teacher Dounia Rouchdy

Date 07th March 2017

Class level 1st year baccalaureate
Class period 55 minutes
Text book Ticket to English
Unit 7 celebrations
Lesson type Reading comprehension
SPOs By the end of the lesson, students should:
 Differentiate and say what are the
different ways to celebrate one occasion
 List the different components of a
celebration

Time Procedure Working

mode
5 minutes Warm up:
T: good morning
S: good morning
T asks ss about their homework and corrects it with them
5 minutes Motivation stage:
T asks ss about what they think about mother’s day and whether they celebrate it or not.
T: how do you celebrate mother’s day? Do you buy presents?
Ss: we buy perfumes and cards
T: when do you celebrate it
Ss: on 28 May individually
Ss2: no; on 8 March
5 minutes Pre-teaching vocabulary:
Tribute = acknowledgment / coincides = happen at the same time
T: what do we call the presents we buy to her?
T: they are called special tributes to acknowledge her efforts
T: so some celebrate it on the same day as woman’s day. It coincides with women’s day.
5 minutes First reading:
T asks ss to see page 99 and tell questions they are expecting the text to answer
T elicits the questions and write them on the board
Focus questions:
1- why do we celebrate mother’s day
2- How do we celebrate mother’s day?
3- What are the special gifts?
4- What are the food and drinks served on that day? In pairs

T asks ss to read the text and answer those questions.

15 minutes SECOND READING:

 T draws a stacked list chart
T: what are the components of a celebration?
T: What do we do to prepare it?
Ss: activities/ food and drinks/ gifts
T: yes, there are three main things.
T: now I want you to fill in the table from the text. In pairs

special
activities food and gifts
serve drinks breakfast
cards
breakfast cakes

give cards perfumes

make her feel

special for the dresses
rest of the day

10 minutes Practice:
T erases the words in the chart. individually
T: In pairs, try to fill in the table but this time with a Moroccan celebration.
T elicits answers and write them on the board.

10 minutes Exploitation stage:

T asks ss about what they think about Moroccan celebrations.
T asks ss to write a paragraph on a Moroccan celebration