LESSON PLAN

Teacher: Corolea Marcela

Grade: 5th

Lesson topic: Describing geographical location (aquisition of new language)

Textbook: English Project

Time: 50min

Aims: to understand cardinal directions

Objectives:
to check and improve vocabulary;
to practice the prepositions of place

Procedures: conversation, dialogue, explanation, exercise

Class management: frontal, individual work, whole class, individual work

Types of interaction: T-S, S-T

Skills: speaking, writing

Materials: board, notebook, worksheets, maps

Evaluation: initial through warm up, continuous through activities, observation, error correction, final through both oral and written feedback.
 Stages of the Activities Interaction Resources
lesson

Warm up T greets the Ss and asks them how they are feeling.
(5 min) T tells Ss that they are going to learn basic directions about geographical location using T-Ss
prepositions of location. S-T
Activity 1 Ss sitting in a circle are asked some questions like:
(10 min) Wheres the sun? T-Ss Board
What direction is the sun? Ss-T Notebook
Which way is north?
T makes a sketch on the board pointing the cardinal directions and asks Ss if they know what a
compass and a GPS ( sistem global de navigaie prin satelit i unde radio. Sistemul GPS este o
reea de satelii care orbiteaz n jurul Pmntului n puncte fixe deasupra planetei, transmind
semnale tuturor receptorilor aflai la sol. Aceste semnale con in un cod de timp i un punct de
date geografice care permit utilizatorului s primeasc pozi ia exact n care se afl, viteza i
ora din orice regiune de pe planet. GPS funcioneaz n orice condi ii meteorologice, oriunde
n lume, 24 ore pe zi) is, looks like and its use.
T explains to Ss how to use a map. T shows Ss different types of maps.
Activity 2 Ss are asked to list on the board and on their notebooks the information they can get from a map T-Ss
(25 min) (such as directions, landmarks, buildings). Ss-T
Ss have to work in groups to determine which map would be best to find their way in the S-S Maps
following scenarios: GW

1-Going from your house to the library (city map)

2-Going from your country to a different one (world map)
3-Going from the airport to a hotel (road map)

Activity 3 Ss have to list the kind of things they should add to make it easier for new Ss to find their way Whole class Handout
(10 min) around school and sketch a map of the schoolyard. GW