one you love, it
means everything.

4. Love is a single soul living in two bodies. (Aristotle)

5. Love is a better teacher than duty. (Albert Einstein)

6. Love is like war: easy to begin but very hard to stop. (H. L. Mencken)

7. The best proof of love is trust. (Joyce Brothers)

8. Love is being stupid together. (Paul Valery)

9. Love conquers all.

10. Love at first sight doesn’t exist.

Interaction: T>S; S>S; Timing : 15 mins

5. Assigning homework:

At home, the Ss will have to comment upon their favourite quotation/love poem.

Interaction: T>S; Timing : 2 mins

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What is love?
1. Complete the following sentence to
give your personal definition
for being in love:

Being in love………………………………
…………………………………………………..
…………………………………………………
………………………………………………
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 2. There are three main attitudes to love:
romantic, cynical and realistic.
• Cynical - someone who believes that
people are motivated only by selfish
reasons and they don’t care if they hurt
others with their actions;
• Romantic - a very imaginative and
emotional person;
• Realistic - someone who sees things as
they are in real life, who is sensible and
appropriate.
3. Read the following 16 statements
silently and write which category – cynical,
romantic or realistic- each of the 16
definitions belongs to.

CYNICAL ROMANTIC REALISTIC

1,
4. Read the following quotations
about love and correct them.
(There are 5 mistakes. )
a. Love are blind.
b. It takes no time to get in love but it takes you years
to know what love is. (Jason Mraz)
c. When you love someone, it means nothing; when
you are loved, it means something; when you are
loved by the one you hate, it means everything.
d. Love is a single soul living in two bodies. (Aristotle)
e. Love is a better teacher than duty. (Albert Einstein)
f. Love is like a computer game: easy to begin but
very hard to stop. (H. L. Mencken)
g. The best proof of love is trust. (Joyce Brothers)
h. Love is being stupid together. (Paul Valery)
i. Love conquers all.
g. Love at first date doesn’t exist.
a. Love are blind.
b. It takes no time to get in love but it takes you years to
know what love is. (Jason Mraz)
c. When you love someone, it means nothing; when you
are loved, it means something; when you are loved by
the one you hate, it means everything.
d. Love is a single soul living in two bodies. (Aristotle)
e. Love is a better teacher than duty. (Albert Einstein)
f. Love is like a computer game: easy to begin but very
hard to stop. (H. L. Mencken)
g. The best proof of love is trust. (Joyce Brothers)
h. Love is being stupid together. (Paul Valery)
i. Love conquers all.
g. Love at first date doesn’t exist.
 Translate the quotations into
Romanian making all the
necessary adaptations. Then,
working in pairs, express
agreement or disagreement
about one of the10 quotations
and give arguments and
examples to support your
points of view.
a. Love is blind.
b. It takes no time to fall in love but it takes you years
to know what love is. (Jason Mraz)
c. When you love someone, it means nothing; when
you are loved, it means something; when you are
loved by the one you love, it means everything.
d. Love is a single soul living in two bodies. (Aristotle)
e. Love is a better teacher than duty. (Albert Einstein)
f. Love is like war: easy to begin but very hard to stop.
(H. L. Mencken)
g. The best proof of love is trust. (Joyce Brothers)
h. Love is being stupid together. (Paul Valery)
i. Love conquers all.
g. Love at first sight doesn’t exist.
 Homework

Write a paragraph about

your favourite quotation
or love poem .
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