LESSON PLAN

Date: 12/06/2013
Grade: XI D
Time: 8.00-8.50
Number of students: 15
School: Colegiul National Gheorghe Sincai Baia Mare
Teacher: Camelia Ciurdas
Type of lesson: lesson of acquisition
Textbook: Upstream Advanced
Unit of learning: See and be Seen
Lesson: The Image Business

Recent work: Vocabulary: - idioms
- phrasal verbs
- describing similarities/differences

Structures: - modal verbs
- inversion
- defining /non-defining relative clauses

Objectives: - to engage and activate students in using the English language;
- to ask for and give additional information;
- to talk about professions
- to describe appearances
- to develop communicative and receptive abilities.

Teaching aids:
Textbook
CD
Handouts
worksheets

Skills:
Speaking
Listening

Interaction:
Teacher Whole class
Teacher Student
Student Student

Class management:
Entire class
Group work
Pair work

Anticipated problems:
there will be explanations in Romanian (if needed)

Bibliography: Cambridge-English Advanced Grammar in Use (Longman)
Grammar Games and Activities (Penguin Books)

Procedure

ACTIVITY I Warmer 20 square Complete the sentence (Group work)

Aim: - to warm Ss up;
Time: 5 min.
Procedure: The T. divides the class into 3 groups. She gives each group the 20-square
handout (worksheet 1) and a set of number cards. They sit facing each other round a
table. The number cards are placed face down on the table next to the handout. One
student picks up a number card (ex. Number 7) and he/she must finish the sentence in the
box. The rest of the group decide whether they accept the sentence or not. If they do, the
sentence is crossed out and the students name is written in the box. The game continues
with the next student. The student with the highest number of squares wins.
Interaction: Ss-Ss; Ss- T

ACTIVITY II - Reinforcing and checking the previous knowledge (Pair work)

Aim: - to practice asking for and giving additional information
Time: 10 min.
Procedure: The teacher asks the student to get in pairs. She gives each pair (worksheet
2). They have to fill in the right relative pronouns in the sentences. After finishing, the
sentences are checked with the whole class.
Interaction: Ss Ss; Ss - T

ACTIVITY III Introducing the new topic (Group work)

Aims: -to create interest and introduce Ss into the topic
Time: 10 min.
Procedure: The teacher divides the class into 3 groups. She gives each group a handout
(worksheet 3). They have to look at the pictures of different people with different jobs
and discuss how important their image is to them. Then, they have to rank the easiest and
the not very easy things that can be changed regarding their image.
Interaction: Ss Ss, Ss-T

ACTIVITY IV Pre-listening (Group work)

Aims: - to create interest and introduce the students into the topic
Time: 5 min.
Procedure: The teacher divides the class into 3 groups and gives them worksheet 4. The
students look at the pictures and the sayings and concentrate on the first saying
Appearances can be deceptive. They express their agreement or disagreement with it.
Interaction: Ss Ss; Ss T

ACTIVITY V While-listening (Group work)

Aims: - to practice listening for specific information
Time: 10 min.
Procedure: T. gives each group worksheet 5 where the students must fill in the
information required while listening to the story on CD.
Interaction: Ss Ss; Ss - T

ACTIVITY VI Post-listening Discussion (Pair work)

Aim: - to use the information acquired in discussing on a given topic
Time: 5 min.
Procedure: The teacher explains the concept of being gullible and asks the students to
share their opinions about people who have been deceived. Conclusions are shared with
the class.
Interaction: Ss Ss; Ss - T

ACTIVITY VII - Evaluation and homework assignment

Aim: - to evaluate the Ss. work
- to assign Ss. their homework
Time: 5 min
Procedure: The teacher grades some Ss.
As homework the teacher asks the students to choose a quotation (ex. 4/191) and
write an essay starting from it.
Interaction: T Ss









Worksheet 1

Complete the sentences

1
The saddest thing
I ever saw




2
If I had only three
months to live.
3
I wish my parents
were less..
and more..
4
I still havent .






5
My ( mother,
brother etc.) gets
angry if .




6
Two things that
really give me
pleasure are
and
7
Right now Id like
to .
8
I feel happiest
when ..





9
Parents should
never..
10
I hate people
who.




11
In the next 5 years I
am going to .
12
I wish teachers
would.




13
This country would
be a better place to
live in if .



14
The thing that
worries me most
about the world
today .
15
The one place Id
really like to
visit.
16
If I could foretell
the future Id .





17
If I were an animal
Id like to be a/an
..
because.



18
If Id won $
1million Id .
19
People should try
to.
20
I hardly ever..









1 2 3 4
5 6 7 8
9 10 11 12
13 14 15 16
17 18 19 20





Worksheet 2

Complete the sentences with the correct or most appropriate relative pronoun. Give
alternatives if possible. (Use - to indicate zero relative pronoun.)

1.The thought of going home to his family was all ___________ kept him happy
while he was working abroad.
2. She was probably the hardest working student ____________ I've ever taught.
3. Lewis, the man ____________ Johnson beat in the last World Championships,
has broken the world record.
4. Lighting bonfires at this time of the year is a tradition ____________ goes back
to the 17th century.
5. Dorothy said something ______________I couldn't hear clearly.
6. There was little _______________ we could do to help her.
7. The Royal Floridian is an express train _____________ runs between New York
and Miami.
8. The machine _____________ I have to use in my job costs over a million pounds.
9. The diary ____________ Ron kept when he was in prison was sold for $50, 000.
10. I have a friend ______________ ran in the New York Marathon last year.



Worksheet 2

Complete the sentences with the correct or most appropriate relative pronoun. Give
alternatives if possible. (Use - to indicate zero relative pronoun.)
1.The thought of going home to his family was all ___________ kept him happy
while he was working abroad.
2. She was probably the hardest working student ____________ I've ever taught.
3. Lewis, the man ____________ Johnson beat in the last World Championships,
has broken the world record.
4. Lighting bonfires at this time of the year is a tradition ____________ goes back
to the 17th century.
5. Dorothy said something ______________I couldn't hear clearly.
6. There was little _______________ we could do to help her.
7. The Royal Floridian is an express train _____________ runs between New York
and Miami.
8. The machine _____________ I have to use in my job costs over a million pounds.
9. The diary ____________ Ron kept when he was in prison was sold for $50, 000.
10. I have a friend ______________ ran in the New York Marathon last year.





Worksheet 3

a) What impression do you get of the people in the pictures? How important is their
image to them? Who do you think has to work hardest to maintain their image? Discuss
in groups.

b) To what extent do these things contribute to a persons image? Which one are the
easiest to change? Discuss in groups.
hairstyle, clothes, money, intelligence, behaviour, beauty, home, personality,
friends, hobbies, accent, car, diet.













Worksheet 4

What is meant by the following sayings? Use the pictures to visualize the sayings.
Discuss in groups.

1. Appearances can be deceptive.
2. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
3. A picture is worth a thousand words.
4. Beauty is only skin deep.
5. The camera never lies.

A.


B.


C. D.


Worksheet 5

Listen to the story and find the words the speaker uses to describe:

the advert____________________________________________________________
Piers Smythe-Tomkinson
his appearance__________________________________________________
his manner_____________________________________________________
the brochure _________________________________________________________
the banks premises ___________________________________________________


Worksheet 5

Listen to the story and find the words the speaker uses to describe:

the advert____________________________________________________________
Piers Smythe-Tomkinson
his appearance__________________________________________________
his manner_____________________________________________________
the brochure _________________________________________________________
the banks premises ___________________________________________________



Worksheet 5

Listen to the story and find the words the speaker uses to describe:

the advert____________________________________________________________
Piers Smythe-Tomkinson
his appearance__________________________________________________
his manner_____________________________________________________
the brochure _________________________________________________________
the banks premises ___________________________________________________