LESSON PLAN

TECHER: PANAIT (BADESCU) NUTA

SCHOOL: SCOALA GIMNAZIALA NR.55 BUCURESTI
DATE: 27.02.2013
OBJECT :ENGLISH
GRADE :8TH GRADE
TOPIC: Modal verb May
TIME: 50 MINUTES.
AIM: *Introducing modal verb May
OBJECTIVES:
1.To make the students use the modal verb May in sentences of their own.
2.To have the students eliciting the contexts where the modal verb May appear
3.To use the modal verb May properly in sentences of their own.
4.To solve some exercises with the modal verb May
STRATEGIES:
1.Pair-work
2.Group work
3.Gap-filling
4.Rephrase
CONTENTS
OBJECTIVE1: ESTIMATED TIME: 10 MINUTES
CONTEXT: SS Previous knowledge about modal verbs and especially about
modal verb May
ACTIVITY/CLASS ORGANISATION: SS are divided into groups. They are
given some sheets of paper and asked to solve the requirements on them.The
requirements are:
1.Imagine you are a general and you must tell the new soldiers what they are
allowed to do and what they are not allowed to.
2.Imagine you have been taken to forecast the weather on Tv for a day.You have
no idea about the weather forecast,but everybody is waiting for you to tell
something.Make up hypothetical sentences.
3.Imagine you are in the middle of a fight with some of your friends.Make up
sentences showing reproaches,mild commands,and repeated questions.
They are given time to produce their sentences.Then they are asked to perform
in front of the class.
AIDS: task-shhets
LANGUAGE: al land any but mostly modal verbs.

POSSIBLE PROBLEMS: SS. May no tuse the modal verb May in their
sentences.The teacher must try to elicite the desired answer ,asking questions of
the typeCan you tell this in some other way?.
OBJECTIVE2:ESTIMATED TIME: 1O MINUTES
ACTIVITY/CLASS ORGANISATION:
The teacher will ask the students to write on the blackboard those sentences
containing the modal verbs,present in their previous task.Then the teacher will
underline the modal verb May and will ask the students about the reason for its
usage there.Whenever a student gives the right answer, the teacher will ask him
to write i ton the blackboard.If there arent enough examples for all the
situations when modal verb May appear, the teacher will produce some more
situations, till the whole chart of modal verb May usage will be filled in.
AIDS:Blackboard,chalk
LANGUAGE: ALL AND ANY
POSSIBLE PROBLEMS: THE SS. May not see clearly why the verb has been
used so the teacher must act like a helper and explain well all the situations.
OBJECTIVE3:ESTIMATED TIME: 10 MINUTES
ACTIVITY/CLASS ORGANISATION
THE SS. Will be asked to keep their groups.Then they will be assigned a new
topic.The teacher tells them they are to produce a short story or a joke,where
they are to use modal verb May with some different values.The students in the
other groups will have to recognize the values of the modal verb and write them
on a piece of paper.In the end the teacher will discuss the answers pointing up to
the mistakes and trying to correct them.
LANGUAGE: ALL AND ANY
POSSIBLE PROBLEMS: THE SS may have difficulties in using the modal
verb in sentences of their own and they also may have problems with their
recognising the values of the modal verb..The students must help them.
OBJECTIVE 4: ESTIMATED TIME: 20 MINUTES
ACTIVITY/CLASS ORGANISATION: The students will be asked to solve
some exercises ,centred upon the modal verb May.
LANGUAGE: ALL AND ANY.
AID: Task-sheets
POSSIBLE PROBLEMS: THE SS. May have difficulties in solving the
exercises.The teacher will gntly correct the mistakes and explain again the
points where they didnt seem to have understood well.
HOMEWORK: Imagine you are a fortune teller, but not a very good one.You
are trying to foretell the future of some very naive people.Use MAy/Might in
your sentences.

Task-sheet
Modal verb May
1.Respond to the following by using May+present infinitive to show present
possibility of something happening in the future,
1.Bob:Where are you going to spend your holiday?
Ann:I dont know.I may got o the coast/country.
2.What are you going to do tonight?
3.You are going shopping now.What are you going to buy ?
2.Rephrase these sentences using MAY+an affirmative or negative
infinitive, as appropriate.
e.g.
Maybe Mr.Ross will be too busy to come to Bills party.
Mr. Ross may be to busy to come to Bills party.
1.Maybe Mr.Ross wont have time to come to Bills party.
2.Maybe Mr. Ross doesnt want to come to a childrens party.
3.Perhaps he wont be able to get awayfrom the office.
4.MAybe he has other plans.
3.What would you say to Paul in these situations?
1.Paul may got o the post office.Youd like him to post a letter for you.
2.Paul may see Christine.youd like him t ogive Christine your regards.
3.he may pass the tobacconists.Youd like him to buy you the evening paper