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Teacher : Aneta Pop
School : Vasile Scurtu Secondary School - PARVA
Topic: The British and their sports
Form : 5 th
Type of lesson: consolidation and acquiring new information (about sports)
Skills : reading, speaking, writing, listening

Purpose: The purpose of this lesson is to review the language taught previously and to introduce
and practice new vocabulary related to sports.
Aims :
to recycle the language taught previously
to practice vocabulary related to the topic
to enable the students to use expressions such as I like / I can


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to practice their speaking/ writing/reading and listening
skills
to consolidate the target language making up a poster,
working in groups, singing English songs
to stimulate Sts imagination and creativity
to give Sts confidence in their ability to use the English
language
to end the lesson in a fun atmosphere
Time: 50 min.
methods and procedures: ice-breaking, conversation,
brainstorming, explanation, dialogues, listen-and-do
activities, role-play, singing and miming, making up a poster
materials and equipment: handouts, flashcards, worksheets,
markers, scissors, glue, 4 large drawing boards , P.C. , video
projector, audio cassettes, CD player
organization: class work, pair work, individual work, group work
Anticipated problems :
If Sts do not understand the oral commands or the task, they will be translated into
Romanian. But, the mother tongue can only be spoken if a St has a question to ask the teacher that
he/she cannot explain in English.



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ACTIVITY 1 : WARM-UP
AIMS :
to get things started, wake up tired Sts and prepare brains, mouths, ears and eyes for English
to recycle the language taught previously
to generate interest, to make pupils relax

PROCEDURE
INTERACTION TIMING
- Sts are asked and ask each other different questions
about themselves (name, age, state of health, favourite
toy, pets..)
-Sts sing a song to establish a relaxed, anxiety-free
atmosphere in the classroom.
-T asks Sts about the way they spend their spare time.
Are you doing sports?
Lets move to the music! (ACTIVITY RAP):
Hello, again and its time to listen and move to the
music. Are you ready?Okay, lets go!
Stand up, please. Yes, please stand up.
And sit down, all sit down.
And stand up, stand up.
And sit down, all sit down.



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And stand up, please.
Good. Thank you.
Now raise your arms and up and down. (4X)
Go on, dont stop and up and down and up and down.
Thank you.

Dont sit down now. Lets go on.
Now snap your fingers. First your right fingers, then your
left. Listen. (snapping fingers)
Its easy.
Now its your turn right, left (6X)
Thank you. Youre doing fine!

Now clap your hands. Here we go one, two. (5X)
Now clap your hands again and count to ten.
Count to ten in English.
Ready, steady, go: one, two.ten. Thank you and
back from ten to one. Ten, nine..one. GOOD.

Now sit down, please. Sit back and close your eyes. Okay.
Please, close your eyes. Yes, close your eyes and listen to
the music. Relax. Now dont open your eyes. Okay.






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Now draw with your finger with your finger on the desk.
Please draw a little boy or draw a little girl with your
finger on the desk. Yes, draw, please. Dont open your
eyes. Dont look at your neighbor.
(music only)
Can you see the boy or the girl? Yes, very good. And be
quiet. Very quiet. Very, very quiet.Pssst!


ACTIVITY 2: CHECKING AND PRACTICE THE PREVIOUS KNOWLEDGE
AIM:
to revise and practice vocabulary related to sports
PROCEDURE INTERACTION TIMING
-T shows Sts a PPT about sports. Sts watch and repeat.
They also receive some handouts and flashcards with new
words. They point and repeat after T:
bowling, jogging, ice skating , surfing, skateboarding, horseback riding,
cycling, snowboarding, skiing
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speaking
reading
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ACTIVITY 3: LEAD IN
AIMS:
to get Sts into the new topic
to practice their speaking / listening skills
to give Sts confidence in their ability to use the English language

PROCEDURE INTERACTION TIMING
- T and Sts watch a short funny video about what can
pumpkins do. (Can & Can't with Action Verbs 6: "WHAT CAN YOU DO?"
Fun English Cartoon by Pumkin.com.)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a91oTyA0Oq8
Finally they talk about what sports they can do.
T asks Sts to work in pairs:
Do you like sports?
Yes, I do.
Can you play basketball?
No, I cant.

Do you like swimming?
Yes, I do.
Can you swim?
Yes, I can
T guides the students to use correctly the language in use.



Ss-Ss
Pair work
Writing
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Listening
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ACTIVITY 4: PRACTICE and REINFORCEMENT
AIMS:
to practice their speaking and writing skills
to build confidence
to practice and consolidate the target language by making up a poster
to stimulate Sts imagination and creativity
to enable the Sts to use expressions such as I like/ I can..

PROCEDURE INTERACTION TIMING
APPLICATION 1. INDIVIDUAL WORK
What sports equipment do we need?
Sts receive a worksheet. They have to match the sports
equipment on the right to kind of sports on the left.
2- tennis
4- baseball
3- golf
1- archery
6- badminton
5- football

APPLICATION 2. PAIR-WORK
Sts open their books at page 98, ex 2. d). In pairs, they
have to tick a), b) or c) to show the correct meaning.






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1- a) pitch
2- c) stick
3- b) goal
4- b) gloves
5- c) boat
6- a) team

APPLICATION 3. GROUP WORK
-T devides the class into groups of 4.
-Each group will receive a large white sheet of paper (A5),
a sheet of sports symbols / images and an envelope with
happy / sad faces made by paper.
-T explains the task. Sts have to write down their names
and to cut out the symbols/ images. After that they stick
them on the large sheet.
-T models the task providing a visual aids. As they work in
groups they listen to Its a beautiful life (Ace of Base)

-When the Sts have finished writing their names and
sticking all the symbols, they come in front of the
classroom and talk about sports they like / dont like, or
can/ cant do.
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Listening
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ACTIVITY 5 : FEED-BACK What, what, what can you do?
AIMS:
to consolidate vocabulary related to sports
to have fun while studying English language , singing and role-playing


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to end the lesson in a fun atmosphere

PROCEDURE
INTERACTION
TIMING
Sts sing and mime like this:
(the tape is playing, too)

What, what, what can you do?
What, what, what can you do?
What, what, what can you do?
What, what can you do?

Ana, what can you do?
I can play football!
Show us.
(Ana mimes playing football.)

What, what, what can you do?
What, what, what can you do?
What, what, what can you do?
What, what can you do?






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miming
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Ionu, what can you do?
I can play basketball!
Show us!
(He mimes playing basketball.)

What, what, what can you do?
What, what, what can you do?
What, what, what can you do?
What, what can you do?

Maria , what can you do?
I can ski!
Show us!
(She mimes skiing.)

and so on







ACTIVITY 6 : ENDING THE LESSON
Aims:
to assign Sts homework
to evaluate Sts work


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PROCEDURE
INTERACTION
TIMING

HOMEWORK:
T. assigns the homework by giving clear instructions:
On a white sheet of paper write a short paragraph about
a sport you know well. Do not name the sport. On the
other side of the paper, draw this sport.
Next English lesson, read your paragraph to the pupils.
Can they guess the sports you are talking about? If not,
show them your draw.
ASSESSMENT:
T. appreciates the Sts that were active during the entire
lesson and give advices to the less active ones.
All Sts will get a GREAT WORK diploma.





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