LESSON PLAN

SCHOOL:
NAME:
DATE:12
th
November
CLASS:8B
LEVEL:upper -intermediate
LESSON:That`s what friends are for
VOCABULARY:friendship
GRAMMAR:adjectives + prespositions
SKILLS:listening, speaking, reading, writing
COMPETENCES:1.1 intelegerea unor instructiuni detailiate prin executarea lor
2.2 argumentarea unei idei, pareri, afirmatii
3.2 selectarea din mai multe texte citite a unor informatii relevante necesare pentru realizarea unor
sarcini de lucru
OBJECTIVES: - to talk about and define friends
- to solve a questionnaire
- to select specific information from a text in order to accomplish a task
- to give practice to adjectives and prepositions combinations
MATERIALS:textbook, questionnaires, coloured chalk
TIME:50 min
BIBLIOGRAPHY: - textbook :High Flyer upper intermediate - Longman
- teacher`s book High Flyer


ACTIVITY 1:ORGANIZATION
T greets Ps and checks if everybody is present
T asks Ps some introductory questions:
How are you today? What classes do you have today? Which is your favourite school day?
Time : 3 min
Interaction:T-WC
Skills:speaking
ACTIVITY 2:CONTEXTUALIZATION:
Aim: to get Ps familiarized with the topic

T tells Ps they`re going to talk about friendship today
T shows Ps some famous quotes about friendship
Ps read the quotes
Time:7 min
Interaction:T-Ps
Skills:reading
ACTIVITY 3:SPEAKING
Aim: to get Ps express their opinions

T asks Ps if they have a best friend
T tells Ps to look at the definitions of a friend in exercise 1 and tick the ones they agree
Ps complete the fifth definition
Ps talk about their choices
Time: 5 min
Interaction:I/ T-WC
Skills:writing, speaking

ACTIVITY 4: SOLVING A QUESTIONNAIRE
T tells Ps to look at the advertisement and the accompanying questionnaire
T asks Ps who published the questionnaire, what the purpose of this questionnaire is
Ps are given the questionnaire and they mark their answers
In pairs, Ps find out their partner`s answers by asking the questions in the questionnaire
Time: 10 min
Interaction: I/ PW
Skills: writing, speaking
Feedback: solving the questionnaire correcting possible grammar mistakes when answering questions


ACTIVITY 5:BRAINSTORMING
Aim: to select specific information from a text in order to accomplish a task
To give arguments for their choices

T tells Ps to imagine they are from Hands Across the World organization and they`re going to find a penfriend
for some children
T puts Ps in groups of 4-5 and tells them to look at the fact files.T explains Ps that these are children who have
written to Hands Across the World.
T tells Ps they should look at the answers to their questionnaires and choose who would be most suitable for each
member of the group to write to
Example:Is it a good idea for Sylvia to write to Benny?
Yes/No.Why?Because they..
Time: 10 min
Interaction: GW
Skills: speaking
Feed back: choosing a penfriend
ACTIVITY 6:GRAMMAR BOX
Aim: to introduce adj+prep combinations

T asks Ps to look at the questionnaire and underline all the adjectives they can find
T asks Ps to identify the prepositions used after each adjective
Ps write them on the board

Interested in
Angry with
Keen on
Afraid of
Embarrassed by

T tells Ps to look at the grammar box in their textbook and see if there are other adjectives besides those written
on the board

Worried about
Angry about
Good at
Bad at
Shocked by
Amused by
Terrified of
Fond of

Time:5 min
Interaction:T-Ps
Skills:writing
Feed back: finding adj +prep.
combinations
ACTIVITY 7: EXERCISES
Aim: to practise adj+prep. combiantions
T tells Ps to look at ex. 4/15 .They must rephrase the sentences using an adjective and the correct preposition
Ps rephrase the sentences

Time: 5 min
Interaction:T-Ps
Skills: reading
Feed back: correcting possible
wrong uses of prepositions
ACTIVITY 8:HOMEWORK
T tells Ps their homework ex. 4/15
T marks Ps

Time: 5 min
Interaction: T-WC
Skills: speaking




QUESTIONNAIRE

Name:
Sex: masc.: fem: Age:
Nationality:

1.What are you interested in:
Pop music
Weird facts
Clothes
The environment
Others:

2. Who do you get angry most often?
Parents
Teachers
Brothers/sisters
Other:

3.What leisure activities are you keen on?
Sport
TV
Reading
Cinema
Other:.

4.What are you afraid of?
Spiders
Going to the dentist
The dark
Natural disasters
Wild funfair rides
Other:

5.Which of these do you tend to find funny?
Jokes
Small accidents
Certain people
Yourself
Other:

6.Who are you most often embarrassed by?
Parents
Friends
Brothers/sisters
Other:.

7Which of these things worry you?
Relationships
School marks
Pollution
Your appearance
World poverty
Other:

8.What do you find shocking?
Impoliteness
Violence
Swear words
Rebellious behaviour
Nothing
Other:

QUESTIONNAIRE

Name:
Sex: masc.: fem: Age:
Nationality:

1.What are you interested in:
Pop music
Weird facts
Clothes
The environment
Others:

2. Who do you get angry most often?
Parents
Teachers
Brothers/sisters
Other:

3.What leisure activities are you keen on?
Sport
TV
Reading
Cinema
Other:.

4.What are you afraid of?
Spiders
Going to the dentist
The dark
Natural disasters
Wild funfair rides
Other:

5.Which of these do you tend to find funny?
Jokes
Small accidents
Certain people
Yourself
Other:

6.Who are you most often embarrassed by?
Parents
Friends
Brothers/sisters
Other:.

7Which of these things worry you?
Relationships
School marks
Pollution
Your appearance
World poverty
Other:

8.What do you find shocking?
Impoliteness
Violence
Swear words
Rebellious behaviour
Nothing
Other: