Lesson Plan

Teacher: Andries Daniela

Date: February,13th
School: Middle School Calafindesti
Class: 7th grade (2 h/week, intensive)
Number of students:
Level: Pre-intermediate
Coursebook: Shine 2
Topic: Passive Voice Applications / Exercises
Lesson Length: 50 minutes
Skills: Speaking, Reading, Writing, Listening
Lesson Aims:
Students will improve recognition of the differences between the passive voice and active voice with particular attention paid to the present
simple, past simple, and present perfect passive forms.
Students will inductively review passive form structures.
Students will be aware of the difference between active and passive voice.
Students will practice the use of the passive voice.
Students will understand when and why passive voice is used.
Objectives: by the end of the lesson Ss will be able to :
Understand the passive form in simple present and past.
Produce passive sentences in meaningful situations.
Recognize passive forms.
Use passive voice (all forms) in context.
Differentiate between active and passive forms.
Aids: handouts, notebooks, blackboard, laptop

Time

Lesson Stage

Teachers activity

Warm-up

T greets the students and asks

them how they are.

Lead-in

T introduces the topic of the

lesson by handing to the Ss
some very simple worksheets
(two texts written with different
symbols and images). T ask Ss
to look at the symbols and
sentences and to resolve the
requirement).Ss have 2 to look
over the task.
T asks students to participate
on completing the task given
and invites them to come to the
blackboard to write their
answers.The other students in
the class write down the
answers directly on the
handouts given be the T.
T also corrects the students
when the case.
When the exercise is done, T
write down the title of the
lesson on the blackboard.
T gives to the students
handouts with exercises on the
Passive Voice:
1.Fill-in exercises
2.Choose and learn exercise

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Contextualization

Students activity
Ss greet the T and answer the Ts
questions.

Focus

Interaction

T-Ss
Ss-T

T-Ss

Ss are active in answering and come

to the board to write down their
answers.

Aims
To introduce Ss into the
atmosphere and to the
lesson.

To introduce the topic of

the lesson, raise
expectations and trigger
response.

Ss-T
W

Ss complete the tasks and make any

necessary corrections.
Ss are paying attention to the active
2

W
S

Individual
work
T-Ss
Ss-T

To practice past tense in

context
To compare the active and
passive forms

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Practice
(controlled and
semi-controlled)

3.Changing the active

sentences into passive ones
paying attention to some
several changes.
T checks the answers with the
whole class; corrects and gives
positive feedback
T gives handouts to the Ss.
T asks Ss to complete the task
from the handouts given.T puts
a S to read out loud the
requirement.
The sentences from this
exercise wil be made by the Ss,
with the Ts help, when the
case.
For each sentence a S will go
and write down on the
blackboard.The other Ss in the
class write down in their
notebooks.
T asks Ss to complete
individually the task given.
The Ss also write the correct
answer on the board.

and their corresponding passive form.

Ss read the sentences given and they

resolve them.
The resolved sentences are written on
the black board by the Ss.
When needed, Ss can correct their
other colleagues and explain.

Ss complete the task, listen and at the

same time check.
Ss pay attention to Ts explanations
and complete the task.

T asks Ss to complete the task

in pairs.
T gives them 2 minutes to

T-Ss
Ss-T

W
S

Ss-Ss
T-Ss
Ss-T

T-Ss
R
L
S
W

To identify the passive

forms and the past tense of
the verbs in brackets.

Ss-T

To use the passive forms in

the given context.

Homework

watch over the exercise and

Ss complete the tasks and make any
them puts one S from a team to necessary corrections.
go say the right answer (in this
case the blackboard wont be
needed)
The Ss will have the free will to
chose from the handouts to
make for homework another 4
exercises that have left undone
in the hour class.

W
S

T-Ss
Ss-T
Pair Work

To consolidate the passive

forms.

T-Ss

To develop writing skills