LESSON PLAN

TEACHER: Elena Pera SCHOOL: coala Gimnazial Rdeni nr. 1 DATE: 9th of December 2013 CLASS: 8th LEVEL:intermediate UNIT: EDINBURGH TOPIC: WHO TAKES THE GRATTEST RISKS?

TYPE OF LESSON: PRACTICE ALL THE FOUR LANGUAGE SKILLS.

TIMING: 50 NUMBER OF Ss.:19 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, teachers book , worksheets, videos TEACHING TECHNIQUES:brainstorming, conversation, dialogue, exercises, thinking hats, explanation,observation, bunch/cluster. 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 questions;

-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 life; d) to identify some tasks on a video; 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) support 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 Teachers Book, Longman, 2001 Harmer, Jeremy, The Practice of English Language Teaching, Longman, 2000 Intermediate-

Vizental, Adriana : Metodica predarii limbii engleze Strategies of Teaching and Testing English as a Foreign Language Polirom, Iasi, 2007

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 and friendly athmosphere to check their previous aquisition PROCEDURE

INTERACTION T-Ss Ss-Ss Frontal Speaking Individual

TIMING

T asks Ss several questions about weather and their mood. T asks Ss what they feel for each other and if they fell like in a family to prove that saying the poem Family 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.

5 min

ACTIVITY 2: LEAD -IN

AIMS: to get Ss involved into the topic; to raise their interest for the lesson. PROCEDURE T asks Ss if they like cars and if they have got a car. T present to Ss a picture (big one) with a car and asks them to name each part of the car. Ss choose from an envelope the correct word and stick it on the map.
INTERACTION T-Ss Ss-Ss Frontal Speaking Individual TIMING

7 min

ACTIVITY 3: PRE-READING
AIMS: to use their imagination and their capacity of anticipating subjects;

 to explore the picture ; PROCEDURE T asks Ss to look at the picture at the bottom of the page and to say a word that they are thinking about when they see the picture. Ss say the words and T writes them on the blackboard INTERACTION T-Ss Ss-T Speaking Individual Frontal TIMING

3 min.

ACTIVITY 4: WHILE-READING
AIMS: to read for a specific information; to understand written messages; to scan the text and solve correctly the ex. PROCEDURE T asks a student to read the text aloud as a model and teacher correct her pronunciation (if its necessary) . Ss listen T asks the other Ss to read the text again for a better understanding. T asks Ss to say what words are wrong on the list they have made before. T writes the unknown words on the blackboard and give another meaning for that new words and expressions. Ss write on their notebooks T monitors their activity. INTERACTION S-Ss Ss-T T-Ss Listening Reading Writing Frontal Individual TIMING

10 min

ACTIVITY 5:
AIMS: AFTER READING to promote fluent speaking; to involve Ss into an impotant topic such as DRIVING; to guide Ss into a debate. PROCEDURE T asks Ss to choose a colour and a hat in that colour will be given to them . They will analyse the text using thinking hats method. Tgives instructions and monitors the Ss. Ss sustain in turns their ideas. INTERACTION Ss-Ss Ss-T T-Ss Reading Speaking Listening Writing Group work TIMING

15 min

ACTIVITY 6:EVALUATION AND HOMEWORK.

AIMS: to raise Ss interest in the topic; to identify some driving distractions on a video; to reward Ss with grades for their work. PROCEDURE T presents Ss a video and they have to identify the driving distractions. T asks Ss to work in pairs. Ss say and T writes them on a drawing. Ss use the video as a source of inspiration for their homework ; - Make a top 10 safe driving tips T congratulates Ss and gives grades; T greets Ss and viceversa. INTERACTION T-Ss Ss-Ss Listening Speaking Writing Individual Pair work TIMING

10 min