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Teacher: MARIN ANDREEA MIHAELA Date: 12th of January 2012 School: no. 31 Theodor Aman Class: The 8th grade Grade Level: advanced Textbook: English News and Views Lesson: The electronic brain Topic: The argumentative essay Type of lesson: teaching Time: 50 Aims: -agreeing/disagreeing; -expressing points of view. Competences: creating interest in the topic; activating students background knowledge about the topic; expressing opinions related to the topic; improving vocabulary; developing critical thinking. Anticipated problems: students may have difficulties in expressing their opinions, or in translating certain words; Teaching method: the communicative method Teaching techniques: conversation, individual work Teaching aids: blackboard, textbook, copy-books, flyers Type of lesson: lesson of acquisition Timing: 50 minutes References: Pathway to English, textbook for the 8th grade, Gramatica Limbii Engleze-probleme esentiale si exercitii, Claude Vollaire.

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STAGES 1.Warmer & checking attendance TIME 3 TS AND SS ACTIVITY -the teacher and the students greet each other; - the teacher checks students attendance. -checking homework; -the students correct their mistakes in the notebooks with the help of the teacher. a) before reading - the teacher asks the students to look at the text at the beginning of the lesson and try to complete the text with the missing words; -the students work in pairs and complete the task; - the teacher checks and correct their answers. the students are asked to state their opinion on exercise 2, page 126 and try to match the words with their definitions; - the students state their opinions; b) while reading the teacher asks the students to read the text on fashion and, while reading, to try and extract the information requested in the worksheets provided by the teacher (for / against); -the students read the text, work in groups, complete the task and then communicate their answers; c) after reading the students are asked to choose the correct answer for each question at the end of the texts; -the students answer and give examples from the text; - the teacher helps them by asking 2 INTERACTION T Ss Ss - T speaking SKILLS TEACHING AIDS

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helping questions. - the teacher asks the students to read the basic format of an argumentative essay and check if the essay they have read has the same structure; - the students read and express their opinions. - - the students are asked to work in pairs and construct a similar chart for the essay that have in their books ( worksheet no. 2). - the students work in pairs and complete the task; -the teacher corrects their answers. - the teacher asks the students to work in pairs and try to extract the main idea for each paragraph; - the students work in pairs and complete the task. - the teacher asks the students questions related to the topic ; -the students answer the questions. - the teacher gives the students their homework for the next time (writing an argumentative essay). - the students listen carefully and take notes. - the teacher evaluates the students activity throughout the lesson and announces the lesson to be taught the next time. T Ss Ss Ss Ss - T speaking writing Textbook listening worksheets

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