Director,

Nicolaescu Adrian Mihai

Responsabil comisia metodica,

Dinu Daniela

LESSON PLAN

Teacher of English: CONSTANTIN MARIA GABRIELA

Grade: 1th
Time: 50 minutes
Classroom Management: STUDENT CENTRED
Strategies: ORAL COMMUNICATION, LISTENING.
Types of interaction: T Ò S, S Ò S
Subject: Hello!
Student’s Book: Fairyland
Main focus: LANGUAGE FOCUS
Date: 20.09.2017

Aims:
 to give students practice in speaking and listening/comprehension skills;
 To introduce the characters. To practise greetings and introductions.
 to make pupils feel more positive about using English in short
conversations;

Language functions:
 in this lesson the pupils will learn to understand: Who’s this?• This is
(Willow).• Open/Close your books.• Who is it?• What’s your name?

Assumed Knowledge: Students are familiar with:

 Oral commands like: Please, stand up. Work with your partner / group.
Listen to the CD and…,. Draw a…, etc.

Anticipated problems: If there are any (e.g. unknown words, difficulty in

understanding, etc.), teacher will clarify them.

Materials: Students’ books, cassette player, CD, puppet, blackboard.

LESSON STAGES

ACTIVITY 1: WARM UP

 AIM: to get students ready for the English class by having an informal
conversation (greetings, How are you?, weather, etc.)
 TIMING: 2 minutes
 TYPE OF INTERACTION: T Ò S, S Ò T
  PROCEDURE: T greets the Ss and asks them how they are and about the
weather. Pupils respond to informal questions.

ACTIVITY 2: TRANSITION TO THE NEW LESSON

 AIM: (Activities to familiarise the pupils with the characters.)

 TIMING: 8 minutes
 TYPE OF INTERACTION: T Ò S, SÒ S
PROCEDURE: Ask the pupils to look at the cover of their book and invite them to
comment on it. What can they see? Read the title and explain what it means. Tell the
pupils that they are going to learn about a magic forest with special creatures.

ACTIVITY 3: PRESENTATION (NEW LESSON PROPER)

 AIM: To make the students learn the new characters.

 TIMING: 15 minutes
 TYPE OF INTERACTION: T Ò S, S Ò T
PROCEDURE: Teacher announces the new topic.

STEP 1: LEAD-IN / ELICITATION

Say: Open your books at page four. Write the number 4 on the board and hold
up your book. Ask the pupils to look at the picture and tell you what they can
see in L1. Point to Willow and ask: Who’s this? Elicit the answer. Repeat with
the rest of the characters.
STEP 2: ACCURATE REPRODUCTION
(An activity to develop the pupils’ pre-reading skills.) Say the instructions
twice as you mime them. Do the first one with them as an example. Point to Erlina’s
mouth and say: Who is it? Let’s see. Is it Alvin? Elicit the response: No…Say: Is it
Erlina? Who is it? Ask a pupil to give the answer. Ask them to circle Erlina’s mouth in
the picture. Help them by holding up your book and drawing an imaginary circle over
Erlina’s mouth. Allow the pupils some time to look at the picture and complete the
activity. Check the pupils’ answers.

ACTIVITY 5: PRACTISING NEW LANGUAGE

STAGE 1: LISTENING AND MAKING DIALOGUES (ASK AND ANSWER

QUESTIONS IN THE PAST)

 AIMS:
- to give Ss practice in using the new language;
 TIMING: 8 minutes
 TYPE OF INTERACTION: T Ò S, SÒ S
PROCEDURE: Say the instructions twice as you mime them. Refer the pupils to the
picture and explain the activity. Ask the pupils to go to their Activity Books and cut
out the stick puppets. Provide any necessary help. With the help of a pupil
demonstrate the following short dialogue: e.g. Teacher: (in the role of Erlina) Hello,
I’m Erlina. Pupil 1: (in the role of Alvin) Hello, I’m Alvin. The pupils choose a
character and go around the class meeting and greeting the rest of the characters.

STAGE 2: FEEDBACK
 AIMS:
- to consolidate what was learned during the class and to recycle some
vocabulary.
- to offer more practice.
 TIMING: 12 minutes
 TYPE OF INTERACTION: T Ò S, S Ò T
PROCEDURE:
Say the instructions twice as you mime them. Point to the characters, one at a
time, and say: Hello, Magic Forest! Hello, Magic Friends! Hello, (Willow)! The
pupils repeat after you. Explain what magic forest and magic friendsmean. Point to
and say: HELLO. Play the recording. The pupils listen and point to the characters as
their names are mentioned. Play the recording again. The pupils listen and sing along.
Point to the characters on the Hello! poster, one by one. Say and wave:
Goodbye, (Willow). The pupils repeat after you. Address a pupil and ask: What’s your
name? The pupil responds. Then the rest of the class says goodbye to him/her. Repeat
the procedure with the rest of the class. Demonstrate this yourself first. e.g. Teacher:
What’s your name? Pupil 1: Sue. Class: Goodbye, Sue!
ACTIVITY 6: HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENT
 AIM:
- to assign Ss’ HW
- TIMING: 5 minutes
- TYPE OF INTERACTION: T Ò S
PROCEDURE: The pupils have to draw a poster with the family from The Magic
Forest.

ACTIVITY 8: DISMISS PUPILS. Teacher grades the students.