Universidad Catlica de la Santsima Concepcin

English Pedagogy
Teaching Practice

LESSON PLAN
Class: Competencia comunicativa en ingls inicial 1

Date of lesson:
2/11/2016

Time of lesson:
16:20

School: UCSC

Length of
lesson: 60
mins.

Student-Teachers
name:
Laura Espinoza

Main Aim:
At the end of the lesson students will be able to describe weather conditions for each season of the year to a friend, orally

Exponent(s):

Assumed Knowledge:

Summer days are warm and sunny in Concepcion

Present Simple
Ss can describe pictures with
isolated words

Target Language:
Adjectives related to weather: Hot, cold, cloudy, rainy, snowy, windy, foggy, breezy , chilly, drizzling, icy, sunny, humid.
Noun ( season)+ verb to be simple tense+ prep in+ proper noun(city)

Anticipated Problems
Ss may have problems with the pronunciation
of the phoneme / / and / z /
Ss may not know the meaning of the adjective
Drizzling, foggy, chilly.

..and Solutions
Drilling the phonemes and make
comparisons.
Present the meaning of unknown words
with pictures or drawings

Aids
Power Point Presentation
Pictures related to Weather

Adapted from University of Sussex

Stages

LEAD-IN

Procedure
What I am going to do

What I am going to say

Instructions, CCQs, Feedback,etc

Ask SS about todays weather What is the weather like

in
Concepcin
(activate today?
background knowledge)

Show drawings and words

relatedto the current weather
condition to answer the main
question.(ppt)
Give instructions activity 1.
(PW)

CCQs

Give instructions activity 2.

(PW)

Skill

Time
(min)

Interaction
T-Ss;Ss-Ss;etc

T-Ss

L/W

Get in Pairs.
write down as many words to
describe weather as you can.
You have One minute.

1 min.

Are you going to write

adjectives or verbs?
Is it related to weather?

L/S

After a minute:
Read your adjectives aloud.

Write down two months of

the year in which the weather
is uncomfortable for you.

L/W

How many months do you

need to write?

T-S

1 mins.

5 mins
S

T-S

S-T

T-Ss
T-Ss

Are you going to write the

months that you like?
After a minute:
Now, in turns, tell your
partner the months and
explain why you chose those
months.
ICQs

2 mins.

S-S

L/S

Who are you going to tell the

months to?
What do you have to explain?

T-Ss

S/L

2 mins.

S-Ss

5 mins.

T-Ss

Ok. Lets stop here. Please

Share with us your partners
answer.
Feedback. (GW)

Present exponent in context

L/S

Summer days are warm and

sunny in Concepcion

Present meaning and use of

language
Present form ( target lang)

PRESENTATION

Present new weather vocab

It's brezzy in autumn
Show images of different
weather
conditions
and
seasons
and
model
pronunciation
Repeat all together "
Drill
Check Ss oral production

L/S

L/S

T-Ss

Write the word

Ask for CCQs:

This is how you write the

word.
It has two syllables.
Stress in the first syllable
T repeats the word two times

L/S

5 mins.
T-Ss
L/S

Is it breezy today or is it just

sunny?

Matching seasons and weather

adjectives
(ppt aid)
(IW)

ICQs

Feedback

What is the difference

between the adjectives breezy
and rainy?

Here we have a chart with

adjectives on the left and
seasons on the right.
Match the adjective with the
correct season. There are 2
adjectives per season.
You have 3 mins.
What are you going to do
with the adjectives and the
seasons?
How many adjectives are
there for each season?

3 mins.

T-Ss

L/S

T-Ss

3 mins.

S-Ss

PRACTICE

Lets stop here.

Can you tell us aloud your
answers?
5 mins.

T-Ss

Drilling
exponent This chart is split in 4 parts.
( substitution drilling)
Choose a word from each
(IW)
part and create a sentence.
Create 8 sentences following
the same process and write
ICQs
them down.
you have 3 mins.

T-Ss

2 mins.

How many words are you

going to to choose from each
part?
How many sentences are you
going to write?
Let me interrupt you here.
Please share with us 2 of your
answers.

S-Ss

T-Ss
15 mins.

Present ppt with final activity

which is a discussion.
Context is given.
The instructions are on the Imagine
that
you
are
board so Ss can take a look
planning your vacations with
easily.
your friend. Both of you want
(PW)
to travel to a city in Chile,
but you dont know in which
season would be better to
visit.
- Work in pairs.
- Discuss and decide what city

S-S
L/s

PRODUCTION

Modeling

you are going to visit and in

which season you are going to
travel.
- Give
reasons
regarding
weather conditions.
- you have 15 minutes.

T-Ss

Here you have an example:

ICQs
Summer days are hot and
sunny in Santiago, so I prefer

5 mins.

Ss-Ss

3 mins.

Ss-T

to travel in Autumn
Do you have to decide on a
city, a season, or both?

Closing

Do you have to give reason

about the city or about
weather conditions?
ok. lets work.
(after 10 minutes)
Times up! lets everybody
share your decision with the
class.
Lets finish here, please tell
me 3 things that you learnt
today and the you may go
L/S

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