LESSON PLAN

Lesson plan no: 02

DATE: TIME: SCHOOL: CLASS: III1

TEACHER:

Class profile: Intermediate , age 17

Teaching unit : Reading: Avatars and their creators

Type of lesson : Presentation/practice/skills work

Aims and objectives : To revise previously learned adjectives related to appearance and personality, to develop reading and comprehension
skills, to discuss relevant topics such as internet, avatars, social networks, etc

Teaching methods : discussion, controlled practice, free practice

Class management : whole class, individual work, pair work, group work

Teaching aids, materials

and equipment : students book, board, chalk
Sources: Gateway B1+ Students' Book; Workbook; Teacher's Book

Contingency plan: Short of time: Shorten activity 6

Plenty of time: Organize a word competition. Give students one minute to write as many words as they can
remember related to internet/computers/video games. The student with the greatest number of words wins.
 STAGES

Aims and Class organization procedures and activities Teaching Possible problems

TIMING
objectives aids and and solutions
materials
partIntroductory

To revise Play Hot Seat to start the class. Divide the class into two teams. A volunteer from team board Some students might
previously have problems with
learned A sits with their back to the board. Choose words from the previous lesson and write defining the words.
vocabulary them on the board one by one. Encourage other students 10
Team A defines the word for the volunteer to guess in one minute. After one minute, it to help them. min
is the other teams turn to define the word, etc. The team that defines the most words
in one minute wins the round.
Ask students to open their SBs on page 7 Students might express
Introduce the typical signs of a magic
Main part

topic, provide 1 In pairs, students discuss the questions. Elicit possible answers from around the class. moment at this stage-
key vocabulary 2 Students read the text and complete the table with information about the real people discussion might last
and target and their avatars. Make sure they understand the text and point out they don't have to longer than planned. If
language in this occurs, explain that
context understand every single word. they will continue
3 Students read the texts again and decide if the statements are true or false. Tell them discussion after reading
To discuss to write down the number(s) of the lines where they found the answer. the text.
relevant topics -
internet/avatars 4 Students correct the false sentences in 3. SB If some students have 30
5 Students find words in the text to match the definitions. problems with min
6 What about you? understanding the text,
encourage them to use
In pairs or in small groups students discuss the questions. If necessary, provide some dictionaries, or write
suggestions, e.g. My avatar looks like me and is like me as well. My avatar doesnt look unfamiliar words on the
like me. It looks like how I would like to be. board.
partFinal

Ask students to revise and explain key words that were mentioned during the
Shortly revise SB, WB
presented topic lesson. 5 min
Set homework: Workbook, p 3, exercises 1, 2, 3 (all students) 4, 5 (optional)