LESSON PLAN

TEACHER: Nan Emanuela

SCHOOL: Şcoala Gimnazială „Mihai Eminescu”, Arad
DATE: the 11th of May 2018
GRADE: 6th C
NO. OF STUDENTS: 21
TIME OF LESSON: 50 minutes
TYPE OF LESSON: Acquiring new knowledge
LEVEL: intermediate
TEXTBOOK: Blockbuster, Express Publishing
TITLE: Storytime

COMPETENCES TARGETED:
I. COMMUNICATIVE (linguistic) in:
1. Receiving oral messages
2. Producing oral messages
3. Receiving written messages
4. Producing written messsages
II. Additional Competences: Learning to learn (autonomous learner)

SPECIFIC COMPETENCES:
1.1 Selecting particular information from a short message articulated clearly and rarely
1.3 Performing simple instructions
2.1 Making simple oral statements in response to questions
2.3 Producing simple, verbal or visual statements about yourself / people /activities from the immediate universe
3.1 Detaching particular information from a short text containing a familiar lexicon read in mind
3.2 Performing simple written indications
4.1 Filling in simple forms with personal data
4.2 Writing simple messages based on words and images support
LEARNING OUTCOMES:
SWBAT :
LO1- list the events in the story in the order they happened.
LO2- form the adverbs by adding the –ly at the end of an adjective
LO3 – use the adverbs given to make sentences of their own
LO4- identify the events that happened in the beginning of the story from the listening activity

TEACHER’S ROLES: organizer(gets ss’ involved, engaged and ready for the activity);
resource (is useful and available for ss’); observer (observes what ss do and gives useful indications
and feedback).
STUDENTS’ ROLES: organizer, editor, spokesperson, time-keeper.
TEACHING METHODS: brainstorming, conversation, dialogue, exercise, explanation,
MATERIALS: textbook, handouts, whiteboard, CD
LESSON STAGE:

Activity 1 : Warm-up
Aim: To create a pleasant atmosphere
To get Ss involved in the topic
Teacher (T) asks Ss to look at the title of the text Storytime and at the pictures and identify the
correct order of the events after listening.
Answer: 1-D; 2-A; 3-B; 4-C
Interaction: T-S; S-T
Timing: 2 min

Activity 2: Pre-Reading
Aim: to identify the title of the text with the help of the key words given
Procedure: T asks Ss to look at the key words from ex 2 (covered, frozen, reached,ice, fall
through, middle, terror, roaring, sipping ) T also gives translation if there are words which are
unknown for the Ss.
Possible answer: the best title of the story is: A Day to Remember
Interaction: Ss-Ss; Ss-Ss-T
Timing: 5 min

Activity 3 : While-Reading
Aim: -to identify each paragraph’s purpose
-to list the events in the correct order
Procedure: T asks Ss to identify which sentences best describe each picture.
Ss listen and read and see if their questions are answered.
T asks Ss which paragraphs set the scene, which events lead to the main event and whici paragraph
tells us the end of the story and the authot’s feelings.

Post-reading -T asks Ss to read the text again and find another ending for the story.
Ss complete the task and T checks their answer.

Interaction: Ss-Ss; Ss-Ss-T; (pair work)

Timing: 15 min

Activity 4: Practice
Aim: to identify the adverbs from the story
to recognise the way we form the adverbs (adding –ly to the adjectives)

Procedure: T allows Ss some time to read the text again and identify the rules to form adverbs
with the help of the question in exercise 6.
T checks their answer
T explains that we add an –ed at the end of the regular verbs also with the three spelling rules:
Most adverbs add –ly to the adjectives (careful- carefully)
Adjectives ending in –le drop the e and take y (terrible- terribly)
Adjectives ending in a consonant +y drop y and take –ily (happy- happily)
Irregular forms: good-well; hard-hard; fast- fast; early-early; late-late)
T asks Ss to study the rules and to use the phrases given to make sentences.
Ss complete the task and ask comprehension questions for e.g. I ran quickly to he station because I
didn’t want to miss the train.
Interaction: S – S; Ss-T; T-Ss (pair work)
Timing: 18 min

Activity 5: Feed-back - giving assignment; evaluation of the lesson

Aim: to set the scene of the story.
Procedure: T asks Ss to look at the picture from ex 8 the shows the beginning of the story and then
answer the questions given.
Ss complete the task and then T checks the answers.
T plays the CD asks Ss to listen to the sounds and to guess what happened next in the story.
Ss identify the ending of the story.
T asks Ss to look at the title of the song (Stormy Weather) and the words in the list and allows Ss to
decide which words they might hear in the song.
T asks Ss to justify their answers.
Ss listen to the song and say which words on their lists were in the song and identifies the singer’s
feelings.
Interaction: Ss-T, pair-work
Timing: 10 min

Evaluation:
- continue: through activities, error correction
- final: through oral and written feed-back and homework

Assignment: T asks Ss to write a story entitled: A Lucky Escape