CENTRO DE HUMANIDADES

CASA DE CULTURA BRITNICA

LESSON PLAN # 2C

DATE: 10/10/16

STUDENT TEACHER: Janana Alves de Andrade

COOPERATING TEACHER: Aline Pitombeira
SUPERVISOR: Ldia Amlia Barros Cardoso
GRADE:
Goals

By the end
of this
lesson, Sts
will be able
to
- Identify
stress in twosyllable
words.
- Understand
and write
verb phrases.
- Retell the
story they
read in the

S4

GROUP:

TIME OF THE DAY:

Contents

- Stress in
twosyllable
words
- Verb
Phrases
- Openended
story

Warmup
(5 minutes)

Activities
(total time)

- Review the
previous
class

Pronunciation

- Ask Sts
what they
know about
stressed
syllable.

18-19:40h

DAY OF THE WEEK:

Monday

Lesson stages/strategies
Closure
(time?)

- Make a general explanation about stress in

two-syllable words.
- Ask Sts to do the exercise 2a (p. 17). After
they finish the exercise, ask them to pronounce
and check the answer listening to the audio.
- Give Sts an extra activity so they can notice
the difference between stressed syllable in
verbs and nouns (find attached the model)
Vocabulary
- Introduce the target structure (verb phrases)
by asking Sts what they know about it.
- In pairs, ask Sts to do the exercise 3a (p. 17).
Then they share the outcome.

- Ask the
two groups
to retell the
story
(select two
numbers
from the list
to choose
the groups).

ROOM: 5

Resource
s
- Book
- Marker
- DVD
- Speakers
Paperboar
d

Assessment
/
Feedback
- Extra
activity
about stress
in twosyllable
words.
- Game: TicTac-Toe
- Retell the
story
Homework
Grammar
book
p. 129 (2C)

previous
lesson.

- Give Sts the opportunity to practice Verb

phrses by playing Tic-Tac-Toe (find attached the
instructions).
Speaking & Listening
- Ask Sts to read the story of Hannah and Jamie
again. Explain that this is an open-ended story,
and they should choose which ending they
prefer: happy or sad.
- After that, ask them to form four groups
according to their choice and explain that they
should work together to retell the full story. Two
groups work with the happy ending, and the
others with the sad ending.
- Listen to the audio (both, happy and sad).
Repeat if necessary.
- Explain that, at least two groups (one for each
ending), will be chosen to retell the story by
using the prompts from the exercise 4b)
- Give them 10 minutes to practice.
References

OXEDEN, C.; LATHAM-KOENIG, C.; SELIGSON, P. English File

Pre-Intermediate. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2004.
POW, E. M.; LIEFF, C. D.; NUNES, Z. A. Descobrindo a pronncia
do ingls. Traduo: Juliana Bertolozzi. So Paulo: Editora WMF
Martins Fontes, 2010.

Additional comments/guidelines

STRESSED SYLLABLE IN
VERBS X NOUNS
EXPORT
PRODUCE
TRANSFER
CONTACT
REJECT
INCREASE

EXPORT
PRODUCE
TRANSFER
CONTACT
REJECT
INCREASE
GAME
TIC-TAC-TOE

The class should be divided in two groups.

WANT

GIVE

TALK

RUN

GO

SEE

PUT

CALL

LOOK

1. One group is X, and the other is O. X chooses a verb and

uses it in a sentence related to the text (the sentence should
in the past simple or past continuous.
2. If the sentence is correct, put an X on the verb. Then O
takes a turn.
3. The first group to have three X or three O in a straight line
(, , / or \) is the winner.