LESSON PLAN N6

Subject: English
Form: VII a B
Date: 13.02.2015
Teacher: Mocanu Alina
Methodist: Arsenii Andriana
Mentor teacher: Coliceva Olga
Topic: Housing
Lesson type: mixed
Time: 45 min

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Specific competences:
Communicative competences: Receiving oral messages (Listening)
Pragmatic competences: producing oral messages (Spoken interraction)
Communicative competences: Receiving written messages (Reading)
Communicative competences: Producing written messages (Writing)
Linguistic competences (Grammar)

Sub competences:
S 2.4. Formulate simple questions in everyday life situations appropriately using conversational formulas;
S 3.1. Selecting from a text the information necessary to solve different tasks;
S 3.3. Deducing the meaning of unfamiliar words from the context;
S 4.1. Understanding the differences between Present Perfect and Present Perfect Progresive and using them in context.

Operational objects:
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Knowledge: students will be able to decode the unknown vocabulary by means of the text and pictures ;
Skill: students will be able to understand the differences between Present Perfect and Present Perfect Progresive and using them in context;
Attitude: Students will form positive attitudes towards different types of houses;

Resources: Textbook, blackboard, chalk, pictures, copybooks.

Strategies: Whole class work, Individual work, Group work, Word Search, Conversation, Opinion Sharing, Writing, The Communicative method,
Scanning, Description, Exercise, Speed reading, Deduction, Explanation, Argumentation.

Stages of the lesson

Resources

Strategies
2

Subcompe-

Time

Notes

(Learning Activities)

I.

Evocation

(methods,
techniques, forms
of acti- vities)
Conversation
(to develop their
speaking skills)

Register,
pen

1. Organization:
T: The teacher greets the pupils and creates the atmosphere.
Good morning 7th class. How are you? How do you feel today?
P: The pupils greet him back.
Good morning teacher. We are fine. You?
2. Warm up and preparation:
T: The teacher divides the pupils into 4 groups and asks

tences

2 min
S 2.1.

7 min
Textbook
Group work
Speed reading
Word Search
(to develop their
attention)

them to find the hidden words that are related to their

vocabulary and with 3 of them to make sentences.
For ex: clay, brick, house, slate, concrete, lime, tile, stairs,
staircase, modern, whitewash, install, cement, stone etc.

S 3.1
S 3.3

The groups present their work.

The teacher anounces the competences and the subcompetences
of the lesson. They are stuck on the blackboard in the order of
their achievement.
Checking homework
T: Teacher asks pupils what was their homework.
Now please someone to tell me what was your homework for
today?
P: Pupils listen to teachers question and answer that their
homework was:

15 min
Conversation
Explanation

Textbook,
Copybook

Essay: My House, to make a description of our

3

S 3.1.

Description

house;
To read and to translate the text from ex:1 page 67
Ex: 2 page 67, translate the sentences below paying
attention to the underlined words:
a) Verandahs make the country houses more
beautiful and more attractive.
Verandele fac casele de la tara mai frumoase si
mai atractive.
b) Metal is a hard substance such as iron, steel,
copper, etc.
Metalul este o substan grea, cum ar fi fierul,
oelul, cuprul, etc.
c) The house was designed by a famous architect.
Casa a fost proiectata de un arhitect celebru.
d) The electricity, gas and water systems are
installed when a house is built.
Electricitatea, gazul si apa sunt instalate cind o
casa este construita.
e) The foundations of a house are usually laid of
hard stone or concrete.
Fundatiile unei case de obicei sunt pus din
piatra tare sau beton.
f) Before building a house, we level the site firs.
Inainte sa construim o casa, noi nivelam mai
intii locul.
g) After they had built the walls, the roof was put
on and windows and doors were put in.
Dupa ce au construit peretii, acoperisul a fost
montat si usele si ferestrele puse.
h) My three-year-old brother tried to drive/

Individual work
Developing
writing skills,
speaking

S 3.3.

hammer a nail into the kitchen door.

