LESSON PLAN

SCHOOL:coala Gimnazial Bircii

DATE: the 19th of April
CLASS:the 8th
LEVEL:intermediate
UNIT:16 STRUGGLE FOR SURVIVAL
TOPIC:THE ENVIRONMENT-SAVE THE SEA TURTLES

TYPE OF LESSON: PRACTICE ALL THE FOUR LANGUAGE SKILLS.

TIMING:50
NUMBER OF Ss.:16
SKILLS:LISTENING, SPEAKING,READING,WRITING.
CLASS MANAGEMENT:class work,pair work,individual work,group work.
TEACHING AIDS:internet(www.youtube .com), manifestation boards,laptop,
textbook,worksheets,posters.
TEACHING TECHNIQUES:brainstorming, conversation, dialogue, exercises, games,
explanation,observation, role play.
AIMS: by the end of the lesson students will be able to:
-develop and practice their productive and receptive skills;
- reinforce vocabulary in order to promote discussion and to practice language in a particular
context;
-ask and answer my questions and their own question;
-guess the meaning of words in context;
-stand up for their opinion.

OBJECTIVES:

A.Cognitive objectives:
a) to check and improve vocabulary;
b) to encourage students to talk freely;
c) to help students talk about important issues concerning our environment;
d) to give students more practice on pronunciation, vocabulary and the
structures previously taught.

B.Affective objectives:
a) making students confident in their ability to use the language;
b) creating interest in the topic of the lesson;
c) creating a relaxed atmosphere, proper for studying;
d) foster learner independence and cooperative learning;
e) stimulating students imagination and creativity;
f) having fun.

METHODS:COMMUNICATIVE APPROACH.
RESOURCES:textbook,internet resources.
BIBLIOGRAPHY:
Abbs, Brian; Chris, Barker; Freebairn, Ingrid; Fran, Linley : Snapshot
IntermediateTeachers Book, Longman, 2001
Harmer, Jeremy, The Practice of English Language Teaching, Longman, 2000
Vizental, Adriana : Metodica predarii limbii engleze Strategies of Teaching and Testing English
as a Foreign Language Polirom, Iasi, 2007
Scrivener James:Learning teaching-Macmillan publishers limited,2005.
LOCATION:language laboratory.
TEACHER:Catana Magdalena.
ANTICIPATED PROBLEMS:
Ss may not be familiar with certain words;they may be a little shy to express their feelings.
T helps and encourages them to speak freely without correcting them during speaking.

ACTIVITY 1 : WARM-UP
AIMS:

to create a nice friendly athmosphere

to check their previous aquisition

PROCEDURE

INTERACTION

T asks Ss several questions about weather

and their mood. Chatting in English at the
beginning of the lesson, T creates an English
language atmosphere,
establishing contact
between her and SS, and helps SS to feel relax.
Check up : SS read their homework.

T-Ss
Ss-Ss
Frontal

5 min

Speaking
Reading
Individual

ACTIVITY 2: LEAD -IN

AIMS:
to get Ss involved into the topic;
to raise their interest for the lesson.
T elicit answers to the
questionDo you watch
TV channels like .....?
Ss watch a short video
related to the topic.

T-Ss
Ss-Ss
Frontal
Speaking
Reading
Listening
Individual

ACTIVITY 3: PRE-READING

TIMING

7 min

AIMS:
to understand written messages:
to read for a specific information.
T tells Ss that they are
going to read a text in
order to solve ex.1
/page93.
Ss take a look on ex.1
and then prepare to
read in turns the text.

T-Ss
Ss-Ss
Ss-T
Reading
Speaking
Individual
Frontal

3 min.

ACTIVITY 4: WHILE-READING
AIMS:
to understand written messages;
to scan the text and solve correctly the ex.
Ss read the text aloud
and teacher correct
their pronunciation .Ss
scan and skim the text
to solve the ex.
T monitors their activity.
T writes the unknown
words on the
blackboard.

Ss-Ss
Ss-T
T-Ss
Reading
Writing
Speaking
Pair work

10 min

ACTIVITY 5:
AIMS: AFTER READING
to promote fluent speaking;
to involve Ss into an impotant issue such as POLLUTION;
to guide Ss into a debate.

T gives the Ss boards

and explains to the Ss
that they are going to
play a game ;Tgives
instructions and
monitors the Ss.
Ss sustain in turns their
ideas.

Ss-Ss
Ss-T
T-Ss
Reading
Speaking
Listening
Writing
Group work

15 min

ACTIVITY 6:EVALUATION AND HOMEWORK.

AIMS:
to raise Ss interest in writing an essay;
to reward Ss with grades for their work.
T congratulates Ss and
gives grades;
Ss watch a video which
is meant to be a source
of inspiration for their
homework ;
T greets Ss and
viceversa.

T-Ss
Ss-Ss
Listening
Reading
Writing
Individual

10 min