Lesson Plan

SCHOOL:
TEACHER:
GRADE: 8th A
NUMBER OF STUDENTS: 16
LEVEL: intermediate, 4th year of study; 2nd language
TEXT BOOK: Snapshot Intermediate, Ed. Longman
DATE:
TOPIC: Physical appearance
UNIT 13: Guess who?

LESSON AIMS:
- develop ss’ vocabulary related to physical appearance
- to practise on drawing conclusions using must/ can’t

OPERATIONAL OBJECTIVES: By the end of the lesson the Ss will be able to:
- make up sentences using physical appearance adjectives
- guess who are the people some pictures using must/ can’t + be

TIME: 50 min
SKILLS INVOLVED: speaking, writing

TEACHING AIDS: Students’ books, photographs, board, realia

STAGES:
Activity 1: Warm – up (3 min)
Teacher's activity: T checks homework, if any. Teacher tells ss what they are about to do
/ the aims of the lesson: ‘Today we’re going to learn some new vocabulary related to
describing people’s physical appearance and draw conclusions using MUST/ CAN’T +
BE.’ T prompts ss to look at the pictures on page 76 and asks: ‘What do you know about
these people and their lives? (career information, personal data etc.)
Students' activity: Ss look at the pictures and report back to the class.
Interaction: T – Ss; Ss – T
Skills: speaking

Activity 2: Lead – in; Brainstorming activity (10 min)

Teacher's activity: T writes on the board four headings: Age; Height and build; Hair;
Face; Special features. T elicits one or two examples for each category. After writing the
examples, Ss open their books and read the list for any new vocabulary item. T can
practise on any difficult pronunciation.
Students' activity: Ss close their books and give examples. Ss come and write their
answers at the board. They brainstorm all the vocabulary they know for that category,
then check in the SB. Ss can also use the dictionaries to check new words.
Interaction: T – Ss; Ss – T
Skills: writing
Activity 3: Vocabulary practice (10 min)
Teacher's activity: T divides the class in pairs/ groups to describe the people in the
photographs, using the new vocabulary. Each group must choose at least two people. T
checks the descriptions with the whole class, by eliciting answers from the individual Ss.
T encourages the rest of the class to add/ to complete the descriptions.
Students' activity: Ss make sentences trying to describe the people in the pictures.
Report back to the class.
Interaction: T – Ss; Ss – Ss; Ss – T
Skills: writing, speaking

Activity 4: Guess who? (5 min)

Teacher's activity: T instructs Ss to write a description of themselves on a slip of paper,
but DO NOT write their name. After writing, T collects the papers and gives them out to
another S. T checks with the whole class that the identification is correct eg. some Ss read
out the description and say who it is and the author confirms the identification.
Students' activity: Ss work in groups to identify the descriptions.
Interaction: T – Ss; Ss – Ss; Ss – T
Skills: speaking, writing

Activity 5: Oral fluency activity- Drawing conclusions (10 min)

Teacher's activity: T asks Ss to have a look at a poster made up of pictures belonging to
the Ss when they were little (one, two etc. years old). T elicits answers like:
‘That MUST BE ………. I recognize his/ her ………… .
(name) (part of the body)
In contradiction another student comes with a counter argument:
‘That CAN’T BE …………… . His/ her ………………is ……………….. .
(name) (part of the body) (adjective describing
a part of the body)
Students' activity: Ss have a close look at the photographs and think of their answers,
then report back to the class and be prepared to draw a conclusion to colleagues.
Interaction: T – Ss; Ss – T
Skills: speaking

Activity 6: Vocabulary practice (10 min)

Teacher's activity: T instructs Ss to have a look at ex. 3, page 77. T checks for any
unknown words.
Students' activity: Ss have to complete the text with the words and phrases provided in
the list.
Interaction: T – Ss; Ss – T
Skills: speaking

Activity 7: Feedback; Assigning homework (2 min)

Teacher's activity: T gives some “thumbs up” to the Ss who managed well during the
lesson, assigning marks if possible and encourages the other Ss that tried to give correct
answers but failed. T explains homework-ex. 5, page 77.
Students’ activity: Ss ask questions regarding the lesson and/or the homework