INSPECTORATUL SCOLAR JUDETEAN GALATI

SCOALA GIMNAZIALA NR 1 FIRTANESTI

COMUNA FIRTANESTI,JUDETUL GALATI,TEL/FAX 0236347124
E-mail samfartanesti@yahoo.com

Teacher: Ioana Serban

Subject : English
School : Scoala Gimnaziala Nr. 1, Firtanesti, Galati

LESSON PLAN

Date : March 22nd 2016

Form/Level : 4th form, 4th year of study , A2, elementary
Textbook : Welcome 2 ,Elizabeth Gray;Virginia Evans- Express Publishing
Estimated Time : 50 minutes
No. of Students : 20 students
Unit/Lesson :10, Lesson 1: I was a happy baby!
Lesson Topic : talking about oneself in the past
Type of lesson : Acquisition of new knowledge
Vocabulary : related to childhood
Grammar : the past simple tense of to be
Objectives/Lesson Aims :

A. Cognitive Objectives : at the end of the lesson,the students will be able to :

1.describe themselves the way they used to be as babies;

2.compare themselves with their deskmate, using comparatives and superlatives of the newly taught
adjectives and the verb to be in the past;
3.compare babies using the prompts ,the images from the textbook and their own photos ;
4.find as many differences as they can,comparing themselves with their deskmate during their childhood;
5.read the dialogues in pairs for specific information;
6.make up sentences of their own using the comparative degree and the verb to be in the past;
7.provide the correct form of the verb to be in the past in different communicative situations

B. Affective Objectives :

a. to create a warm atmosphere for study;

b. to give students an active role in the process of teaching/learning;
c. to help students enjoy speaking a foreign language ;
d. to make students confident when speaking English

Skills : listening, speaking, reading, writing

 Interaction : T-Ss, S-S, Ss-Ss,PW,GW,IW
Teaching Techniques : brainstorming, conversation, dialogue, description, games, exercises, Think-
Work in pairs Communicate,table drawing, role play,choral speaking,photos
Methods of Teaching : Communicative Approach , Grammar Translation
Teaching Aids : textbook , blackboard, notebooks, flipchart, dictionary, coloured pieces of chalk, posters,
worksheets with different activities
Assumptions : I assume that students already know the past tense of the verb to be and the degrees of comparison
of the short adjectives they will use to compare themselves with their classmates during childhood;
they will be eager to draw parallels and to describe themselves,comparing with their deskmate.
Anticipated problems : Taking into consideration that 4-5 students have a poor level of knowledge and
their motivation is rather low , the teacher expects that a part of her young students
might not participate in the teaching/learning process as expected.
Assessment : formative, oral, homework, systematic observation
Bibliography :
- official : The Curriculum for Secondary Education
- methodical : Harmer, Jeremy: The Practice of English Language Teaching, Longman,UK,1991
: Vizental,Adriana :Metodica predarii limbii engleze,Editura Polirom,2008
-textbook : Gray,Elizabeth;Evans,Virginia :Welcome 2,Express Publishing,2006
- different Internet sites
 Stages of lesson Teachers Students Sk Tea- Ass
activities activity activity Inter- ills ching Aids Aims ess-ment
a Tech-
ction niques
1 Organizational -T greets class and -The Ss on duty name the T- Ss speaking conver- none To check
moment : 5 minutes checks attendance : absentees if necessary : sation attendance and
* Checking Are there any absents X is absent today. to make sure
attendance-1 minute today? the conditions oral
are proper to evaluation
start the lesson
systematic
* Homework check-up T checks the Ss read their homework Ss- T reading conver- note- To check observa-
- 4 minutes homework orally. and correct the mistakes if T-Ss speaking sation books accomplish- tion
T encourages Ss to necessary Ss-Ss writing ment of the
make the necessary taught items homework
corrections by
themselves.If
necessary,T will write
the difficult part of the
exercises on the
BB,discussing it with
the Ss.
2 Warmer: 5 minutes T draws a table on the Ss dictate T the affirmative, T-Ss speaking conversa black To review and oral
blackboard the verb negative and interrogative Ss-T writing tion board consolidate Ss evaluation
Table drawing to be in the past and forms of to be in the S-S listening knowledge on systematic
its negative and past,also mentioning the note- the content observa-
interrogative forms. short forms books previously tion
(wasnt ; werent) taught
3 Lead-in : 2 minutes T asks Ss to put on Ss try to guess why the T T-Ss speaking brain- photos To make Ss systematic
. their desks their asked them to bring their Ss-T listening storming aware of the observa-
favourite photo of favourite photo to school writing note- items they will tion
them when they were books learn
babies and elicits the
name of the lesson and
then announces the
objectives
4 Presentation : Using the images in Ss put down in their Ss-T speaking conversa black- To introduce Systema-
10 minutes the textbook,T elicits notebooks the new T-Ss writing tion board the new tic
Elicitation :4 minutes the new lexis:naughty, vocabulary and its note- vocabulary observa-
cute,noisy,quiet,dirty. meaning. books tion