Fratele meu de 3 ani a incercat sa bata un cui in
usa bucatariei.
i) A clay house is considered to be old-fashioned
in comparison with up-to-date brick houses.
O casa din lut este considerata a fi de moda
veche in comparatie cu casele moderne din
caramida.
II.
REALISATION OF MEANING
New Material presentation

3 min
Textbook
Conversation

T: The teacher directs the pupils to exercises 3 and asks

them to read the task.
P: The pupils read the task and try to find the words in the
text that correspond to the definitions.
a) A place that is away from towns and citiescountryside;
b) A building in which people live- house;
c) To make something look more attractive- a terrace,
verandah, balcony and attic;
d) Up-to-date- modern;
e) A platform with a roof along the outside wall of the
house- verandah;
f) A room at the top of the house below the roofattic;
g) Comfortable and warm- a fireplace;
h) The room where people do their physical exercisesa work-out room;
i) A piece of land where one grows plants- a
flowerbed;

Explication
Deduction
Whole class
work,
Scanning
Speed Reading

S 3.1.
S 3.3.

a. Grammar presentation
The teacher writes a sentence on the blackboard:
I have been living here since 2001. The teacher draws a
time line for the sentence and explains it to pupils :

Copybooks

S 4.1.

8 min

S 4.1.

3 min

Whole class work

Individual work
Textbook

Written work

Blackboard
Chalk

Explanation
Argumentation

The pupils write the sentence and the timeline in their

copybooks.
The teacher explains that it is an action that recently
stopped or is still going on. The teacher writes on the
blackboard the time indicator for Present Perfect
Progressive: for; since; how long? ; Since when? ; and
how it is formed: have+ been+ vb. + ing.
The pupils write the definition in their copybook.
The teacher directs the pupils to the grammar box and
tells them to read it by taking turns. The pupils read the
grammar box.

III.

REFLECTION

Conversation
6

a Grammar Practice
The teacher directs the pupils to exercise 2
pages 69 and asks them to find the errors in
sentences.
Pupils listen the task and solve the exercise.
a) They have been worked for half an hour. F ( They have
been working for half an hour.)
b) My cousin has built his cottage since last month. (My
cousin has been building his cottage since last month.)Present Perf. Progr.
c) She is painting the house since morning.(She has been
painting the house since morning.)- Present Perf. Progr.
d) My sister has already been whitewashing the walls. (My
sister has already whitewashed the walls.)- Present Perf.
IV.
EXTENTION
c) Grammar production

Explication
Exercise
Argumentation
Whole-class work
Explanation
Argumentation
Error correction

Textbook

S 4.1.
Individual work

The teacher gives to each pupil a sheet of paper on

which is write an exercise and propose them to write
positive sentences in present perfect progressive.
1. Albert / squash / play
2.

Hannah / the match / watch

3.

we / in the park / wait

4.

you / a song / sing

Sentence building
Explanation
Exercise

5 min

5.

I / a magazine / read

6.

it / rain / all day

7.

Phil and Greg / a race / run

8.

she / her teeth / brush

9.

the Millers / in London / live / for three years

10.

we / on the lake / sail

The pupils listen the task and solve the exercise.

b FEEDBACK

a. Assesment
a
Assessment
The teacher makes conclusions over the lesson. The
teacher gives marks to pupils.
The teacher refers the pupils to the competences and
subcompetences of the lesson. The pupils decide what
competences have been achieved and what have not, they
make conclusion. The teacher gives marks to pupils.
b. Homework
The teacher writes the homework on the blackboard:
- Ex.6 page 68, to chose a proverb and to explain it;
- Ex. 1 page 69 (Grammar), and to retell the text

2 min
S 2.1.
Register,
pen

Generalization,
Systematization

Blackboard,
chalk

from exercise 1 page 67.