LESSON PLAN

CLASS: 10th grade B

LEVEL: intermediate 4h/week
TIMING: 50’
NO OF STUDENTS: ~ 30
TYPE OF LESSON: fixation of knowledge and developing skills
TEXTBOOK: MISSION 2, author Virginia Evans, ed. EXPRESS PUBLISHING
TITLE OF LESSON: A PICTURE IS WORTH A THOUSAND WORDS

TOPIC: describing pictures

VOCABULARY: words related to description of people, places, things, events, celebrations
STRUCTURES: prepositions of place, there is/are…, present continuous
linking words (comparing, contrasting, speculating)
FUNCTIONS: how to describe pictures / photos

AIMS: during the lesson, the students will:

 Learn how to describe pictures
 Learn how to ask and answer questions about photos
 Improve communicative skills

OBJECTIVES: at the end of the lesson, the students will be able to:
 Describe pictures, using a wide range of vocabulary
 Compare and contrast pictures, using the right steps in developing descriptive
discourse
 Successfully deal with Cambridge exams, speaking test
 Use correctly linking words

ANTICIPATED PROBLEMS: I anticipated the following problems:

 Students might be shy at talking about themselves or compare pictures

TEACHING TECHNIQUES: brainstorming, personalized questions, elicitation,

comprehension questions, presentation

INTERACTION: pair work, individual work, team work, peer-correction

SKILLS: speaking, writing, vocabulary, grammar
MATERIALS: video projector, worksheets, blackboard, textbooks
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 INTERACTION MATERIAL TIMING NOTES
NO STAGES OF THE ACTIVITIES REASON FOR THE
LESSON TEACHER & STUDENTS ACTIVITY
FOCUS ON …
1. Test: Can You Recognize Everyday Objects -to make students feel T–S -flashcards 5’
WARM-UP Close Up? comfortable S–S or video
The structures of the various objects that -to involve and motivate students group work projector
surround us on everyday life are actually -to introduce the topic
incredible when you examine them close up.
Students have to take a look at close-up
images, and see if they can guess what they
are.
2. - teacher asks students to switch on their smart -to activate students’ personal T-S -cell 5’
LEAD IN phones and - if they want and can – to show experience phones
the pictures displayed on the screen. -to make students interact and
Students answer the questions: share thoughts and feelings
when/ where/ why was the photo taken? -to facilitate the introduction of
What photos have you got on your mobile? Do the next stage of the lesson
you keep pictures in your purse or wallet?
Have you got a photograph on your identity
card? This activity gives students the chance to
talk about their photos.
3. PRESENTATION -students are presented a photo and a short - introduce a new topic T-S -ppt 5
 presentation of the main points to focus on -practice picture description
when describing a picture
-after that, they are presented 2 picures that
have to be not only described, but also
compared and contrasted. Students receive
another handout with useful language.
4. PRACTICE -SS are asked to imagine that a little child saw - practice the vocabulary related -group work -famous 10’
a picture of a famous person but he/she to depiction of pictures with people
doesn’t know the name. people photos
There is displayed a photo of famous person.
(Einstein, president of the USA, Justin Bieber,
Ronaldo) in front of the class but the student
who has to guess cannot see it. The other
classmates give some clues so that the student
can guess the person they describe. -to activate students’ knowledge
of the language
- students are shown other 4 pictures. They
have to describe and compare them using the -to consolidate comparing of
given language bank and following the steps: pictures
describe, compare, contrast, speculate.
5. SEMI- - students are given some activities specific to -reinforcement of the comparing pair work worksheets 10’
CONTROLLED cambridge exams. They have to work in pairs and contrasting of pictures
PRACTICE and solve them.
6. PRODUCTION NB Previously, students were asked to express -practice vocabulary related to -individual -photos 10’
their agreement so that their teacher could use personal experience work
one of their public photos uploaded on social
networks.
-Teacher displays personal pictures of students
present in the classroom. They have to
describe them and answer their classmates’
questions.
7. HAVE FUN! -10 students act in a classroom sketch, where a -have fun -short play 5’
teacher has to deal with a disruptive class.
Students are tested at geography, History.
They answer in a funny way. There are used
pictures to illustrated the questions