Role play 6 minutes Ts asks Ss to do Ss do the exercise orally, in PW speaking role play text- To review and Oral
exercise 7, page 63 pairs T-Ss writing dialogue book consolidate Ss evaluation
from their textbook note- knowledge T praises
books Ss
5 Practice: 10 minutes T asks Ss to read Ss choose five adjectives IW speaking playing photos To review and Systema-
. Game: Reading a photo their photo with the and put them down in their T-Ss writing a game consolidate Ss tic
of me help of 5 of the notebooks. Then , 5 Ss T-S listening note- knowledge observa-
Drawing a mind map adjectives she writes come in front of the class drawing books by means of tion
in a mind map , and read their photo : a mind flip- personalization
adjectives which When I was a baby, I was map chart Oral
describe a baby:cute, cute, naughty, clever, funny evaluation
beautiful,noisy etc. and noisy.
6 Production : 8 minutes T asks Ss to switch Ss put down in their PW writing dialogue photos To use the new Oral
Think-Work in pairs- photos with their notebooks: IW reading conversa lexis; to review evaluation
Communicate deskmate and compare When I was a baby, I was T-S tion note- and consolidate T praises
themselves with fat, noisy and cute. When books Ss knowledge Ss
him/her.T writes a X was a baby, he/she was flip-
model on the flipchart. naughtier and noisier than chart
me. Ss read what they
wrote.

7 Review and follow-up: T asks Ss to do the two Ss do the exercises, then IW writing conversa work- To review and Oral
7 minutes exercises on the they read the sentences. If T-S reading tion sheet consolidate Ss evaluation
Grammar Practice- worksheet there are any mistakes, the Ss-S listening knowledge of
worksheet other Ss will correct them. to be-Past
Tense
8 Ending the lesson: T asks Ss to share how Ss draw a smiling/sad T-Ss writing conversa work- To motivate Ss Oral
. 3 minutes they felt during the face , depending on how T-S listening tion sheet and allow them evaluation
lesson by drawing a they felt their progress. speaking note- to express their Systema-
smiling/sad face on the Ss put down in their books feelings freely tic
second worksheet. T notebooks the homework observa-
sets homework for the for the next time tion
next time, gives 3-4
marks, praises all the
Ss and dismisses the
class
 The Verb To Be - Past Tense Simple

1. Write the short form of the verbs :

a) She was not at school yesterday. ________________________________________

b) They were not at work two days ago. ________________________________________
c) John was not here two days ago. ________________________________________
d) We were not at home last night. ________________________________________
e) Mary and Paul were not in the room two minutes ago. __________________________________
f) His grandparents were not at the meeting. ________________________________________
g) Our friends were not at school last week. ________________________________________

2. Fill in the gaps with was or were :

a) She ____________ in the garden two hours ago.

b) My parents ____________ in Bucharest last week.
c) My aunt and uncle _______________ at the seaside last year.
d) Our friends _____________ in Spain last year.
e) Debbie _____________ at school yesterday.
f) __________ the dog here yesterday?
g) John ___________ at home three hours ago.
h) Paul and Mary ________ shopping.
i) _____________ they here four minutes ago?
j) We __________ in the mountains last year.
k) They _____________ in France five years ago.
l) My cousin ___________ at college last year.
m) ____________ your mother here?
n)____________ they in the classroom yesterday?