Lesson plan

Date:
Teacher: Zlatov Aliona
Subject: English
Grade: VIIth
Type of the lesson: mixed
Time allowed: 45 min
Topic: Family
Competences:
C1: Spoken Interaction and Comparison Area
C2: Listening and Reading
Sub Competences:
S1: Asking for and giving information about ones family and relatives;
S2: Identifying the general meaning from a written message;
Lesson Objectives: At the end of the lesson pupils will be able to:
O1: speak about their families and family values;
O2: listen to an oral message and fill in the missing words;
O3: read and translate an unknown text;
O4: make up a poster using different creative materials;
Methods, strategies, materials: speaking, reading, listening, discussion, sheets of paper, markers,
computer, PPT, pair work, group work, interview, microphone;
Online resources: animoto.com; wordle.com; Oxford Dictionary; Glogster.com; armoredpingun.com;

Stages of
the lesson

Lesson Methods,
Objecti technique
ves
s,
resources

Evocation
Greeting
Warming-up

C1
S1
O1

S1
New lesson
theme

Teachers activity

-Hello my dear pupils!

-How do you feel?
Dialogue I would like to check you
Speaking disposition. Please rise up
Interview your hand and give a mark
to the next questions- 5 is
for the highest appreciation,
1 is for the lowest one.
-Are you happy?
-Are you cold?
-Are you curious/ afraid/
hungry?
-Are you ready for the
lesson?
Pictures
Thank you my dear for your
Computer appreciation and lets start.
animoto
I want to propose you a
presentati short video with few
on
pictures.
- Can you tell me what you
see on the pictures?
Writing
-Can you identify the
Crossword common word that connects
Armoredping all these pictures and

Pupils activity

Pupils greet the teacher

and are preparing for
the lesson.
Pupils participate in the
activity and answer to
the questions giving
marks of appreciations.

Evaluati
on

Tim
e

Brainstor
m

3
min

Select
ideas
Pupils watch the online
presentation and select
the key word from them.
They name the lesson
observati
theme.
on
Pupils answer to the
teachers questions and
complete the crossword.

3
min

uin
.com

Meaning
realization
Pre-reading

C1
S1
O1

Speaking
Spidergra
m
Work with
whole
class
Symbols

transform them into our

lesson theme?
-Yes, you are right. Our
lesson theme is Family.
The teacher writes the
lesson theme in the
crossword and gives
questions to pupils and
complete the whole
crossword.
-Lets speak a little bit about
family. For each of us Family
means a whole world. A
world of values, rules,
chores. Tell me please, what
are the values of your
family? The teacher asks
pupils to transform the
symbol into a word.

Suppor
t

Love
Trust

Family
values
Reading
Listening

C2
S2
O2

Listening

Respe
ct

Help

Pupils are involved in an

oral conversation. They
name the Family Values
and select the correct
symbol. They complete
the spidergram with
symbols of Family
Values.

Oral
evaluatio
n

Brainstor
m

5
min

Understand
ing

affecti
on

5
min

C2
S2
O3

Reflection
Brainstorm

C1
S1
O1
O3

Writing
Reading
Fill in
Wordle.com
Online
dictionary

Speaking
Dialogue
Computer
Decsriptio
n
PPT

-Now, my dear, using these

words lets create a Word
Cloud using computer and
Wordle application.
Now, I propose you to listen
to an English text. You will
find new words in the text.
Lets look up their
translation.
The teacher gives pupils the
text on the paper. The text
is divided into short
paragraphs and there are
some missing words.
-Now, please, lets read the
text once again, and fill in
the missing words.
-Lets see, what you have
done.

Pupils introduce a list of Listen,

words in wordle.com
feel,
application and create a speak
word cloud.
Pupils use Online
Dictionary and identify
the meaning of
unknown words.
Pupils are asked to listen
to an English text. They
write down the new
words.

-Good. Lets see now how

well you have understood
the text. Choose the correct
variant from the given
questions.
The teacher use computer
for this activity.

Pupils are involved in an

oral conversation. Pupils
read the questions and
choose the correct
variant.

5
min

Pupils read the text and

fill in the missing words.

Oral
5
evaluatio min
n

Test of
personality

S1

S1

Sheets of
paper
Writing
Speaking
Individual
work

-Now lets speak a little bit

about your families.
- How many members are
there in your family?
-Who is the head of your
family?
-Do you have many
relatives?
-Do you consider us, the
teachers, classmates as
your family?
I propose you a simple
activity. Each of you will
receive a paper with a circle
in it. Please, arrange all
your family members
according to relations that
exist between you. (Annex
2)
As you have mentioned
there is YOU in the center.
Each person that is in the
middle circle is somebody
close to you-people
that
help you, understand you,
those who you based on.
The last circle is for people

They describe the family

they live in. Pupils
answer to the questions.

Every pupil received a

paper. They have to
complete the circles on
the pictures with people
that surround them.
Pupils work individually.

Test

4
min

who are present in your life,

but their influence is not so
strong. I am very glad that I
am present in your big life
circle.

Extension
Project

C1
S1
O4

S1
Feed-back

C2
S2

Speaking
Descriptio
n
Group
work
Project
Sheets of
paper
Felt-top
pens
Coloured
paper
Interview
Microphon
e

Each of us has a family.

Every family lives in a
house. Can you describe the
house of your dream?
I will give you the necessary
materials, please draw the
House of your Dream.
Thank you very much for
your activity. Just one more
thing. I have always wanted
to be a journalist, and now I
have the possibility to be
one.

Pupils work in groups.

They have to create a
Dream House using
different handicraft
materials.

Pupils answer to the

The teacher interview pupils questions. They
about the lesson:
evaluate the lesson
-Did you like the lesson?
activities.
-Name an activity that was
practice during the lesson.
-Name 3 new words that
you have learned.

Create

5
min

Oral
evaluatio 3
n
min

Watching

Presentatio
n

Just to be once again in the

role of a journalist I have
prepared you a short
glogster.co presentation.
m
The teacher shows pupils an
online poster about her
family and mention the
homework.
Homework:
Create a personal
presentation of your family.
Use Glogster.com for an
online poster or
Animoto.com for creating an
online video about your
family.
-Thank you very much my
dear and have a nice day.

a poster
They watch an online
Poster and note the
homework.

Pupils are evaluated by

the teacher and they
get marks according to
their activity ay the
lesson.

3
min

3
min