Lesson Plan

School: Liceul cu Program Sportiv Iolanda Balas Soter, Buzau

Teacher: Catalina Vrinceanu

Grade: 10th A

Number of students:16

Subject: English Language

Theme: Writing a letter of invitation

Level : elementary

Date:

Time: 50 minutes

Competency: Students are able to write in English for elementary level

Language skills: speaking, reading, writing

Materials: textbook, model and outline of a letter of invitation

Teaching Methodology: lecture, question and answer, observation

Language Aims: Students will know how to write an invitation

Students will know certain words that are usually used in writing an invitation

Objectives: -to write an invitation

- to use a variety of sentence openers and correct punctuation

- to use vocabulary appropriate to invitation writing (| dear, from, time, place,etc.)

Target Language: Inviting people

Pre-activity

Teacher comes in the classroom and greets the students. She says:Good morning!, How are you today?,
What’s the wether like today?, Who is absent today?

Aim: to check presence and to make students feel comfortable

Technique: Speaking

Interaction:T-Ss
Time: 2 minutes

Focus on: Teacher announces the title and the objectives of the lesson

Aim: to attract students’ attention on the lesson

Technique: speaking

Interaction: T-Ss

Time: 2 minutes

Warm-up

Teacher asks questions such as “How do you invite people to specials events?’’(in person, by phone, in
writing); ‘’What events are written invitation used for?’’(weddings, baby showers, birthday parties,
surprise parties); “What information is usually included on a written invitation?”(time, date, place,
occasion, what to bring)

Aim: to activate students’prior knowledge

Technique: speaking

Interaction: T-Ss

Time: 10 minutes

Practice

Activity 1

Students read a birthday party invitation. Teacher asks them questions such as “What is it?”(an
invitation);”What is it for?”(a birthday party);’’What time is the party?’’(6.30). The teacher explains that
RSPV means that you should tell the person who invited you whether you can attend the party or not.

Aim: understanding the structure of an invitation and what information goes into it

Technique: reading, speaking

Interaction:T-Ss

Time: 10 minutes

Activity2

Teacher writes on the blackboard “The birthday party is at 6.30p.m.”and she asks students “What time
should the guests arrive?” Students express their opinion, then the teacher explains them that in the
USA arriving late may be considered impolite.
Aim:raise cultural awareness

Tecnique: speaking

Interaction: T-Ss

Time : 5 minutes

Activity 3

In groups, students write their own invitations for a birthday party, using the read invitation as an
example.

Aim: to encourage writing an invitation

Technique: writing

Interaction:T-Ss; Ss-Ss

Time: 10 minutes

Activity 4

A volunteer from each group reads the invitation to the class

Aim: to encourage expressing the invitation orally

Technique: speaking, reading

Interaction: T-Ss

Time: 10 minutes

Activity 5

Homework: The teacher asks students to write their own birthday invitations

Aim: to consolidate the new information

Technique: speaking

Time: 5 minutes

Assessment

Teacher praises the students and rewards them for their activity.